Mystery yacht found floating off Corsica

10:06 PM Mon 24 Aug 2009 GMT

'Veduevidue discovered half submerged' .

Mystery still surrounds an Italian yacht which has been found abandoned off the coast Corsica with the skipper still missing.

The yacht was found half-submerged and riddled with what appear to be bullet holes, officials on the French Mediterranean island said..

The 15-metre yacht named Veduevidue was spotted Friday by a passing sailing boat with only its bow out of the water, in deep water off the coast from Calvi, according to an official connected with the inquiry.

Divers sent to examine the boat, which is registered in Naples in the name of an Italian company, found its portholes open, its radio equipment missing and what appeared to be bullet holes strafed along its side.

French maritime gendarmes towed the yacht to shore, and it was to be moved to a dry dock for full inspection.

Investigators were still trying to track down the Italian captain of the boat, which spent several days in Calvi over the past week.

'The boat has not been reported stolen and we found nothing at the site where it was floating to suggest there had been an accident,' said the official.

'We are looking at all possibilities, including an attack at sea.'

by Blackwattle Studios

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