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Somali Pirates Demand $7M Ransom for UK Couple

Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago

Oct 30, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British couple abducted from their yacht at gunpoint are being held for $7 million ransom, a rep for the Somali pirates who kidnapped them said today. Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago in the Indian Ocean. "NATO operations had a lot of negative impact here,... More »

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Somalia • kidnapping • abduction • Indian Ocean • pirates • yachts • ransom • African • Paul Chandler • Rachel Chandler

 UK Yacht Couple 'OK' 
 With Somali Pirates 

'We are well,' Paul Chandler says by phone

Oct 29, 09 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A British couple taken from their yacht by Somali pirates say they’re in good condition and are being held aboard a hijacked container ship. “We are well and being looked after OK,” Paul Chandler, 59, told the BBC by phone today; he also spoke to British channel... More »

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Somalia • kidnapping • pirates • container ship • yachts • Royal Navy • Paul Chandler • Rachel Chandler



 Pirates Hijack Yacht, 
 Kidnap UK Couple 

Brits reportedly safe after yacht seized off Somalia

Oct 27, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British couple whose yacht went missing in the Indian Ocean four days ago is being held by Somali pirates. The couple was captured during a round-the-world trip while sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania; five international warships were searching hundreds of miles off the African coast for the pair.... More »

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Somalia • Africa • sailing • pirates • yachts • hijacking

TRAVEL

 Find a Second Home 
 Afloat—for Less 

Barges or an ocean condo offer less cost, commitment than owning a yacht

Jul 31, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A boat makes a great getaway home, but mooring and maintenance can turn ownership into an expensive hassle. A few alternatives have cropped up that offer the pleasures of sea living without requiring the vacationer to buy in hook, line, and sinker, USA Today reports:
  • The World. The
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travel • France • boat • luxury • yachts • Jay-ZTV • barges

(Newser) - A pair of British fraudsters who enjoyed a "champagne and cocaine lifestyle" spent their last days drinking sea water and urine on a stolen yacht, an inquest was told yesterday. The bodies of the couple, who stole a boat and became fugitives while awaiting trial for hoodwinking wealthy investors,... More »

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theft • starvation • fugitive • yachts

(Newser) - Italian authorities believe they have torpedoed Kim Jong-Il's hopes of acquiring a pair of new luxury yachts, the Financial Times reports. The sale of the $18 million yachts, which would have violated international sanctions, was blocked after investigators traced the contract to North Korea. Authorities say they have no proof... More »

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North Korea • Italy • sanctions • Kim Jong Il • yachts • international sanctions

Calif. Teen Finishes Record Round-the-World Sail

Zac Sunderland, 17, breaks record for youngest person to sail around the world

Jul 16, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zac Sunderland, 17, returned to Los Angeles today, completing a 13-month journey and earning the title of youngest sailor ever to circumnavigate the globe, the Times reports. Sunderland, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., was greeted by cheering crowds aboard yachts and sailboats. He traveled 25,000 miles, crossing three oceans and... More »

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world record • sailing • world • yachts • teenager • boating • Zac Sunderland • Mike Perham

GLOSSIES

 Get Stranded on 
 Johnny Depp's 
 Private Island 

Notoriously private actor comes out of hiding

Jun 2, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just about any female on the planet would have heart palpitations if, like Vanity Fair editor Douglas Brinkley, they were invited by Johnny Depp on a trip to his private Caribbean island—with no handlers tagging along—and told, “You’ve got all-access. Ask me about anything you want.... More »

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entertainment • Johnny Depp • celebrity • island • yachts

 Somali Pirates on 
 Hijacking Spree, 
 Capture 5 Ships 

Somali pirates moving further afield to dodge naval patrols

Apr 6, 09 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Somali pirates operating in the Indian ocean are on a hijacking binge, reports the BBC, capturing 5 vessels since Saturday, including a British cargo ship this morning in the Gulf of Aden. AFP reports. The pirates are venturing further afield to avoid the increased international naval presence in the Gulf... More »

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Somalia • Indian Ocean • pirates • yachts • Gulf of Aden

 Feds Seize Madoff's Boats 

Yacht, motorboat part of his $823M fortune

Apr 1, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Marshals seized two boats belonging to jailed schemer Bernie Madoff today, the AP reports. The vessels—a 55-foot yacht and a 24-foot motorboat that were docked at separate Florida marinas—were part of the $823 million in assets Madoff and his wife had accumulated by the end of last... More »

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fraud • crime • finance • Ponzi scheme • yachts • Bernard Madoff

Body of Pirate
Victim Found at Sea

Attackers said they were desperate for a boat to get to shore, according to police

Mar 27, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The body of a British yachtsman murdered by pirates off the coast of Thailand was found by a fisherman yesterday floating in the sea, reports AP. Malcolm Robertson, 64, was beaten with hammers and his throat slit as his wife lay bound in the cabin of their sailboat earlier this... More »

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Thailand • murder • piracy • sailing • sailor • Britain • yachts • Malcolm Robertson

 Pirates Kill Brit Yachtsman 

Wife hears sounds of a scuffle, then silence

Mar 25, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British yachtsman was killed off the coast of Thailand by three fisherman-pirates who locked his wife in the cabin, reports the Times of London. The body of the vacationing 64-year-old businessman was not found, but police believe he was thrown overboard after his throat was cut. His wife managed... More »

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Thailand • yachting • ocean • piracy • sailing • sea • pirates • yachts • fishermen

Madoff Was Livin' Large in Lap of Luxury

High-roller owns yacht, jets, and properties up and down East Coast

Dec 24, 08 4:12 AM CST
(Newser) - If disgraced money-man Bernard Madoff felt any guilt about his Ponzi-scheme hedge fund, you'd never know it. Now that he's under house arrest, his "lifestyle of the rich and infamous" is somewhat limited, but in a fitting tribute to a man who just fleeced investors of $50 billion, CNN... More »

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Florida • Matt Lauer • hedge fund • jet • Ponzi scheme • French Riviera • yachts • scandal • Ernest Hemingway • apartment • Bernard Madoff

 Yacht Killer Guilty on All Counts 

Former child actor may now be sentenced to death

Oct 21, 08 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former bit-part child actor has been found guilty of murdering a couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard off the California coast in a plot to steal their yacht, the Orange County Register reports. The jury must now decide if Skylar Deleon, also found guilty... More »

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death penalty • crime • murder trial • yachts • murder plot • guilty verdict • Skylar Deleon

Court Hears of Yacht Couple's Final Moments

Killer recounts tying Ariz. pair to anchor, tossing overboard

Oct 17, 08 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A prosecution witness has given a California court chilling details of how he and two accomplices murdered an Arizona couple at sea, ABC News reports. Alonso Machain said he, accused ringleader  and former child actor Skylar Deleon, and another man forced the retired couple to sign their yacht over to... More »

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murder • murder trial • yachts • murder plot

 Once-Brash 
 Big Apple
 Wilts in Crisis

Once-brash Big Apple is reeling from Wall Street crisis

Oct 12, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New York state of mind is giving the city’s big spenders a migraine, the Washington Post reports. Economic meltdown has withered the Big Apple, where private jet and yacht bookings are off, lavish parties are being trimmed, and lofts sit freshly vacant. Worse, the Mets and Yankees are... More »

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Wall Street • real estate • New York • yachts • private jet

Ex-Actor Admits Killing Pair in Calif. Over Yacht

Confesses he lashed them to anchor at sea in order to steal boat

Oct 8, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The lawyer for a former child actor admitted in court yesterday that his client was part of a gang that lashed a couple to an anchor and pushed them into the sea in order to steal their yacht, reports the Los Angeles Times. Skylar Deleon, who played bit parts as... More »

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murder • murder trial • yachts • murder plot • Skylar Deleon

 Baby Whale's Fate 
 Appears Grim 

Calf needs milk fast, and won't get it from yacht it thinks is its mother

Aug 19, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The humpback whale calf who mistook a yacht for its mother in the waters off Sydney is unlikely to survive the week, reports the Australian. "It has to get humpback whale milk and there is no way that that can be provided in captivity" said a government environmental official.... More »

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Australia • humpback whale • yachts • baby whale

Baby Whale to Yacht: Are You My Mother?

Lost humpback calf nuzzles boat, must
be lured out to sea

Aug 18, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A disoriented baby humpback whale in the waters off New South Wales, Australia, apparently decided a yacht was its mother, the Daily Telegraph reports. Government naturalists lured the calf, which was nuzzling the boat and trying to nurse, out to sea by towing the yacht. "It's a very sad... More »

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Australia • humpback whale • yachts

Accomplice Helping Cops
in Kidnap Case

7-year-old, father who lied about Rockefeller ties still missing

Jul 29, 08 5:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - As more details emerge about the man thought to have kidnapped his 7-year-old daughter in Boston on Sunday, police said today the driver of the SUV used in the abduction is cooperating with the investigation, the Globe reports. Police believe Clark Rockefeller—one of several names the man uses—and... More »

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crime • kidnapping • abduction • yachts • custody battle • Bermuda • Clark Rockefeller • alias • Reigh Boss

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