10-28-2009, 17:22
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Note the broken mast. She was asleep at the wheel, by her own admission.
----deleted a whole long rant on my thoughts of this stupid young person and her brain dead parents.
not to mention her inepitude and lack of proper sailing procedure. That is as polite as I can get at the moment. ----
Love the name, "Ella's Heart' though.
But that is one butt ugly shade of pink. Reminds me of pepto bismol. 
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10-30-2009, 17:15
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6897698.ece
Pirates demand $7m for Paul and Rachel Chandler
From Times Online
October 30, 2009
Chris Smyth
Somali pirates tonight demanded $7 million dollars in ransom for the kidnapped British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler.
This is the first time a figure has been mentioned since Mr and Mrs Chandler were captured on board their yacht off the Seychelles a week ago....
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10-30-2009, 19:25
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6897698.ece
Pirates demand $7m for Paul and Rachel Chandler
From Times Online
October 30, 2009
Chris Smyth
Somali pirates tonight demanded $7 million dollars in ransom for the kidnapped British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler.
This is the first time a figure has been mentioned since Mr and Mrs Chandler were captured on board their yacht off the Seychelles a week ago....
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The navy, whichever one that is, found Lynn Rival abandoned at sea.
The family reported,something I already suspected, that the couple had everything they owned tied up in the boat. I doubt it is worth more than a couple hundred grand IF that much. There is no chance thier family can raise that kind of cash.
I do have to say I don't, in this case, have a lot of sympathy. Tanzania.. why didn't they just wave a flag saying kidnap me. One would think that after 3 yrs of cruising they would have gotten a clue. 
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10-30-2009, 19:47
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News flash.
People with more than $7 million in liquid assets are unlikely to cruise the globe in a 38' sailboat.
TR
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02-19-2011, 00:59
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa...alia.us.yacht/
U.S. military: Somali pirates seize yacht with four Americans onboard
By the CNN Wire Staff
February 19, 2011 1:32 a.m. EST
CNN) -- Somali pirates hijacked a yacht with four Americans onboard in the Indian Ocean, U.S. military officials said Saturday.
The yacht seized Friday is owned by Jean and Scott Adam, according to a nongovernmental group that monitors piracy.
"If the owners are onboard, it would be a sad log for the couple on their seven-year world journey," said the group, Ecoterra International.
U.S. military officials said they are monitoring the situation....
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02-19-2011, 01:25
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Prayers go out.
One quick note, reading the old posts and visiting the British couple's blog I noticed they had a GPS feed showing their location.
The Adams also have a GPS that displays their location:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...u4Y18e4FrS1meL
See their website here:
http://www.svquest.com/
I'm hoping to get into sailing in the not-so-distant future - but I won't be blogging my trips.
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02-19-2011, 10:35
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Originally Posted by incarcerated
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa...alia.us.yacht/
U.S. military: Somali pirates seize yacht with four Americans onboard
By the CNN Wire Staff
February 19, 2011 1:32 a.m. EST
CNN) -- Somali pirates hijacked a yacht with four Americans onboard in the Indian Ocean, U.S. military officials said Saturday.
The yacht seized Friday is owned by Jean and Scott Adam, according to a nongovernmental group that monitors piracy.
"If the owners are onboard, it would be a sad log for the couple on their seven-year world journey," said the group, Ecoterra International.
U.S. military officials said they are monitoring the situation....
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I just "threw the bones" for these Somali pirates, I can now see their future....
I see, water, big boat, and four-six Navy Seals, smiling & laughing, carrying what seems to be rifles and there's a box of ammo with .338 written on the side.....
Odd, the Somali pirates future just went black.... 
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02-20-2011, 22:29
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110220/...captured_yacht
Pirates: Warship shadowing hijacked American yacht
By JASON STRAZIUSO and ABDI GULED, Associated Press Jason Straziuso And Abdi Guled, Associated Press – Sun Feb 20, 6:25 pm ET
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A warship is shadowing a yacht with four Americans on board that was hijacked by Somali pirates, a pirate said Sunday, as the vessel was reported to be moving closer to the Somali coast.
The yacht Quest was hijacked on Friday off the coast of Oman, but is now in the waters between Yemen and northern Somalia, two pirates and a Somali government official told The Associated Press.
One pirate who gave his name only as Hassan said a warship with a helicopter on its deck is near the Quest....
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02-20-2011, 22:45
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My wife and I planned for years to retire to a sailboat and circumnavigate the globe. We knew that dangers like this existed, but that did not deter us. The fact that carrying weapons for personal protection was a prison sentence in many of the countries we'd have to pass through did. 
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02-21-2011, 04:21
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Time to pop parietal bones.
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02-22-2011, 08:26
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4 Americans on hijacked yacht dead off Somalia
4 Americans on hijacked yacht dead off Somalia
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20034691.shtml
"...CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that gunshots aboard the yacht were heard, and the warship took action.
All 4 Americans were dead, killed apparently by their captors.
There were more than a dozen pirates on board, some dead and others captured, Martin reports........................"
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02-22-2011, 08:29
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Prayers out.
Time to see some bloody pirates dealt with
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02-22-2011, 09:36
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distributing bibles - were these folks targeted or unlucky? Or both?
These folks were reportedly distributing Bibles in remote parts of the Fiji Islands, Alaska, New Zealand, Central America and French Polynesia...is this a hate crime?
It may be interesting to watch the msm's take on this event.
Weren't the Somali pirates Muslim?
Hate crime: a crime motivated by racial, religious, gender, sexual orientation, or other prejudice.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedicti...com/Hate+Crime
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02-22-2011, 09:43
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These folks were reportedly distributing Bibles in remote parts of the Fiji Islands, Alaska, New Zealand, Central America and French Polynesia...is this a hate crime?
It may be interesting to watch the msm's take on this event.
Weren't the Somali pirates Muslim?
Hate crime: a crime motivated by racial, religious, gender, sexual orientation, or other prejudice.
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The press may consider the murders justifiable if Bibles were distributed.
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02-22-2011, 09:55
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The press may consider the murders justifiable if Bibles were distributed.
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Very sad ending,but there wasn't much else the Navy could do ............ 
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