It is with great sadness that I learned about the SY Quest crew. This hits very close to home. The SY Quest was anchored 300 meters from us three weeks ago prior to there departure for Salah. The Adam's where members of the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey where I was sailing out of for years while living in Los Angeles.
The piracy situation in the Indian Ocean has become extreme in the past three months with the area of attacks increasing to the shores of India, and more importantly the tactics used now include attacking private yachts and killing crew. This has many yachts that I have personally talked with in the past few weeks abandoning there sailing plans for going west and shipping their vessels.
Pirates Kill Four Captives Onboard Hijacked SV Quest | |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
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Pirates onboard the hijacked yacht, SV Quest, killed all four of its captives in the early hours of Tuesday, February 22, according to a statement from the US Central Command. SV Quest was hijacked by pirates approximately 400 nm east of Salalah on February 18 as she was underway from Mumbai to Salalah with four US citizens onboard; Jean and Scott Adam, and Phyllis Mackay and Bob Riggle. According to the US Central Command statement, four US frigates were assigned as a response force to aid the stricken yacht;USS Enterprise, USS Leyte Gulf, USS Sterett and USS Bulkeley. It was reported that one of these frigates had been tracking SV Quest since she was hijacked. |
