Crazed skipper, mutinous crew won't face charges


By The Sunday Times LONDON - An epic tale of terror adrift on the high seas
ended in stalemate Saturday when a Spanish judge ruled that neither a
supposedly crazed British yacht skipper nor his mutinous crew should face
any charges.

Spike Sellers, 32, was left with his hands lashed behind his back aboard his
yacht Argo, drifting off Spain's "Coast of Death" as Ivan Holroyd, 34, and
his girlfriend Rachel Rosen, 32, were winched aboard a rescue helicopter.

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ...
Crazed skipper, mutinous crew won't face charges


By The Sunday Times LONDON - An epic tale of terror adrift on the high seas
ended in stalemate Saturday when a Spanish judge ruled that neither a
supposedly crazed British yacht skipper nor his mutinous crew should face
any charges.

Spike Sellers, 32, was left with his hands lashed behind his back aboard his
yacht Argo, drifting off Spain's "Coast of Death" as Ivan Holroyd, 34, and
his girlfriend Rachel Rosen, 32, were winched aboard a rescue helicopter.




soooo if they left him with his hands lashed how did he make it to court?

OK...I'll bite...why'd they lash him to the mast? What'd he do? What's the
rest of the story?????

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"Joe" wrote in message

| soooo if they left him with his hands lashed how did he make it to court?

Well Now ... you'll have to subscribe to the London Sunday Times to find
out!

Actually they claimed the Capt. went crazy and wouldn't head to port due to
the storm conditions & wave height. He refused to assist them to make a
MayDay Call and refused their pleas to head to shore!

He'd single handed the vessel from Greece to the Bay of Biscayne!!!

Thought he would take on crew for the passage back to England!

He asked some friends to join him....

It was the couple's first time on a sailboat and first time at sea.

They didn't tell the rescue party there was another man aboard until after
they landed safely ashore. A second trip was required to rescue the Capt.
He refused to join but was forced to leave his vessel.

I would have shot the pair in a flash! Crew is always expendable!

CM

the Bay of Biscay can be kinda rough, katie. some people get scared in rough
water and insist on heading for shore.



OK...I'll bite...why'd they lash him to the mast? What'd he do? What's the
rest of the story?????

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the Bay of Biscay can be kinda rough, katie. some people get scared in
rough
water and insist on heading for shore.

Then they shouldn't be on sailboats where that possibility exists....
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It was the couple's first time on a sailboat and first time at sea.

And he didn't forewarn them that the sea does sometimes not cooperate with
people's idea of a good time? They had no business tying up a seasoned
sailor...they put themselves and him in more peril....they should be
prosecuted, not only for their actions but their stupidity...OTOH...the
captain should have his brain examined for taking newbies on that type of
trip....
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the Bay of Biscay can be kinda rough, katie. some people get scared in
rough
water and insist on heading for shore.

Then they shouldn't be on sailboats where that possibility exists....

yup. but look what happened to those two women on the Westsail "Santori" when
then found themselves in 40 knot winds.

I have heard captains tell some weird stories about weird crew on some rather
ordinary trips. I received a call from a friend one Sunday morning a couple
years back asking if I could help her finish her trip as she had just pitched
her crew off and told him to go home. The guy -- who claimed to have many,
many years of experience -- couldn't tack a 27 foot boat by himself without
help.

The guy -- who claimed to have many,
many years of experience -- couldn't tack a 27 foot boat by himself without
help.

Seems to me that if I were going to be taking a lengthy trip on a sailboat,
I'd want to know exactly what the qualities of my crew were before I
departed....people lie about all sorts of things...I'd have them demonstrate
their abilities...but then, I'd also probably run a police report on them,
too, and want to speak to their Grandma to make sure they were nice....
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JAXAshby wrote:
the Bay of Biscay can be kinda rough, katie. some people get scared in
rough
water and insist on heading for shore.

Then they shouldn't be on sailboats where that possibility exists....

yup. but look what happened to those two women on the Westsail "Santori" when
then found themselves in 40 knot winds.

I have heard captains tell some weird stories about weird crew on some rather
ordinary trips. I received a call from a friend one Sunday morning a couple
years back asking if I could help her finish her trip as she had just pitched
her crew off and told him to go home. The guy -- who claimed to have many,
many years of experience -- couldn't tack a 27 foot boat by himself without
help.

ROTFL MAO!!!!!
Sounds kind of like JAXAss to me!