{"id":137314,"date":"2021-09-14T08:07:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=137314"},"modified":"2021-09-14T08:07:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:07:17","slug":"update-antiguan-suspected-of-sailing-stolen-yacht-into-hurricane-still-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/update-antiguan-suspected-of-sailing-stolen-yacht-into-hurricane-still-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Antiguan suspected of sailing stolen yacht into hurricane still missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1035800351\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3564089160\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/halifax\/news\/local\/boat-stolen-from-halifax-yacht-club-sails-through-hurricane-larry-100633229\/<\/p><div id=\"antig-3590065492\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>HALIFAX, N.S. \u2014 The farthest Graham Collins sails his boat is along the coast of Nova Scotia, so the Haligonian was stunned when he got a call from the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, asking if he was sailing through the eye of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/halifax\/news\/live-blog-hurricane-larry-ready-to-bear-down-on-eastern-newfoundland-100632737\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hurricane Larry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Friday started out like any other day for Collins. The president and co-owner of Compass Distillers was working away when he received a phone call from his friend.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2917824083\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-239983403\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Officials with\u00a0the U.S. Coast Guard&#8217;s rescue co-ordination centre in Boston had been trying to reach Collins but were unable to get hold of him, so they started contacting people on his emergency contact list.<\/p><div id=\"antig-193316788\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After Collins got off the phone with his friend, the coast guard call came through.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure class=\"sw-article__featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans2.jpeg?cs=srgb&amp;fit=clip&amp;h=700&amp;w=847&amp;auto=enhance%2Ccompress%2Cformat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans2.jpeg?fit=clip&amp;h=700&amp;w=847&amp;auto=compress,format,enhance 847w, https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans2.jpeg?fit=clip&amp;h=1400&amp;w=1694&amp;auto=compress,format,enhance 1694w\" alt=\"Secret Plans, Graham Collins' boat, last known location was transmitted far off the coast of Nova Scotia and Cape Cod on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, before the personal locator beacon's battery died. - Google  Maps\" data-enhance=\"true\" \/><figcaption>Secret Plans, Graham Collins&#8217; boat, last known location was transmitted far off the coast of Nova Scotia and Cape Cod on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, before the personal locator beacon&#8217;s battery died. &#8211; Google Maps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey told me that my personal locator beacon had been activated and was showing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boatwatch.org\/current-watches\/bolo-sv-secret-plans-stolen-from-halifax-harbor-canada-sets-off-plb-in-eye-of-hurricane-larry\/?fbclid=IwAR3eRot3aVAAu-emnmvFzR06e0GGDS42ZREkoejJ9nzhpOElRp0wqTKoczs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">position in the middle of hurricane Larry<\/a>,\u201d Collins said in an interview Sunday.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1569800454\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"div_telaria_outstream\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_5543_onscreen\" class=\"fsk_splitbox_5543_onscreen\">\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_5543\" class=\"  fsk_splitbox_5543\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_5543_passback\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey asked me if that seemed at all reasonable and I said, no, it doesn\u2019t. It should be on the boat and the boat should be happily tied up at the Armdale Yacht Club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Collins\u2019s wife, Jill, came to a different conclusion when she went down to check on the 10.6-metre sailboat named Secret Plans.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2573594422\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chtamarketplace.com\/\" aria-label=\"Social FaceBook Cover Desk_Mobile\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:111\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:379\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:285\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:569\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"949\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe calls me from there and goes, \u2018Yeah, there\u2019s no boat,\u2019 with a lot of profanity, which is unusual for her,\u201d he recalled.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1200819681\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After looking over the mooring ball and the bridles, Jill told her husband everything was in perfect shape, meaning the boat must have been untied, so Collins called the coast guard back to let them know \u201cthis is probably legit.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure class=\"sw-article__featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans3.jpg?cs=srgb&amp;fit=clip&amp;h=700&amp;w=847&amp;auto=compress%2Cenhance%2Cformat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans3.jpg?fit=clip&amp;h=700&amp;w=847&amp;auto=compress,format,enhance 847w, https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans3.jpg?fit=clip&amp;h=1400&amp;w=1694&amp;auto=compress,format,enhance 1694w\" alt=\"Graham Collins' boat, Secret Plans, was believed to have been stolen Wednesday night, Sept. 8, 2021, from the Armdale Yacht Club in Halifax. - Contributed\" data-enhance=\"true\" \/><figcaption>Graham Collins&#8217; boat, Secret Plans, was believed to have been stolen Wednesday night, Sept. 8, 2021, from the Armdale Yacht Club in Halifax. &#8211; Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Collins explained the personal locator beacon needs to be manually activated by pulling out the antenna before holding two buttons at the same time to turn it on, so it was deliberately set off.<\/p>\n<p>The beacon was about 630 kilometres southeast of Halifax when it was activated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div_telaria_outstream_2\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_5787_onscreen\" class=\"fsk_splitbox_5787_onscreen\">\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_5787\" class=\"  fsk_splitbox_5787\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_5787_passback\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eventually, the coast guard stopped receiving a signal from the beacon as its battery had died.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday morning, the coast guard set out to search for the sailboat but came up empty-handed. Later in the day, one of the planes involved in the search spotted a flare, which was consistent with the flares from Collins\u2019s boat, but couldn\u2019t locate the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Just after 10 a.m. Sunday, the coast guard decided to suspend the search for the boat.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure class=\"sw-article__featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans4.jpeg?cs=srgb&amp;fit=clip&amp;h=700&amp;w=847&amp;auto=enhance%2Ccompress%2Cformat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans4.jpeg?fit=clip&amp;h=700&amp;w=847&amp;auto=compress,format,enhance 847w, https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-SecretPlans4.jpeg?fit=clip&amp;h=1400&amp;w=1694&amp;auto=compress,format,enhance 1694w\" alt=\"Graham Collins' boat, Secret Plans, is believed to have been stolen from the Armdale Yacht Club on Wednesday night, Sept. 8, 2021. - Contributed\" data-enhance=\"true\" \/><figcaption>Graham Collins&#8217; boat, Secret Plans, is believed to have been stolen from the Armdale Yacht Club on Wednesday night, Sept. 8, 2021. &#8211; Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe conditions at the time of the search were pretty harsh,\u201d Petty Officer Ryan Noel said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinds were 70 knots and the waves were 40 to 50 feet, with visibility for less than a mile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins said since his family only used the former racing boat for near-coast cruising, it didn&#8217;t have a liferaft, but it was fully equipped with food and water, which would\u2019ve lasted a person at least a week at sea.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing the coast guard had suspended its search, Collins had very few words for how he was feeling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vibe I get is to not hope for anything,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d love to have the boat back, but something bad enough happened that they concluded it would be better to be arrested than not be saved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins said he believes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca\/en\/news\/2021\/rcmp-is-asking-public-assistance-locate-suspect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karin Marley Simons<\/a>\u00a0of Antigua is the person who stole his boat and set sail for down south.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure class=\"sw-article__featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-KarinSimons.png?cs=srgb&amp;fit=clip&amp;h=700&amp;w=847&amp;auto=compress%2Cenhance%2Cformat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-KarinSimons.png?fit=clip&amp;h=700&amp;w=847&amp;auto=compress,format,enhance 847w, https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/image\/media\/photologue\/photos\/2021\/9\/12\/TCH-12092021-KarinSimons.png?fit=clip&amp;h=1400&amp;w=1694&amp;auto=compress,format,enhance 1694w\" alt=\"Karin Marley Simons was one of two men charged after Quebec RCMP and the Canadian Coast Guard seized 556 kilograms of cocaine from a burning sailboat off the coast of Nova Scotia on Aug. 29. The next day, Simons escaped police custody at Dartmouth General Hospital, where he had been taken in for an assessment. - RCMP handout\" data-enhance=\"true\" \/><figcaption>Karin Marley Simons was one of two men charged after Quebec RCMP and the Canadian Coast Guard seized 556 kilograms of cocaine from a burning sailboat off the coast of Nova Scotia on Aug. 29. The next day, Simons escaped police custody at Dartmouth General Hospital, where he had been taken in for an assessment. &#8211; RCMP handout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Simons was one of two men charged after Quebec RCMP and the Canadian Coast Guard seized 556 kilograms of cocaine from a burning sailboat off the coast of Nova Scotia on Aug. 29. The next day, Simons escaped police custody at Dartmouth General Hospital, where he had been taken in for an assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Simons has a Royal Yachting Association yachtmaster certificate, which is a \u201chighly respected qualification worldwide, proving your experience and competence as a skipper,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>Collins said the situation has not only angered, but saddened him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve put a lot of heart and soul into rebuilding it, so to have that taken away is painful,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can really do, so it\u2019s a pretty helpless feeling. You don\u2019t get the resolution like you do if it\u2019s washed up on the rocks on something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But at the end of the day, Collins said the boat is a material item.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I&#8217;m sad and angry that my boat is gone, I&#8217;m also sad that someone has probably lost their life in the hurricane.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-408378819\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/halifax\/news\/local\/boat-stolen-from-halifax-yacht-club-sails-through-hurricane-larry-100633229\/ HALIFAX, N.S. \u2014 The farthest Graham Collins sails his boat is along the coast of Nova Scotia, so the Haligonian was stunned when he got a call from the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, asking if he was sailing through the eye of\u00a0hurricane Larry. 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