A shipwrecked yacht on a remote Australian island has become the centre of a dispute between the vessel’s owner and the local Aboriginal Land Council, which claimed the yacht belongs to them.
The 40-foot “Huntress” suffered a mishap during its Sydney to Hobart race on Dec. 28, 2022, when it hit an unidentified object which sheared off part of its rudder.
The skipper and seven crew members were rescued, while the vessel was later washed up on Christmas Beach on Cape Barren Island off the northeast coast of Tasmania.
It was salvaged by an insurance company overnight on Jan. 8 before being towed back to mainland Tasmania the following day….