Somali pirates have released 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean.

Andy Wasinger and Loretta Reinholdt were on a sailing adventure down the Caribbean coast of Central America that ended with them being attacked at sea, robbed, forced ashore and left helpless.

Pirates have taken the captain and chief engineer of a U.S.-flagged oil supply ship hostage off the coast of Nigeria.