Skipper John Bennett, of Nelson, on the gangway of the San Aotea fishing vessel in Timaru the day before his mission to the Falklands began. “It's good to be here,” John Bennett, skipper of the San Aotea II and of Nelson, said as the vessel arrived on Tuesday (NZ time). “Both the San Aspiring and the San Aotea are berthed together now at Port Stanley,” she said. “They have begun unloading stores and packing off the San Aotea for the San Aspiring.”READ MORE:* San Aotea II halfway to Falklands on crew retrieval mission* Safety training needed after man killed on trawler, review finds* San Aotea making good progress in crew retrieval missionsupplied Crew aboard the San Aspiring in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, in June 2020. “A small number of the San Aspiring crew who left New Zealand in February have agreed to stay on,” she said.

Source: Stuff June 30, 2020 02:15 UTC