U.S. considers military action after pirate seajacking

7:54 PM Sat 19 Feb 2011 GMT

'Phyllis Mackay from yacht Gaia - kidnapped' .

As the seajacked yacht Quest with four Americans on board is forced to sail for the Somali coastline, U.S. military officials said they are considering a response, and are 'prepared to intervene'. The yacht belongs to Jean and Scott Adam, from Orange County in California, who were on a worldwide voyage, and had already been using their yacht Quest as their home for seven years. The Blue Water Rally, which Quest had been part of until Mumbai, has identified the two other crew sailing with them as Phyllis Mackay and Bob Riggle, who it it believed previously sailed on a ...

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by Nancy Knudsen