CHECKPOINT.
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A FAIRHAVEN BASED CLAM
BOAT--
AND TWO FISHERMEN--
ARE STILL LOST AT SEA
TONIGHT.
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AS THE FAMILIES
CONTINUE TO HOLD OUT
HOPE--
WE'RE LEARNING NEW
INFORMATION TONIGHT--
ABOUT THE BOAT'S
HISTORY--
AND IT'S PREVIOUS
ISSUES AS DOCUMENTED
BY THE COAST GUARD.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JARED PLINER
IS LIVE IN FAIRHAVEN
NOW--
WITH MORE ON WHAT
COAST GUARD RECORDS
REVEAL.
Two men rescued. But for the
families of two others, it is a
living nightmare.
Massachusetts State Police
want to send divers to the site
tomorrow, when conditions
are more favorable.
The Coast Guard calls off its
search
for missing fishermen Michael
Roberts and Jonathan Saraiva
after
the Misty Blue went down off
Nantucket, Monday.
"It's a possibility he's on the
vessel."
Roberts' wife, Tammy, talking
only
to Eyewitness News about what
has
turned grim.
"I have my last text messages
that
we were texting back and forth."
"I don't know what to say. I
don't
know what to do. I don't know
where
to be. I don't know anything
right
now (tears up)"
Atlantic Capes Fisheries says
the
boat rolled and sank. Roberts
tells
us, according to the captain, a
violent wave hit them.
Atlantic Capes Fisheries also
says
the vessel had no past issues.
But
Roberts tells Eyewitness News
the
boat hadn't completed a journey
in a
month.
"The last four trips they've
gone out,
they've come right back. They've
had pump issues. They've had
issues with some door. I'm not
really
sure what the terminology is."
We checked with the Coast Guard.
A records search shows the Misty
Blue had a few incidents that
led to
reports. In May 2013, its tow
line
became caught in its propeller.
Causing about 63-grand in
damage.
The May before that, it ran
aground
off Woods Hole, when the Coast
Guard says the Mate fell asleep
at
the wheel. About 54 grand in
damage there.
Atlantic Capes Fisheries was
also asked if any crew had
complained about anything
aboard the boat. The answer
was no. But just last month, a
former crewman filed a
lawsuit against the boat's
owner in federal court -
alleging he was seriously
injured by a ship hazard and
the captain and crew's
negligence. We hear from his
attorney at 6. We've reached
back out to Atlantic Capes
Fisheries on this and haven't
yet heard back. JP EWN.
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TONIGHT, WE'RE
LEARNING ABOUT A
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST
THE OWNER OF THE
FAIRHAVEN-BASED CLAM
BOAT, THAT SANK OFF
NANTUCKET MONDAY
NIGHT.
TWO CREW MEMBERS
WHO WERE ON THE
"MISTY BLUE" ARE STILL
UNACCOUNTED FOR
TONIGHT.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JARED PLINER
JOINS US LIVE FROM NEW
BEDFORD, WITH THE NEW
DETAILS ON THE LAWSUIT,
WHICH CLAIMED THE
VESSEL WAS NOT SAFE.
The Coast Guard wrapped up
its work, but Mass Staters to go t
Police want its divers to go to
the site to try and locate the
ship.
The Coast Guard calls off its
search
for missing fishermen Michael
Roberts and Jonathan Saraiva
from
the ill-fated Misty Blue.
Tonight - there is a focus on
the
boat's past. This is how
Atlantic
Capes Fisheries answered
questions yesterday:
Question: "Have there been
previous issues with this
vessel?"
"No."
Q: "Complaints about the boat?
Anything wrong with it by crew
members who have been on it, or
other crew members in the past?"
"No."
Coast Guard records show
damaged propeller and run
aground
incidents in 2012 and 2013.
Tonight
a Fisheries spokesman tells us
it
hadn't yet acquired the boat -
and
the boat was refurbished last
winter.
There's also a new lawsuit by an
ex-deckhand who says he
shattered
his heel on hazardous decking.
The
suit refers to an "unseaworthy
condition." His attorney, Joe
Abromovitz:
"A defect can be something as
simple as a patch of oil on the
deck
that somebody slips on, that was
put
there by someone other than the That
person who slipped on it. That's
an
unseaworthy condition."
Abromovitz explaining this
condition they're alleging
does not go to the boat's
overall seaworthiness - and
why it went down this week.
There was also talk of a pump A
that prevented recent trips. A
spokesman tonight says that
was a fuel pump tied to
clamming equipment. JP
EWN.