Tag Archives: F/V Fisherman’s Provider II

Fisherman’s last stand: No one could save the captain who refused to abandon his boat

May 4, 2018   Canada

It sounded like a plane crash, a shuddering boom and scraping of metal as the Fisherman’s Provider II rammed up on Frying Pan Shoal, a lurking hunk of rock in the Atlantic Ocean, about two kilometres off Canso, N.S. The boat had pulled away from the wharf of the historic fishing village just a few hours before, geared up for a four- or five-day trip of catching halibut. Now she was in trouble. Stuck fast, while her crew — Roy Campbell, Anthony Cooke and Brian Sinclair —were panicking. The three men had been in their bunks and were jolted awake upon impact.,, The men wrestled into their survival suits, deploying the life raft, calling 911 and hollering for their captain, Roger Lynn Stoddard, to forget about the damn boat, put his suit on, get in the raft and come with them. But Stoddard wasn’t budging. And he wasn’t panicked. He was at the helm, reversing the vessel, trying to work her off the rocks,,, Big story >click to read<15:18

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‘Let’s go get him’ – Fishermen recover body of captain stranded in vessel off Canso

February 9, 2018   Canada

Fishermen have recovered the body of the captain who was at the helm of a fishing vessel that’s been stranded off the coast of Canso, N.S., for the past three days. Steven Goreham said he and five took a boat out Friday morning when the tide was low to try to recover their friend, Captain Roger Stoddard, who they believed was dead. Stoddard was the last crew member still on board the Fisherman’s Provider II, which became stuck on a shoal about four kilometres offshore on Tuesday. >click to read< 11:20

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Helicopter lands on Frying Pan Shoal as rescuers try to save fishing captain

February 8, 2018   Canada

There are questions about why the captain of a fishing boat in trouble off the northeast coast of mainland Nova Scotia was not rescued Wednesday when the other crew members were picked up. Fisherman’s Provider II started sinking Tuesday after running ground on a rocky shoal about four kilometres off Canso. There were four people on board at the time. Another fishing vessel, the Miss Lexi, came to the stranded men’s aid and managed to get three of the fishermen off the vessel. But the captain refused to leave and stayed on the boat. >click to read< 14:11

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