Plastiki says no Distress Call: 'It was an arranged charter escort'

9:46 AM Mon 19 Jul 2010 GMT

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Contrary to earlier reports, media representatives for the The Plastiki have denied vehemently that the catamaran constructed of 12,000 plastic bottles was rescued as it approached Mooloolaba in Queensland, nor has it at any point during its 7500 nautical mile voyage across the Pacific been in distress. Conflicting with news earlier received from the Australian authorities and published in local media that the yacht had a disabled engine and was being pushed too far northward, therefore making a distress call picked up by Brisbane Water Police, they added today: The crew is still on schedule to reach their final destination ...

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by Natalie Laharnar/Nancy Knudsen