Well, any maritime authority with jurisdiction over their waters will have the power to stop and arrest a vessel if it is believed that they have contravened national laws concerning safety and seaworthiness. Normally that involves "arresting" the vessel (nailing a writ to the mast - or, possibly these days, using duck/duct (  ) tape. If it is believed that the crew may be at fault through negligence etc they can arrest the crew too. With a cruise liner the passengers are not the crew but on a chartered yacht your friends may comprise part of the crew and the skipper is in overall charge. Therefore, the authorities can arrest all those who they feel may have had a hand in the incident. But I cannot think that much damage was caused? (oil spillage, damage to reef life/site of special scientific interest etc)
May be they just dont like yachties?
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