BLK ALERTS - Suspected Pirate Attack In The Mozambique Channel Leaves Two Sailors Dead On ‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’ Voyage

BLK ALERTS - Suspected Pirate Attack In The Mozambique Channel Leaves Two Sailors Dead On ‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’ Voyage

Two experienced sailors were discovered deceased aboard their yacht in the Mozambique Channel last week after issuing a distress call, according to The Guardian. Australian sailor Deirdre “Cookie” Sibly, 67, and her French companion, Pascal Mahe, were found dead under mysterious circumstances as their vessel drifted near Madagascar, approximately 200 miles northeast of Beira, Mozambique. The pair had been traveling from Reunion Island toward Dur…

Suspected Pirate Attack In The Mozambique Channel Leaves Two Sailors Dead On ‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’ Voyage - Travel Noire

Two experienced sailors were discovered deceased aboard their yacht in the Mozambique Channel last week after issuing a distress call, according to The Guardian. Australian sailor Deirdre “Cookie” Sibly, 67, and her French companion, Pascal Mahe, were found dead under mysterious circumstances as their vessel drifted near Madagascar, approximately 200 miles northeast of Beira, Mozambique. The pair had been traveling from Reunion Island toward Dur…

Tragedy in the Mozambique Channel -- Two Sailors Found Dead in Possible Pirate Attack

Australian sailor Deirdre “Cookie” Sibly, 67, and French sailor Pascal Mahe have been found dead on the yacht Acteon, sailing in the Mozambique Channel, around 200 miles north east of Beira, Mozambique.  Acteon is a 50-foot sloop registered in France. The pair, both described by relatives and friends as highly capable mariners, had left Reunion Island in June with the intention of reaching South Africa, stopping in Durban before continuing to Ca…