He is kidnapped in the Gulf of Aden and pirates take everything he has. Then Kantner tracks down his plundered yacht in Africa and repairs it under adventurous circumstances. And indeed, on 17 July he sets sail again from Somalia. He tells his unique story in YACHT tv.
There's never been anything like it: a sailor recovers his stolen yacht from pirate country - it's the finale of a drama that has lasted over a year. Jürgen Kanter looks back on the past few months. He describes how he and his partner Sabine Merz were attacked in June 2008, reports on the unimaginable events in the hostage situation and explains how he found his yacht "Rockall" and provisionally made it safe enough to escape from Somalia.
You can read more details about what happened and his further plans in the new YACHT.
Another film documentary about this and other piracy cases in the world's most dangerous waters will be shown by WDR on 17 August at 10 pm: "Blackmailed by pirates - German hostages in the Gulf of Aden"
