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Boat Owners give testimony at Scott Watson Trial
Monday’s testimony continued today with boat owners who were moored in Endeavour Inlet between the Christmas 1997 and New Year 1998 period giving evidence in Watson’s trial.
The boaties are being asked to draw the routes they sailed as they traveled around Marlborough Sounds. This week will comprise of testimony of witnesses from the 100 boats in the area at the time of Ben and Olivia’s disappearance.
Christchurch doctor, John Boyd, was cross-examined by defence lawyer Mike Antunovic. He said that he had chartered the yacht Syrena and arrived at Furneaux Lodge on December 31, 1997. He anchored his yacht close to a white ketch that had another boat rafted up to it. When shown a picture of a ketch he stated the one he had seen was not the same. He had later moved his boat further out because he was concerned about being to close to other boats. When they traveled around the Sounds on January 1, 1998, he had not seen a ketch during that time.
Defence counsel, Mike Antunovic, confirmed with Dr Boyd that he was an experienced sailor. He asked him about self-steering mechanisms and whether they would be useful in the Marlborough Sounds. Dr Boyd said they might as well be put away in the Sounds, as they would not be very useful.
Case proceeding
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Monday’s testimony continued today with boat owners who were moored in Endeavour Inlet. |
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