London: A group of British yachtsmen held in
Iran for a week after their drifted into Iranian waters have
returned to the UK.
Oliver Smith, Oliver Young, Sam Usher and Luke Porter
arrived early on Friday at London's Heathrow Airport.
The crew of the "Kingdom of Bahrain" said that they were
relieved to be back home and eager to begin racing again.
When Porter was asked what he wanted to do now that he
was home he answered: "Probably go to the pub."
Smith says he still has a taste for sailing and he wants
to go back to the Gulf.
He added that his Iranian captors "meant well" and that
he was not mistreated.
A fifth captured Briton, radio journalist David Bloomer,
did not fly to London with the team.
PTI
First Published: Friday, December 04, 2009, 18:09