Yacht pirate Seajack:'Wake up and see' convoy leader tells politicians



9:48 AM Sat 19 Feb 2011 GMT
'Happier days - Rene and Edith Tiemessen on their yacht Alondra' .
Rene Tiemessen, leader of one of the convoys consisting mostly of American and European yachts attempting to reach their home countries from Asia hopes the latest hijacking will cause 'all politicians to wake up and see what has become of their doing nothing to protect us.' Rene and Edith Tiemessen, sailing with their two-year-old son on Alondra, are leading a convoy of around 30 yachts from Thailand to Turkey. For months the Tiemessens have begged the UK Navy to give approximately 250 sailors travelling on about 100 yachts, caught on the wrong side of the Indian Ocean, escort while they ...


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by Nancy Knudsen





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