OTTAWA --
A dream vacation on a yacht in the Bahamas that allegedly went awry at the centre of lawsuits filed by the mother and the girlfriend of Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk.
During the trip to escape isolation in Canada over Christmas, they say they encountered "…a crew headed by an angry, arrogant, dismissive, grossly negligent captain discernably inexperienced in the waters he was navigating."
Melnyk is referred to as the charterer in the lawsuits against the captain and the companies that own and operate the yacht. None of the allegations have been tested or proven in court.
Court documents show they set sail as an escape from isolation in Canada over Christmas and allege negligence, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.