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Wed 01 Jan 2007Dives to find 'Père Charles' crew fall foul of weatherAttempts to recover the bodies of five fishermen thought to be aboard their sunken trawler had to be called off again yesterday after a team of divers were unable to enter the vessel on the sea-bed.Teams of Naval Service and Garda divers managed to get down to the Père Charles lying in 27 metres of water off Hook Head yesterday morning but were unable to enter the vessel. They had to abandon recovery efforts after a third dive in the afternoon.