Greenpeace ship damages reef in Tubbataha

[gfisher4792]

Oh, the irony...At the risk of sparking a Greenpeace debate, I offer this news article: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17104337-28793,00.html

 

[diversteve]

Oh, the irony...At the risk of sparking a Greenpeace debate, I offer this news article: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17104337-28793,00.html

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/rainbow_warrior_coral_reef

 

[Goose75]

No surprise here.

 

[dlndavid]

How pathetic, they are checking on the condition of the reef and find it to be healthy, then ram their boat into it...grand, just grand. And we can't wear gloves

 

[The Natural]

The numbnuts strike again!

 

[archman]

Well, they did say that their chart was in error... and a recent chart supplied by the government whose reef they hit, no less. Navigation is only as good as your charts, as any mariner can attest.

 

[Louie]

Well, the good news was the discovery that the coral was healthy............

Bloody hell. :shakehead

 

[scubajoe]

Well, they did say that their chart was in error... and a recent chart supplied by the government whose reef they hit, no less. Navigation is only as good as your charts, as any mariner can attest.

And they did step up and take resposibility for their actions.

Joe

 

[drbill]

Well, they did say that their chart was in error... and a recent chart supplied by the government whose reef they hit, no less. Navigation is only as good as your charts, as any mariner can attest.

I agree with Greenpeace actions in some cases and disagree with them in others. In this case I do wonder how the vessel was operating simply from the inaccurate charts and not using other navigational tools that might have prevented this?

 

[Diver Lori]

No matter how recent the chart is.....there WILL be updates to it that need to be kept up with. As a quartermaster in the Coast Guard, I spent many a long night on the bridge updating charts, both new and old with the recent publications.