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Acteon - Two cruisers found dead aboard a drifting yacht in the Mozambique ChannelCruising yacht (50 ft)/2025/50 ft/Two sailors found dead aboard a drifting yacht (cause unexplained)

In late November 2025, the 50-foot French cruising yacht Acteon was on passage from Réunion to Durban when a distress call went out on 27 November, relayed by a cargo ship in the Mozambique Channel about 200 nautical miles northeast of Beira. Both experienced sailors aboard — Deirdre Sibly, 67, of Australia, and Pascal Mahe of France — were found dead, and the yacht was left adrift. The cause has not been explained.

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