Seiner down off Cape Lazo-- engineer missing

[Cuba Libre]

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-...ith-sinking-of-vessel-one-crew-member-missing

Damn sad. These guys we just trying to make a living....

More--
STRAIT OF GEORGIA — The commercial seine roe-herring fishery opened Monday to disaster with the sinking of the vessel, Miss Cory, and a search underway for a missing crew member.

Dan Bate, spokesman for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, said Marine Communications and Traffic Services in Victoria at 4 p.m. overheard a report that a fishing vessel had capsized off Cape Lazo near Comox on Vancouver Island.

Four persons were recovered by another fishing vessel. The fifth crew member missing had been in the engine room during the capsizing and sinking in deep water, he said.


The Canadian Coast Guard in Powell River and French Creek, near Parksville, are being enlisted in the search, along with a Canadian Forces Cormorant and search-and-rescue volunteers in Comox. The coast guard vessel, Neocaligus, was already on the scene supervising the seine opening Monday, which occurred two days after the gillnet opening Saturday.

Transport Canada files show the 19.5-metre, wooden, Miss Cory had a 294-horsepower diesel engine and was built in 1956. It’s based in Prince Rupert and used to run under the name, B.C. Mac.

 

[spring time]

It's sad, I still have a friend missing from capsizing out front of French creek about ten years ago . These old wooden are a dangerous. Very sad indeed

 

[SpringFever552]

Sad news indeed..condolences to all involved

 

[dmurph]

Yes this is terrible. Very sad news.

 

[spring time]

So had dinner with a friend last night and were talking about this. He said that they had a Set of herring and apparently had some sea lions in the net and they decided to dive instead of going over the cork line and the boat went over that way. Was not big seas as they were seining

 

[profisher]

I talked to someone who was on the boat they were rafted to and it had nothing to do with the net or the fish in it. They were taking on water quickly...so fast the crew took an axe to the lines so both boats didn't go down. Probably sprang a plank and they couldn't get the pumps to prime.