Charges have now been laid agains the skipper of a fishboat involved in a tense situation off the coast of Vancouver Island Sunday night.
The other two people on board claim the skipper was high on cocaine, armed with a shotgun, and threatening to kill them.
RCMP were eventually able to locate the boat and the two crewmembers jumped to safety.
Now charged with assault with a weapon, uttering threats, and careless use of a firearm is 49 year old Karl Darwin Thomas of Courtenay.
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