MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Sailing vessel re-edits Argentine navy and merchant service course during the Falklands conflict
An Argentine flagged sailing vessel, “Galileo” left on Sunday from Mar del Plata for an 18 days tour of the South Atlantic following the path of the Argentine navy and merchant vessels during the 1982 conflict. In a later expedition plans are for “Galileo” to reach the Falkland Islands. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesGiven the rg's recent naval history it wont leave port let alone make the open sea, if it does, maybe one of our subs should repeat history and sink it if it gets to the point where The Belgrano met its end and turns toward the FALKLANDS and PORT STANLEY.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 09:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0When they leave the Falklands will they follow the route the Argie POW'S took back to Argentina
Jan 05th, 2016 - 09:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0isn't the previous yacht, that was going to undertake this journey, still in Port Stanley and subject to salvage laws, having been found abandoned and drifting in the open sea after The Fat One, maximum, got scared and ran for home back to hide behind his mommy's skirts?
Jan 05th, 2016 - 10:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Mar del Plata media describes “Galileo” as an ocean fearing sailing boat”
Jan 05th, 2016 - 10:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0Freudian slip : )
So we know that 'fearless Captain is Andres Antonini's' 16-year old son, Facundo is an embryonic Malvanista who is willing to lose his life on this futile, juvenile, 'quest'.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 11:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0I wonder if Macri will bestow posthumous “Malvinas Medals” on them all when the obvious happens.
Will they be challenged / arrested by the FIG if they cross into Falklands waters, which they surely must do, if the fantasy of following the defeated argies is to be complete?
”The vessel plans to call several Argentine ports where it ”will promote and spread teachings on aspects referred to the Malvinas question, including the 1982 'feat' (conflict) ”
Jan 05th, 2016 - 11:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0I think in the last line he means defeat, not feat.
Chris- Very Very Simplke - IF they ever arrive in Stanley they will be requested to fly the Red Ensign or Falklands Flag as Courtesy Flag(one will be loaned to them if they do not have one onboard).
Jan 05th, 2016 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If they refuse - they will not be allowed into port - very simple.
And once in port then their passports will be stamped with temporary tourist permits before they are allowed ashore.
If they do not have passports - then they will again not be allowed entry.
Very simple- standard international procedures.
There is going to be a thriving sailing boat market at Stanley .. all because the Mussolini trained Argentine dictator Peron invented a claim 75 years ago and stuck it in to the indoctrination bit of his fascist education system still brainwashing the kids today.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 12:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I hope this ocean-fearing sailboat has a glass bottom to allow the viewing of the glorious Argentine navy.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 12:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Can anybody explain what on earth ocean “fearing” means.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In all the years I spent at sea, never,ever ,not once ,did I ever hear the description ocean fearing, relative to a ship,boat or water craft of any description . What next a land fearing house an air fearing plane or a road fearing car.
Well if they are planning to sail to the falklands they better have everything together once went out of a yacht from mare harbour on an alleged “calm day” it was terrifying the south atlantic is no play ground
Jan 05th, 2016 - 01:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@10 There is a lot of very bad (very Argentine) translation done for Mercopress. One of the other problems with this article is the mention of “Island of the States” in the archipelago down here, and nobody in their right mind calls it that, even the English-speakers. It's always Isla de los Estados.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 01:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I noticed that one of the crew members of that “Galileo” is a psychoanalyst and that is appropriate since the overwhelming majority of argentos, including sailor wannabees, are desperately in need of mental health counseling.
Of the four Argentine sailboats that have visited the Falklands since 1982, only two of them met the requirements to allow the crews to disembark in Stanley and the others were refused.
The matter of “ocean fearing” seems like a translator's bungling since the original article in Spanish made no mention of anything similar to that phrase. Judging by that original text it is possible that the translator was trying to convey “sea faring.”
Just another extremist, the only difference being his 16 year old son, who he is using as a human shield?
Jan 05th, 2016 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Disgusting.
@ 13 Actually the boat and part of the crew have been to the Falklands in the past, and the vessel is reasonably capable, so it's not quite as outrageous as it sounds. Risky, of course.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 03:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Is paulccedron on board?
Jan 05th, 2016 - 03:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@12 .Marti.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 03:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks.
@7. It seems to have an argie flag on the hull. Is that legal? Can it be sunk? I do hope so. Wouldn't want see anything argie in Stanley Harbour. Just request that the Royal Navy open fire! Argies won't allow British/Falkland Islands vessels in their ports? Simple retribution. Will the argies complain? Who cares when the Royal Navy arrives!
Jan 05th, 2016 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0My good Argentine friend, Walter Gasquet(QEPD) had a rather boisterous boxer dog called Facundo. Is this a name for humans or for dogs in that benighted land?
Jan 05th, 2016 - 05:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@18 Gordie - Assuming that your question is not simply rhetorical..... Facundo is a common enough given name here (for persons), occasionally a surname as well. Also the title of a fairly well known book about a gaucho (“Facundo: Civilización y Barbarie” ) whose name was Juan Facundo. The book was written by an early Argentine president, Sarmiento.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 06:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If it comes into Port Stanley make sure they get the bread treatment. A sliced loaf distributed quietly over the deck during the night will ensure lots of noisy dawn visitors who leave nice little messages all over. A sticky plastic Union Jack will cover the inappropriate graphics too and when it gets peeled off will take with it the offensive material. :-)
Jan 05th, 2016 - 06:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Is “Puerto Argentino” on any charts?
Jan 05th, 2016 - 07:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I think not.
If you let one ship into British waters,
Jan 05th, 2016 - 07:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0more will come, s a years propergander trip,
sink them or turn them around, but don't let them land,
it would be like an open widow to a burglar,
once in they claim squatters rights.
@19 Marti Llazo
Jan 05th, 2016 - 09:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The dog must have been named after the gaucho Juan Facundo.Thanks.
@23 I am wondering how many argento dogs might have been named Cristina in the past few years.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 09:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's probably just a problem with the translation.
Jan 05th, 2016 - 11:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0For: ”The vessel plans ... where it ”will promote and spread teachings on ... the Malvinas question, including the 1982 'feat' (conflict) and on Argentina's sovereign rights over the Islands.“
read: ”The vessel plans ... where it ”will promote and spread lies on ... the Falklands question, including the 1982 defeat ('derrota') and on Argentina's total lack of sovereign rights over the Islands.”
24 only the dogs they kick...
Jan 06th, 2016 - 06:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Nothing to worry about, as soon as they seen the size of the waves they will head for home.
Jan 06th, 2016 - 08:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Why don't they call it Galileo 2? Another argie lie to suggest that it's the same boat? Royal Navy destroyer (or frigate) arrives at high speed. Argie spy vessel swamped. Crew taken aboard for interrogation. Yacht sunk. Royal Navy interrogators only use documented argie methods. Internal electric stimulation. Breaking bones. Burning. Cattle prods. Could they swim fast enough to keep up? Rope around the throat attached to the fantail. Somewhere between 25 and 30 knots. Keep up!
Jan 06th, 2016 - 04:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@27, @28 .... This particular Galileo has successfully sailed to and from the Falklands in the past. That is not to say that the coming trip might be pressing their luck a bit. On their previous trip they were actually becalmed for about 24 hours, something that is a bit hard to imagine in that part of the South Atlantic. When they finally did approach Stanley the fog was so thick that they had to use radar and GPS due to low visibility. They communicated properly with Stanley port control and were received with pleasantries, being told that whatever issues governments might have were not problems at a personal level.
Jan 06th, 2016 - 04:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“The vessel plans to [follow] on the route of Argentine navy and civilian vessels which participated in the conflict...to call several Argentine ports”
Jan 06th, 2016 - 07:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So, it is going to follow the route of the Argentine vessels by mainly staying in port. Sounds about right to me. :-D
Sinking them would be for their own good,
Jan 06th, 2016 - 07:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0it will teach them to swim , have a wash, and get their feet wet.
They call them “our Malvinas argentinas,” just like bank robbers call the money they steal “our money!”
Jan 11th, 2016 - 07:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Philippe
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