Yacht shipment hijacked by pirates, crew killed

1:12 AM Wed 2 Feb 2011 GMT

'Pirate dhow' .

Cruising sailors wanting to pass between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean have always had a fail-safe option, that of having your yacht shipped through the dangerous pirate zone. However, with the hijacking of the German freighter the Beluga Nomination, which was carrying a shipment of yachts, that option now seems less than secure also. The story of the hijacking of the Beluga Nomination reads like a novel so unbelievable you might put it down as being too far fetched. The attack took place in the Indian Ocean, 390 nautical miles north of the Seychelles. The MV Beluga Nomination is ...

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