A lack of sailing qualifications was apparently no barrier to buying a yacht, especially when the owner was in such a hurry to sell. Our new boat came with a lower deck stuffed with smaller vessels, and a resident black and white tabby cat and her small litter of kittens.

We managed to sail the yacht to the southern tip of the island. Here we enjoyed several days in the sun.

It was on the day that the police boarded the boat to arrest us that we first heard the rumour that the previous owner had been disposing of his assets quickly. This was the first part of his plan to fake his death as a victim of the 9/11 attack in New York.