The Phantom Blue-Striped Yacht

In the chill of early New Year’s Day, two friends slip silently into the

abyss of mystery aboard a water taxi. As the world celebrates, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope disappear into

the icy depths with a stranger—his eyes cold, his beard rough with three days’

growth. When logic trembles, so does truth. They sought refuge on a "ketch," a

phantom yacht marked by an elusive blue stripe. Yet, when police combed

through 1,500 vessels and every crevice of coastline, the search revealed nothing.

The blue-striped dreamboat was a maritime ghost. A man was jailed on charges of their

murder, yet the verdict stood on thin air: no bodies, no DNA,