Guest Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/world ... 1&emc=eta1 You do have to ask - what were they thinking? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 A "relatively small yacht"??? A bloody great hulking carbon fibre thing built by Franklins. Scott was director for the "A Team" for a while so might be able to do a Mr T on the bad guys and serve up a can of whipass. Either that, or convert them to christianity. They were sailing around the world spreading the good word but I guess that was no protection for them. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I hear the US Navy has intercepted them before they got to land, still looking for info , anyone know anything? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Nope, seems that was an ill informed rumour, how could the internet be so wrong???? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Why? http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/20 ... latestnews Though I liked this bit The Adams -- who are members of the Marina del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, California -- run a Bible ministry, according to their website, and have been distributing Bibles to schools and churches in remote villages in areas including the Fiji Islands, Alaska, New Zealand, Central America and French Polynesia. Didn't know we had remote villages in need of bibles. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Don't really want to kick a man when he's down but I found them a bit of a handful. Born again (stinking rich) evangelists in their flash yacht pulling up to humble villages and telling them how to lead their lives. Their boat went a million bucks over budget when it was being built in NZ but didn't seem to worry them overmuch. I imagine the hijackers will end up paying to have them taken off their hands. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Maybe they'll convert the pirates and telk them into letting them go Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 From Lat 38 Quest Seized by Pirates February 21, 2011 – Arabian Sea (Click on the photo to enlarge it.) The Del Rey YC-based Davidson 58 Quest was captured by Somali pirates on Friday and is headed for pirate-stronghold Puntland. Photo Courtesy Quest © 2011 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc. Scott and Jean Adam of the Marina del Rey-based Davidson 58 Quest, and their Seattle guests Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle, were seized by Somali pirates on February 18 while 240 miles off the coast of Oman — and 750 miles from the coast of Somalia. The couple, he 70 and she 66, and their guests, he 67 and she 59, had been on their way from Mumbai, India to Oman. The hijacking occurred just three days after the Adams had decided to split off from a large group of yachts in the Blue Water Rally. Scott and Jean Adams, 70 and 66 respectively, have cruised Quest for more than 60,000 miles over the past nine years. Photo Courtesy Quest © 2011 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc. As we go to press, Quest is being followed by a coalition warship with an onboard helicopter, as the pirates navigate her toward Somalia, where the victims will likely be taken inland. Based on past experience, yachties captured by pirates are usually not killed, but are often kept in captivity in poor condition for many months if not longer, until a suitable ransom is offered. A wild card in the mix is that the pirates are Muslim and the couple have been described by some as Christian missionaries. Friend Scott Stolnitz, who has been cruisng for the last several years with his wife Cindy on the Marina del Rey Switch 51 Beach House, downplays this angle and says the Adams just passed out Bibles if needed or requested in remote communities. Seattle's Phyllis Macay, 59, and Bob Riggle, 67, were crewing for the Adams when Quest was captured by Somali pirates on Friday. Photo Courtesy Quest © 2011 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc. While attacks on commercial shipping continues unabated in the 'pirate alley' between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea — 30 vessels and over 700 crew are currently held hostage — attacks on cruising yachts have been relatively uncommon. It might be a coincidence, but just last week a New York court sentenced the only Somali survivor of the attack on the Maersk Alabama, which was successfully resolved by Navy sharpshooters, to 33 years in prison. Scott and Jean Adam bought Quest in New Zealand in '82 and brought her back to Marina del Rey. After two years of living aboard, they left in '04 on what was supposed to be an eight- to 10-year circumnavigation. During the ensuing time, the couple have been very adventurous cruisers, as opposed to dock or anchorage potatoes, which can be surmised from their website at www.svquest.com. Our thoughts and prayers are with the four Americans. - latitude / rs Link to post Share on other sites
tuffyluffy 76 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I imagine the hijackers will end up paying to have them taken off their hands. Perhaps we should pay the pirates to keep them Link to post Share on other sites
Jean 5 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 What a horrible day Christchurch and now the 4 crew on Quest shot dead. No matter whether you think they should have been there or not this is not a result any one wants. As NZ cruisers based in Turkey having sailed across the Indian Ocean last year this has been a bleak day. We didnt know the Quest crew and luckily we have no relations or friends in Canterbury but still a sad day. Link to post Share on other sites
Fusion 0 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/02/ ... 20154.html Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Damn yanks.First they fail to save the hostages and then they fail to shoot 13 of the pirates. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Maybe now that some citizens of the USA have died the US gov might get tougher on the pirates. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 From Kevin Dibley Hi David, Not sure if you know the connection, but ‘Quest’ was a Davidson 53 [not 58 unless you include the bow roller etc…] that I helped design alongside with Laurie Davidson. Ian Franklin built the yacht in 2000, and the Adams were great people to deal with. Since that time, they travelled back and forth between the Pacific and here and were last berthed in Westhaven last year for minor maintenance and upkeep. Tragic thing to happen. They were really great people. K Link to post Share on other sites
Dibley 3 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/world ... 2&sq=kevin dibley&st=cse&scp=1 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 From Lat 38 today Pirates Kidnap Seven Danish Cruisers February 28, 2011 – Arabian Sea On February 24, just two days after Somali pirates murdered Scott and Jean Adam of the Marina del Rey-based Davidson 58 Quest and their Seattle crew Robert Riggle and Phyllis Macay, pirates have reportedly captured the 43-ft Danish-flagged Ing with a family of five — including two boys and a girl aged 12, 14 and 16 — and two crewmembers. The nationality of the pirates and the names of the victims have not been confirmed, but authorities say the yacht, which was apparently captured on her approach to the Gulf of Aden in the southern Arabian Sea, is moving in the direction of Somalia. Unverified accounts by reported friends say the family was halfway into a two-year circumnavigation. Our thoughts are with the seven souls now in the hands of ruthless mercenaries. - latitude / ld Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Just out of curiosity I had a look at the route for the next VOR - right past the coast of Somalia - this could be fun. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8328846.stm Anyone know how to say hello and welcome in Somali? Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Well the BBC were a lot of help.... NOT!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 From Lat 38 Another Pirate Attack on a Yacht March 4, 2011 – Pirate-Infested Waters As seven Danish sailors — Jan and Birgit Marie Johansen and their three teenage children Naja, Hjalte, and Rune, along with two unnamed crewmembers — were being transferred yesterday from their Dynamic 43 Ing to a larger ship loaded with others kidnapped by Somali pirates, a couple on the Dutch-flagged yacht Capricorn were saved from a similar fate by a private Dutch security firm. Though details are sparse, it appears the couple locked themselves in a safe room when six Somali pirates boarded their yacht. Six guards on the boat escorting Capricorn exchanged fire with the pirates before retaking the vessel. No casualites were reported. This uptick in piracy against private yachts is disturbing on many levels, not the least of which is how suddenly it's increased and the violence that's accompanied it. Many boats already on their way across the Arabian Sea have limited communications and may not know about the latest attacks, as evidenced by the fact that some are still broadcasting their locations to family and friends back home via the internet or tracking beacons. No one knows exactly how Somali pirates find their prey, but it would seem prudent to 'run dark' anywhere near the region. - latitude / ld Link to post Share on other sites
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