sailed

Data from ship tracking websites suggest the Yi Peng Three sailed over the cables at around the time that each was cut.

The wood-and-fibre-glass vessel is thought to have sailed from the Colombian port of Tumaco, covering thousands of miles before it was stopped.

The original design, made public in 2021, had sailed through the Public Arts Commission and the Palm Springs City Council, and some 400 donors had raised more than half of the memorial’s $600,000 budget.

Seven years later the first ferry - a lifeline form of transport in the Western Isles - sailed from Stornoway to mainland Scotland on a Sunday.

“That's great if you happen to buy a house cheaply 30 years ago,” said Madden, “but that ship’s sailed.”