There is nothing like a mysterious sea story to whet the speculation appetite. Yesterday the Coast Guard discovered the twelve metre Catamaran " Kaz 11 " adrift and deserted one hundred and sixty kilometres east of Townsville on the outer edge of the Great Barrier reef.
The sails were tattered, but what amazed the crew who boarded her were the signs of normalcy that prevailed. The engine was running, the radio and GPS systems were in working order, there was an operational laptop computer -and the table was set for a meal. The mystery was the absence of the three man crew - aged 56, 63 and 69 who had set out to sail the vessel on the journey of a lifetime from north Queensland to Western Australia.
A massive search is underway but the finding has eerie similarities to the famous " Marie Celeste " found abandoned in similar circumstances many years ago.
The theory people will have a hey day with everything from sea monsters to UFO abductions, but the fact remains that a vessel in perfect working order - and with no signs of a problem that would have caused the catamaran to be willingly abandoned - defies all logic.
The cruel sea is an unforgiving place that has spawned many mysteries. Hopefully
this will be quickly solved and the missing crew rescued - and then there will be a story that will hog the headlines for many days - and probably lead to wealth by way of survivor stories - and maybe even a Hollywood movie.
And just as likely, there will be no solution and the story will pass into history as another unsolved mystery of the sea !
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