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Colombia, Isla de San Andres: Dutch couple found dead; their yacht found upturned – April 2016

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The bodies of Ria and Waldy Finke, an experienced Dutch cruising couple, were found floating off Isla San Andrés, Colombia, on April 1, 2016. Their upturned yacht was discovered upturned and grounded on a reef nearby. See details of the follow-up on this investigation, published March 2018, at the bottom of the report.

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The bodies of Ria and Waldy Finke, a Dutch cruising couple on the Netherlands-

Courtesy of the Colombian Navy

based yacht Talagoa, were found floating off Isla San Andrés, Colombia, on April 1. Although owned by Colombia, San Andrés is off the east coast of Nicaragua.

The Finkes’ sloop, a 48-ft steel Van de Stadt design, was found at a nearby cay called Cayo Bolivar, 18 NM SSE of San Andres Island, overturned on a reef minus her keel.

As this point, the Colombian navy does not suspect foul play.

The extremely experienced cruising couple had left the Panama Canal on March 25.

According to a Dutch newspaper, the boat was lifted from the water to have maintenance in Colon, Panama. It left the Colon marina on the 25th of March. The destination was the Colombian Island of Providencia.

Report (in Dutch) by www.AD.nl

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