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Superyacht saves 16

The captain and crew of a 121ft superyacht rescued 16 suspected migrants in a harrowing incident off St Kitts in the Caribbean on 28 March.

The crew of SY Genevieve, a 121ft Ed Dubois-designed sloop, were motor sailing from Antigua to St Maarten shortly before midnight on 27 March when they heard what sounded like a woman’s scream.

Thomas Auckland, captain of , recalls that

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