Plan for temporary patch abandoned
PA Auckland Rainbow Warrior’s Navy salvage team has given up on a temporary patch for the bombed ship in favour of a steel template. Navy experts decided that
a temporary PVC mattress over the 1.5 m by 2m hole in the hull would be impossible to fit. “There’s not much room to work on the hull and we are still suctioning mud,” said Lieutenant-Commander
Tony Ward. “A steel template will be easier to fit on the hole than the temporary patch.” Already 16 cubic metres of mud has been removed from round and inside the hull, and another five to 10
cubic metres remains to be shifted. In the meantime, the first protest boat to Mururoa has struck generator problems in Whangarei. The Alliance is being repaired and plans were for her to sail for Mururoa late last evening. The two other protest boats, the Vega and Varangian are expected to be ready to leave on Friday, August 16, as planned.
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