www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/teenagers-eagle-eye-led-to-arrests-of-fugitives-paul-bennett-and-simone-wright-20150217-13h477.html

The moral of the story is if your going to steal a boat, sail it in a seaman like manner. Well done to the young observer and reader of sailing forums.

On ya Mate!

You can borrow my anchor chain to keel haul them.
Both of them!

I don't quite get the outcome of this story. He admitted to authorities in NSW, that he did not pay for the yacht.

(It is also interesting that the SMH only report today on the outcome made in October.)


www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/paul-bennett-found-not-guilty-of-possessing-stolen-new-zealand-yacht-harlech-20151117-gl0xhn.html

Don't think any of us has the true story yet - hope we eventually do....

DrRog said..
The original article said Harlec was a cruising cutter and someone verified the photos. The latest article, which was confusing, said it was supposed to be a ketch. Doesn't make sense because the photo the kid took is very clearly not a ketch.

The news paper just wants to sell papers they write any thing to sell one

I watch "media watch" on ABC its a joke what some papers write. They tend to write some thing about nothing when there have to much blank space and that's the truth Some times it snow balls and it ends up on channel 7 or 9 any thing to get people attentions these days .
and sell a paper or an advert

1/2 truths and less