Ghost Ship Uncovered Off Of Australia

Ghost Ship Uncovered Off Of Australia

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Australian rescue workers from Sydney found a puzzling scene Friday on a catamaran spotted drifting off the Great Barrier Reef: sails up, engines running and food on the table, but no crew.

Officials launched a search for the three men missing from the Kaz II, which rescuers have already dubbed "the ghost yacht." Nine planes and two helicopters were flying over an area about 700 nautical miles long, along with four volunteer rescue boats, police and maritime officials said.

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Well, this one is a little creepy. We have a boat with tip top shape, cell phones, laptop, etc., all in working condition, and still plugged in. Nothing in the weather forecast to indicate that anything on that front could of caused any problems. But still no crew, nowhere to be found.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

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Rescue workers from Sydney? The yacht was found off Townsville, for those not familiar with Australian cities Sydney is over a thousand miles/1700km (as the crow flies) from Townsville. What are they doing coming from there?

This is indeed a little creepy. Where did everybody go? My first thought was pirates. But nothing of value was taken.
The creepiest part is that the food was on the table ready to be eaten.
Maybe some sort of a prank?

I read that there were no life boats on the ship. Not sure if this means the crew of three abandoned ship or if they didn't have them when they set sail but it implied that the crew jumped ship.

The boat had a very badly torn mast, and it had the dividers lowered as if someone docked beside it.


someone wanted him dead...

If this is a prank, then it's a very expensive prank. I can't imagine what kind of money someone would have to just buy a yacht, fully stock it, and then let it drift around at sea to fool someone they will never even get to witness.

It's a modern day Mary Celeste. I'd say even more so since the electronics and navigation, we may be able to draw information from these for clues as to what occurred.

What an absoulutly bizare story, i think that they could have mabye gone under diving, and let the boat on or something, not sure, very odd.

This is strange they say the weather has been perfect so i dont think they would have been washed overboard. Were they taken & by whom ? Another thought comes to mind maybe they wanted to start a new life ?

Government Black/Ops or Aliens take your pic..

Has anyone heard any updates on this..Any new info???

Here is an update.

Authorities are still unable to explain what happened to the crew of a yacht found drifting off the north Queensland coast earlier this week.

An air and sea search for the three men from Western Australia has been called off after expert advice that the men could not have survived more than six days in the water.

The catamaran, named Kaz II, was found abandoned on Wednesday on the outer Barrier Reef in far north Queensland.

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This is a strange incident all right and I don't buy the idea that the crew were washed overboard . But the problem is until the evidence says other wise the most likely explanation is that they were washed overboard.

How could have they all been washed overboard at the same time ?
Wouldn't there be safety pre cautions to prevent something like that from happening ?
If it had been a freak wave the yacht would have sank as well.

just heard on the news the search is off. families vow not too give up hope...
>>>hope this all blows over soon and they can skip to fiji and live comfortable on the faked life insurance claim.
Yay!

a big call i know....
aliens? maybe.
fatal and horrific shark attack resue that went horribly wrong? plausible.
faking your own death to collect hundreds of thousands in life insurance payouts? priceless.

lets see the sail was torn pretty bad may be something went wrong with sail and it knocked the crew over side as they where trying to fix it.

It is very strange.

Someone wanted one of them dead, for what ever reason...
he couldnt leave 2 witnesses either...
Who ever did it didnt want to take equipment, because it would be traced to the missing mens vessel... they made it look like stormy sea's by tearing the mast, and they threw the floaties over board to make it look as if someone went over board and the others rescued them...

they approached the boat under a peaceful flag, or distress, boarded killed them, and left, post haste... without removing the diving bouys thinking it would leave fingerprints, or perhaps their boat would rub up against the kavII and leave paint marks, thus identifying them..

I personally think one of them had some sort of connection to some bikkies, gangs, drugs or something.

thats my take.



I have been asking everyone this last few days there opinion.
Seems here in Mandurah where they were heading, everyones got a different opinion.

Some say, they jumped in to save someone whom fell over board.
But I say, well, why would everyone jump in? 1 person would jump in, the other steer the boat to pick them up.

Then they say, they were washed over board..

So who was cooking dinner below? and using the laptop? and again, why were 3 men standing on the boat not holding themselves steady, they were seasoned sailors??

Then they say pirates.

Well why take the people? and not the expensive exquipment/laptops and so forth? pirates usually gut a boat...

So the engine was running,
The laptop was running,
the table was set,
The mast was torn, and the divider bouys were deployed...

This will become a mystery movie one day mark my words.



[edit on 23-4-2007 by Agit8dChop]

Wow, this story actually made me shiver.

It is a very bizzare thing, I hope that it is found out what happened
to them, it will bohter me if I never know.

Perhaps a hostile group of bottled nose dolphins attacked causing the 3 people to be thrown overboard. We all know how dangerous a dolphin in heat can be. Once in the water they were dragged to it's depths and then the dolphins did their thing. Just another theory in case it wasn't murder by humans or sharks. Sometimes truth is stanger than fiction.

[edit on 23-4-2007 by carnival_of_souls2047]

Originally posted by lombozo
This is indeed a little creepy. Where did everybody go? My first thought was pirates. But nothing of value was taken.
The creepiest part is that the food was on the table ready to be eaten.
Maybe some sort of a prank?

First off, what makes you think that nothing of value was taken? Don't people count as valuable commodities when you are dealing with people of status? Phones and other forms of technology, while valuable to some, pose no significant value to others, who have a different agenda in mind. It would be interesting to know if this was indeed a case of piracy, or an elaborate prank.

TheBorg

Well that would be a first if it were pirates indeed

I used to live in Airlie Beach during the 80s as a kid and we never heard of any pirates at all, maybe it is an insurance scam indeed.

if these men where killed by some angry or financed asailant there would be some evidence to show a struggle. three men.
everything laid out so casual. the clothes would have been bloodied or torn.
damge to the ships sail. from above maybe?
safety equipment showing signs of usage.
doesn't appear to be murder.
kraken? barrier reefs drying up, could be looking for dinner.
but not likely.
they were stuck out at sea? for how long?
they may have left the boat in order to save a floater and left it running.