MAHONE BAY, Nova Scotia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A Canadian man was killed by gunmen who boarded his yacht off the coast of Honduras with the intention of robbing him and his daughter, a family member says.

Kelly Wilson, the former brother-in-law Milan Egrmajer, 55, of Ottawa, said the sailor was shot to death Thursday night aboard the Adena, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.


Wilson said, speaking to the news network from Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, said Egrmajer had been on an extended sailing trip for about 18 months and his 24-year-old daughter Myda had joined him in November.

The two were anchored in a lagoon near an island about 20 miles from Tela, Honduras, because of bad weather when they were beset by an unknown number of gunmen, Wilson said.

He said his niece used a flare gun to scare off the attackers. It was several hours before she was helped by people who arrived on another boat.

She was taken to Belize, unharmed but traumatized, he said.