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7. Kaz II

The Kaz II, dubbed "the ghost yacht", is a 9.8-meter catamaran which was found drifting 88 nautical miles (160 km) off the northern coast of Australia on April 18, 2007.

The Kaz II departed from Airlie Beach on April 15, 2007, and was heading for Townsville on the first leg of a journey that was to take it around Northern Australia to Western Australia.

On April 20, maritime authorities caught up with the boat and boarded it. They found that three-man crew missing in circumstances which they described as being "strange."

"What they found was a bit strange in that everything was normal; there was just no sign of the crew," said Jon Hall, Queensland's Emergency Management office.

The Office revealed that the yacht was in serviceable condition and was laid out as if the crew were still on board. Food and flatware were set out on the table, a laptop computer was set up and turned on, and the engine was still running.

Officials also confirmed that the boat's emergency systems, including its radio and GPS were fully functional, and that it still had its full complement of life jackets.