No Ketch in the Watson case?
This is one of many affidavits attesting to a Ketch being sighted 1st of January 1988. Details are removed for anonymity purposes
Affidavit of , Officer.
of
To whom it may concern:
On the morning of 1 January 1998, I was travelling up Queen Charlotte Sound in my At approximately 9.30 am I saw a ketch just south of Endeavour Inlet, off Snake Point. It had a small raised coach roof cabin, a lot of ropework, a blue stripe and portholes. It was a very distinctive yacht, like a 1960s vintage design. It was heading very slowly in the direction of Picton. It was on my starboard side and I had to go around it. I was doing about 6-7knots. There are several memorable matters which I recall clearly. As I motored close to it down its port side I saw an unshaven -man standing amidships by the mast. I waved to the man but he did not wave back. He just stood there and stared back at me. I recall this in particular because it is unusual behaviour. I also recall looking towards the helm to see who was sailing the yacht but there was no one there, nor anywhere else on deck. 1 assumed it was being steered by autopilot. the companionway hatch was closed and this too is unusual for a vessel underway.
I did not report this sighting at first, assuming there have been many sightings and that I would be just "one of hundreds" reporting it. About two weeks later I considered it my civic duty to report what I had seen and so I rang Operation TAM's advertised number in Blenheim. My call was answered by a woman who told me the police were not all that interested in that sighting. I heard no more about it.
Sworn etc
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