Greenpeace interferes with drillship Stena Carron

[captmrb]

http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article230127.ece

http://www.greenpeace.org/internatio...d-oil-stopped/

Not sure that hanging from an anchor chain of a drillship anywhere (especially not in the North Sea) is a very bright idea. This could be an audition for Whale Wars crew hopefuls.

[cmjeff]

I once chewed a bosun out for getting grease on the anchor windlass' brake pads... but maybe he was smarter than I thought

[CaptAndrew]

I was thinking myself that they might want to let out a bit more scope. Just in case of bad weather of course.