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Somali Pirates Demand $7M Ransom for UK Couple

Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago

(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,...

UK Yacht Couple 'OK' With Somali Pirates

'We are well,' Paul Chandler says by phone

(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...

Pirates Hijack Yacht, Kidnap UK Couple

Brits reportedly safe after yacht seized off Somalia

(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....

Find a Second Home Afloat&mdash;for Less
 Find a Second Home 
 Afloat—for Less 
TRAVEL
Jul 31, 2009 3:40 PM CDT

Find a Second Home Afloat—for Less

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

(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 first condo
...

High-Living Fugitive Brits Starved on Getaway Yacht

(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,...

Italy Foils Sale of $18M Yachts to Dear Leader

(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...

Calif. Teen Finishes Record Round-the-World Sail

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

(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...

Get Stranded on Johnny Depp's Private Island

Notoriously private actor comes out of hiding

(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....

Somali Pirates on Hijacking Spree, Capture 5 Ships

Somali pirates moving further afield to dodge naval patrols

(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...

Feds Seize Madoff's Boats
 Feds Seize Madoff's Boats 
Apr 1, 2009 12:41 PM CDT

Feds Seize Madoff's Boats

Yacht, motorboat part of his $823M fortune

(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...

Body of Pirate Victim Found at Sea
Body of Pirate
Victim Found at Sea
Mar 27, 2009 6:13 AM CDT

Body of Pirate Victim Found at Sea

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

(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...

Pirates Kill Brit Yachtsman
 Pirates Kill Brit Yachtsman 
Mar 25, 2009 3:48 AM CDT

Pirates Kill Brit Yachtsman

Wife hears sounds of a scuffle, then silence

(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...

Madoff Was Livin' Large in Lap of Luxury

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

(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...

Yacht Killer Guilty on All Counts

Former child actor may now be sentenced to death

(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...

Court Hears of Yacht Couple's Final Moments

Killer recounts tying Ariz. pair to anchor, tossing overboard

(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...

Once-Brash Big Apple Wilts in Crisis

Once-brash Big Apple is reeling from Wall Street crisis

(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...

Ex-Actor Admits Killing Pair in Calif. Over Yacht

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

(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...

Baby Whale's Fate Appears Grim

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

(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....

Baby Whale to Yacht: Are You My Mother?

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

(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...

Accomplice Helping Cops in Kidnap Case

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

(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...

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