Sailor’s dreams are sunk

Saturday 17th July 2010, 2:29PM BST.

The wreckage of sailing boat Pet following Thursday’s high winds. Owner of the vessel, Claude Van-martyn, is pictured far left. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0999327)

A SAILOR’S life-long dream has been washed away in a matter of hours.

Claude Van-martyn, the owner of the 60ft long yacht that sank in Havelet Bay on Thursday night, had planned to sail for a year around Europe.

It had been something he had always wanted to do and he had been fixing up the 107-year-old yacht. He had planned to set off on his trip at the end of August.

But during Thursday night’s gale, the boat started drifting from its moorings and within a couple of hours it had sunk.

The boat was not insured.

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Eh

July 19, 2010 at 12:39 pm

Not insured? What was he thinking of?

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blah

July 19, 2010 at 10:14 pm

i don’t think he could get covered – the vessel was much too old. now mr paint … his shiny goodies, dangling for the hungry dog to jump higher, were not so ancient were they?

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Eh

July 20, 2010 at 11:41 am

Almost anything can be insured – for a price!

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