Sea Shepherd Ship Springs Leak On Way To Protest Seal Hunt (Being Repaired)

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Was the hole made on purpose? (probably a dim question). I suppose they

would expect that sort of thing to happen. With famous people like Richard

Dean Anderson supporting this it should get plenty of publicity.

 

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" Rick Stevens " <ecology1st2004

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Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:21 PM

Sea Shepherd Ship Springs Leak On Way To Protest Seal

Hunt (Being Repaired)

 

 

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> Source > http://seashepherd.org/

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> Farley Mowat Heads to Drydock

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> Seal Campaign Still On Schedule

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> Sea Shepherd Conservation Society International

> Chairman Farley Mowat received quite a bit of ribbing

> yesterday. The Canadian author, whose name the Sea

> Shepherd flagship bears, wrote a book ironically

> titled The Boat That Wouldn't Float. After word spread

> that the ship had sprung a leak and was taking on

> water, Farley replied to the teasing by pointing out

> that the R/V Farley Mowat was in fact still floating

> and still has every intention of carrying on the

> campaign to save the seals.

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> On March 7th, First Officer Alex Cornelissen donned a

> drysuit to dive into the cold water and located a

> small, clean hole the size of a dime on the bottom of

> the ship beneath the main engine. It is an unusual

> hole and was not made by contact with ice. Alex was

> able to insert a temporary plug into the hole and the

> flooding has been stopped. The flooding never exceeded

> the ship's ability to remove the water with pumps.

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> The Farley Mowat will depart tomorrow for Liverpool,

> Nova Scotia, to be put in drydock for repairs. The

> repairs should only take a day and then the vessel

> will be ready to return to the ice floes to make its

> way to the harp seals. The hunt is not expected to

> begin until March 20th, 2005. The ship has two weeks

> to reach the ice before the hunt begins which allows

> plenty of time for repairs.

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> Richard Dean Anderson returned to Los Angeles today.

> Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd Director Anderson

> held a media conference in Charlottetown yesterday.

> They were both on the ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

> on Sunday, March 6th, for a photo shoot with the seal

> pups. Pictures have been sent to People magazine.

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> When asked about the problems with the ship, Captain

> Watson told reporters that these things can be

> expected and the crew is always prepared to deal with

> them. He pointed out that the publicity from the

> incident helped to raise awareness around the world

> about the seal hunt.

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> When told that the pelts were bringing in more money,

> Captain Watson replied that he was unconcerned about

> the profits. " There is plenty of profit to be made

> from slaughtering elephants for ivory and I don't

> support that either. "

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> Richard Dean Anderson told reporters that he was

> supportive of the international boycott of Canadian

> fish products.

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> In reply to the question of why British Columbia

> fishermen should be targeted because of the seal hunt,

> Captain Watson said that the seal hunt is the

> responsibility of the Canadian Department of Fisheries

> and Oceans. " They need to decide on what is more

> important: Supporting a subsidized slaughter of seals

> or hurting the fishing industry more than they already

> have because of their past incompetence and

> mismanagement. "

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