Word: boated
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...keynote speech—a gruff “Reporting for duty!”—Kerry emphasized what has been a defining theme of the convention and his campaign thus far. Alluding repeatedly to his now-familiar personal narrative that included service on a boat in the Mekong River during the Vietnam War—and his subsequent opposition to the unjust war that it contributed to—Kerry portrayed himself as a principled war hero wary of the dangers of armed conflict...
...tender. The boarding party has been successful; there's been no struggle. A preliminary search has found evidence of shark fin, fresh blood, baited hooks, long lines, three floats and a compass. A report is prepared and faxed to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority; Cummins is recommending that the boat, Merauke-based Buna Perawan, be apprehended and towed back to Thursday Island. But first Cummins wants the eight fishermen to retrieve their buoys and lines; Coastwatch has located the gear 9 nautical mi. away. "The lines are an environmental hazard," says Geoff Weir, a member of the boarding party. Typically...
...overcast Saturday, Fitzsimmons anchors the Hervey Bay off Dalrymple Island, an uninhabited lush coral cay, to set up a checkpoint: 52 Papuans are traveling to Yorke Island for a funeral on Monday. Eight boats are expected to come from Daru Island down the Great North East Channel or, if the weather is rough, the western side of the Warrior Reefs; either way, they'll come past the stakeout position. Overnight, on a high tide, a boat has washed up on Dalrymple. Customs officer Peter Leeman and sailors Joe Homer and Peter Page take a tender to the island to investigate...
...search-and-rescue or a suspected illegal entry vessel. They've also brought along a rod and reel, hoping that dragging a lure in the water might attract a plump fish for dinner. Moored just off Masig, the larger of Yorke's islands, is Mr. Nobody, a fishing boat out of Cairns. A bleary-eyed crew greets Fitzsimmons and Leeman; the coral-reef fish haven't been biting, the dorys (the "tinny" fishing boats attached to trawlers) returning empty. One of the crew, David Rhodes, recognizes photographer Russell Shakespeare from a previous encounter. "I'll tell you a story," says...
...does every other major media outlet. Which is why Whittaker's on the phone telling a journalist, "failure's not an option. We have to get this picture any which way." The reporter's in Far North Queensland, sent to cover the story of three children who survived a boat capsizing in the Torres Strait by swimming 3 km to an island through dangerous waters. Whittaker's only half-joking when he reminds the reporter how crucial a photo of the island is: "If you can't get a boat there you'll have to swim." The newsdesk gets...