Navy search efforts terrible, says trawler skipper
It is now 13 days since the Honeydew II, as well as the Pere Charles, sank in stormy weather conditions off the south-east coast. Since then, while an approximate location has been established for the Pere Charles, there have been numerous shore and sea searches by the coastguard and members of the public for some sign of the Honeydew II’s resting place as well as the bodies of skipper Ger Bohan and Polish crew member Tomasz Jagla. However, according to John O’Mahony, skipper of the Sean Mair II which has taken part in regular searches, the navy has not taken the whole situation seriously enough. The Sean Mair II was among the boats in an area off Ardmore where signs of something which could be a boat were detected on Sunday. Initially hopes were raised it could be the missing Kinsale trawler, but as yet it has still not been established.
“Yesterday morning the trawlers came across a mark, due to an echo sound. They called to get the navy on scene to identify the mark .
