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Though the band received minimal radio play while doing gigs in Boston and New York, the trio developed a dedicated underground following among teenagers thanks to the emergence of filesharing programs like Napster...
...bridge. The FFV is spotted! There's a rush of excitement and purpose as the four officers who make up a boarding party assemble on the aft deck and load up their kits: life jackets, 9-mm Glock semi-automatics, telescopic batons, capsicum spray, handcuffs, assorted tools, water supply, radio. The sailors climb aboard an outboard-powered tender which is lowered into the water. Coxswain Brad Walker thumps the boat into a slight swell on a 20-knot south-easterly, zooming toward the target under a blazing midday...
...minutes later, Cummins makes radio contact with the 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...
...degrees. There's restrained laughter on the bridge of Hervey Bay because the aircraft has actually picked up the ACV. The error breaks the tension and, despite three attempts to call the helo by a skipper trying to keep a straight face, Lima 51 briefly drops out of radio contact...
...finish the chart. By the time he wakes, Hervey Bay will be back where it was 24 hours ago, off Dalrymple, waiting for a Papuan drug trafficker. It's Sunday morning and Coastwatch planes are in the bright skies over the Strait, Fitzy's listening to Macca on the radio and the maritime gatekeepers are, as always, open for business...