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Pirate Attack Raw Video [Ep. 72]
13 December 2024 · 8 min · 2.5M views · Los Testigos, Venezuela
What this video covers
A pirate attack on Supernova occurred at night while the boat was under sail between Venezuela and Grenada, near the islands of Los Testigos.0:17 Yvette was below filming when she heard an engine approaching — unusual because Supernova was under sail — and spotted a panga already close to the port stern.2:23 She woke Darcy, who was asleep in the port forward cabin with the floor removed due to earlier water ingress and a bilge pump failure, and he came up through the hatch.2:51 Two men were boarding on the port side; the first carried a gun.3:16 Darcy grabbed the gunman's wrist, pulled him aboard to close the distance, then choked him until he dropped the gun and fell overboard.3:23 A second attacker was hitting Yvette with a small wooden bat; Darcy knocked him overboard with a wrist strike to the head.4:16 Yvette started both engines, Darcy took the helm, they killed all lights, switched off AIS, and altered course toward Grenada at full power under sail and engine combined.5:21 They avoided VHF to prevent alerting possible accomplices and instead called their friend Brian by internet; he contacted the Grenada coast guard.5:51 Yvette sustained a minor back injury from slipping while running to start the engines; Darcy had arm bruising and a bloody nose.7:23
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