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Block Island Wind Turbine #1 : M/V Mistress Accident Printed Notes

On January 1, 2019, the 52-foot commercial fishing vessel F/V Mistress sank in rough weather near the Block Island wind turbines, Rhode Island. At 1:30 AM on New Year's Day 2019, the F/V Mistress sent out a distress call reporting it was taking on…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 21, 2026 at 7:03am — No Comments

F/V Mistress Evidence It's At Block Island Wind Turbine # 1

        COAST GUARD ABORTED SEARCH DUE TO RADAR INTERFERENCE 

1. Green Oceans found the F/V Mistress in August 

2. Coast Guard investigation handwritten notes, pages 42 &…

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 20, 2026 at 3:20pm — No Comments

Time To Reopen The Flawed F/V Mistress Accident Investigation

The Mayday call for the F/V Mistress was made around 1:30 AM on January 1, 2019. The Coast Guard handwritten notes show the Beacon ID ADCD 02005944C01 at 6:44 AM, and then the search ended between 7:02 and 8:39 AM. The MH-60 helicopter spent 37 minutes looking for the…

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 18, 2026 at 8:12am — 1 Comment

How Did Federal Regulators Overlook The F/V Mistress

Following the loss of the vessel F/V Mistress on January 1, 2019, BOEM funded an environmental monitoring program at the nearby Block Island Wind Farm. During the final day of a biological dive survey later in 2019, field researchers documented anomalous debris on the…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 16, 2026 at 9:29am — 1 Comment

F/V Mistress Block Island: "Neither Confirm Nor Deny"

When official public government documents are widely circulated, and thousands have them online, only to be ignored by the government later, it points to a shift from the Green agenda to political strategy. In 2019, maritime interests argued for 2-nautical-mile spacing between ocean turbines. The Coast Guard and BOEM…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 14, 2026 at 8:24am — No Comments

F/V Mistress Time For Everybody In The Same Room

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The F/V Mistress sank near the Block Island wind  turbines January 1, 2019 
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To resolve the complex issues surrounding…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 12, 2026 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

Mandatory 2-Nautical-Mile Offshore Wind Turbine Spacing

The 2-nautical-mile spacing of offshore wind turbines should be mandatory. Maritime safety, commercial fishing operations, and search-and-rescue limitations require larger setbacks. Wind developers typically favor a tighter 1-nautical-mile grid to maximize financing for submarine cables. 

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The…

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 10, 2026 at 2:04pm — 3 Comments

Block Island Wind Why Are They Hiding The Boat



September 2020 Official Publication: BOEM published these findings in its OCS Study BOEM 2020-044. On page 184 of the report, it states: "On the final day of the dive survey, partial boat debris (e.g., paneling from a…

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 9, 2026 at 7:18am — 1 Comment

BOEM Aware of Lost Boat M/V Mistress in 2020

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BOEM Aware of Lost Boat M/V Mistress in 2020
2019, the Bureau of Ocean…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 6, 2026 at 10:29pm — No Comments

The Cover-Up of the Sinking of the F/V Mistress

The F/V Mistress, a 52-foot wooden trawler, sank on New Year’s Day 2019 near the Block Island wind turbines.
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The Coast Guard…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 5, 2026 at 4:46pm — No Comments

M/V Mistress  OCS Study BOEM 2020-044  Block Island, RI

F/V Mistress 
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The F/V Mistress was a 52-foot commercial fishing boat that sank near the Block Island Wind Farm on January 1, 2019, during a winter storm, claiming the lives of two crew members while one was rescued.
The U.S. Coast Guard all-weather MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 5, 2026 at 9:44am — 1 Comment

Coast Guard Dual Investigations Including F/V Mistress Block Island

The Coast Guard is being asked to reopen the investigation of the F/V Mistress 

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A wreck believed to be the…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 3, 2026 at 10:12am — No Comments

Offshore Wind Spacing: A Fatal Mistake

The commercial fishing vessel F/V Mistress, which sank during a storm near Block Island on January 1, 2019, may have been located in August 2026, resting 92 feet underwater and 50 feet from a wind turbine. The group Green Oceans is asking for an investigation. 
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A highly sophisticated all-weather…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on September 30, 2026 at 9:04am — 1 Comment

Block Island Wind F/V Mistress Wreck Investigation Stalls

The 52-foot vessel F/V Mistress sank during a winter storm on New Year's Day in 2019 near Block Island, Rhode Island. The US Coast Guard closed its initial investigation without finding the hull, officially declaring the wreck…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on September 29, 2026 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Block Island Wind Turbines Half-Mile Spacing

The commercial fishing vessel F/V Mistress sank in rough weather near Block Island, Rhode Island, shortly after midnight on January 1, 2019, resulting in the tragic deaths of two crew members. 
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In a "targeted" dive, seven years after it sank, a shipwreck believed…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on September 26, 2026 at 9:08am — 2 Comments

M/V Mistress Investigation, Block Island, RI

The F/V Mistress, a 52-foot commercial fishing trawler, vanished on January 1, 2019. 
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The winter storm conditions included wind speeds up to 40 miles per hour, rough seas with 10-foot waves, and heavy rain and fog that severely limited visibility. 

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The US Coast Guard launched an extensive…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on September 24, 2026 at 9:13am — No Comments

Safety of Fishing Boats Near Offshore Wind Turbines

The Jayhawk is an all-weather, medium-range helicopter based on the Army H-60 Black Hawk and specialized for search and rescue. The Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk is capable of taking off and flying in extreme weather…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on September 22, 2026 at 9:30am — No Comments

Vineyard Wind vs. GE Vernova: Massachusetts Electric Rates

Governor Maura Healey announced the activation of the Vineyard Wind 20-year power purchase agreements on April 27, 2026, and celebrated full construction and completion on June 24, 2026. 

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Vineyard Wind CEO Klaus Skoust Møller admitted in…

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Added by Frank Haggerty on September 14, 2026 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Massachusetts Offshore Wind High Electric Bills

Docket D.P.U. 23-42 is an official regulatory file managed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU). It governs contract negotiations and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for the 83C Round 4 offshore wind energy procurement, which heavily involves the SouthCoast Wind project. 
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Added by Frank Haggerty on September 12, 2026 at 9:54am — No Comments

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreements Off To 2027

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Added by Frank Haggerty on August 31, 2026 at 1:01pm — No Comments

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Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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