Posted on 07/18/2013 7:31:55 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Hany Mustapha, 46, from Worcester Park, Surrey, had just picked up a 21ft sloop bought through eBay and set sail in strong winds from Poole, Dorset, running into trouble minutes later.
The yacht was discovered 'ghosting' hours later, running aground deserted on the Isle of Wight with its engine still running.
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Mr Mustapha was a member of a local motor yachting club on the River Thames and had completed a one-week sailing course with his second wife, Liz, in Turkey in 2011.
He was also studying for his Master Yachtsman certificate in his spare time.
However, the coroner said he had 'over-estimated his ability' when he attempted to sail single-handed...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Immediately fall overboard...without a life jacket.
seems small for a ‘round the world’ type trip.
I hear those Belise commercials about moving there. Ever been?
Insurance fraud?
This happens a lot with people who pick up new motorcycles, too.
I used to own a 22ft sail boat....way to small for any distance on the ocean I also don’t believe the term yacht is really applicable....I know a yacht is technically just a boat but the implication is much more. Most people consider a yacht to be 10 meters or more!!!
Yeah. Or staged disappearance? Start a new family etc.?
By a master yachtsman.....hardly applicable in this situation!!!
They did say they found the body.
If your plan for insurance fraud includes being found washed up on shore dead it needs a little tweeking!!!
Insurance fraud?
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Or escaping from financial or putative criminal problems?
Where’s the body! Many detective stories have used this method of attempts to change one’s life, not death.
But - taking a little sailboat single-handing in strong winds and uncooperative waves was probably a fatal decision.
OK - but are we sure it’s HIM?????? JK - I stand corrected LOL.
Around the world in a 21-footer?He might just as well commit suicide!
Don't tell me that he named it the minnow.
21 foot? Are you kidding me?!
Does 900 Pounds seem kind of cheap for a 21 foot boat?
I’m thinkin’ the tiny ship was tossed.
I don’t need a boat or an airplane. Sooner or later I’d forget something important or do something ill advised like this man did.
Chilled to the bone by overexposure to dihydrogenmonoxide...some of these environmental hazards need to be banned...
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