An international dispute between local Aboriginal law and conventional salvage law has arisen after drifting racing yacht “Huntress” washed ashore on a remote island off Tasmania, Australia. During the annual Sydney to Hobart Race the yacht struck an unknown object on December 28th, possibly a sunfish, and lost steering at a position 80nm off the…
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