Kingdom of Bahrain racing yacht captured by Iranian naval vessels. The five men British sailors were picked up by Iranian naval vessels last Wednesday after their racing yacht, the Kingdom of Bahrain, was boarded en route from Bahrain to Dubai.
Organisers of a race in which the yachtsmen were planning to take part said the vessel had reported problems with a propeller, suggesting that they may have have drifted off course. The father of one of those on board, Luke Porter, 21, said that his son had told him that the boat had strayed about 500 yards into Iranian waters near the island of Sirri.
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