| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Phyllis Cormack |
| Operator | John Cormack |
| Port of registry |  Canada[a] |
| Builder | Marine View Boat Works, Tacoma, Washington |
| Completed | 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Seine fishing |
| Displacement | 99 tons |
| Length | 25 m (82.0 ft) |
| Height | over 30 ft (9.1 m)[b] |
| Propulsion | One Diesel engine[3] |
| Sail plan | one sail[c] |
| Crew | 12 |
The Phyllis Cormack is a 25-meter[4] (82-foot) herring and halibut seine fishing boat,[5][6] displacing 99 tons and crewed by up to 12 people.[7] The wooden vessel was built in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, by Marine View Boat Works.[d]
The vessel was chartered in September 1971 by the Don't Make a Wave Committee to travel to Amchitka to protest against the planned nuclear tests there, and the passengers included Bob Hunter, Ben Metcalfe, John Cormack, Jim Bohlen, Patrick Moore and Terry A Simmons. Greenpeace calls this trip "our founding voyage."
- ^ Wall 2019.
- ^ a b c Weyler 2004, p. 94.
- ^ Weyler 2004, pp. 78–79: "wedged between the hull and the diesel engine"
- ^ SHONA MCKAY (6 December 1982). "Waging war on ugliness". Maclean's. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
In 1971 the Phyllis Cormack, a 25-m halibut boat, set out from Vancouver
- ^ CHARLES FLOWERS (24 August 1975). "Between the harpoon and the whale". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ Paul Clarke (June 1994). "Greenpeace: Past, Present and Future". Satya Magazine. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
an aging halibut seining boat called the Phyllis Cormack
- ^ "Environmental Pioneers Profile # 24: The "Don't Make a Wave Committee" Were the Founders of Greenpeace". Living on Earth. Public Radio International. 7 June 1996. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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