Jeanette Fitzsimons, co-skipper of the SV Vega while the yacht is inside the 500 metre exclusion zone at the site where oil giant Anadarko intends to start drilling. The Oil Free Seas Flotilla is a coalition of individuals, boat owners, and organisations raising their voices against the inherent dangers that deep-sea oil exploration brings to New Zealand oceans and coastlines. They also oppose new legislation that takes away the long-standing right to protest peacefully at sea.