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I got this via a broadcast e-mail, translated from the original Spanish.
Fact, fiction? I dunno, but it's pretty whacky. Quoting:
"There is an offer of $10,000 (US) for each boat, for whoever has information that will lead to finding and recovery of the Motor Yacht Darwin Buddy and Wolf Buddy"
"Current status, both vessels left Ecuador and the Galapagos National Park likely in passage through the Panama Canal to make way to Bonaire.
The Maridueña Shipyard has announced their intention to legally stop both Buddy vessels based on issues for collection of outstanding payments since ship construction in Oct 2011. Owner of the shipyard and lawyers traveled to Galapagos.
Their effort failed and even their offer of compensation/reward over the internet and local public media did not tip them off as to where to search for the vessels.
There is information that M.Y. Buddy Wolf reported an equipment emergency and transferred guests to another liveaboard vessel so as to bring them back to port and the charter starting April 15 was then taken over by (another company's liveaboard vessel).
Both vessels MY Buddy Wolf & Buddy Darwin were then disconnected from their automatic GPS tracking system and received fuel from an other vessel.
The search by Maridueña Shipyards continues and they are planning to travel to Bonaire, Costa Rica or wherever the vessels eventually show up."
Fact, fiction? I dunno, but it's pretty whacky. Quoting:
"There is an offer of $10,000 (US) for each boat, for whoever has information that will lead to finding and recovery of the Motor Yacht Darwin Buddy and Wolf Buddy"
"Current status, both vessels left Ecuador and the Galapagos National Park likely in passage through the Panama Canal to make way to Bonaire.
The Maridueña Shipyard has announced their intention to legally stop both Buddy vessels based on issues for collection of outstanding payments since ship construction in Oct 2011. Owner of the shipyard and lawyers traveled to Galapagos.
Their effort failed and even their offer of compensation/reward over the internet and local public media did not tip them off as to where to search for the vessels.
There is information that M.Y. Buddy Wolf reported an equipment emergency and transferred guests to another liveaboard vessel so as to bring them back to port and the charter starting April 15 was then taken over by (another company's liveaboard vessel).
Both vessels MY Buddy Wolf & Buddy Darwin were then disconnected from their automatic GPS tracking system and received fuel from an other vessel.
The search by Maridueña Shipyards continues and they are planning to travel to Bonaire, Costa Rica or wherever the vessels eventually show up."
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