What do you mean how they could have avoided it...what being captured? where the eff were they supposed to go...jump overboard and drown? It is what it is... now instead of armchair quarterbacking... how about doing a whole bunch of praying that the chandlers and lynn rival are rescued safely..
from the noonsite dot com piracy pages.. Piracy Around the Seychelles* Created by sue <http://www.noonsite.com/Members/sue>. Last modified on 2009-05-14 21:51:22 Topic: Piracy <http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy> Countries: Seychelles <http://www.noonsite.com/Countries/Seychelles> * *Report sent by Dominique, Wednesday 6 May* The situation has seriously deteriorated in the Seychelles archipelago during the last three weeks. According to the EU coordination, the Seychelles are surrounded in a 150NM radius around Victoria in ALL directions. Somali mother-ships are pre-positioned North, South, East and West. The latest reported attacks were in the NE one day ago (Tuesday 5 May). There is no longer any 100% safe exit/entry route. Several boats underway from the Chagos have already altered their course to Mauritius. More than 20 boats planning to sail to Madagascar and Mayotte have cancelled their passage. On Monday afternoon (4 May) a mother ship and two skiffs were arrested by the Seychelles Navy near Marianne island, 35NM south-east of Victoria! Our own boat and another vessel doing a 90 degree route last Thursday was informed by the navy that one incident took place 50NM ahead of us. We decided to return to Mahe to assess the situation. The next morning, not only one attack were confirmed but two. Apparently the mother-ships have ventured too far East because of the very quiet sea and have decided to operate far beyond their usual 400NM radius from the Somali coast. According to military inetlligence the pirates on their skiffs are abandonned on the high sea by the mother ships with one mission: catch a boat, this is your return ticket... A coordination anti-piracy committee was created last Monday in Victoria by a group of 45 yachts and power vessels intending to travel. The coordinator can be contacted on [email protected] <mydlec%40gmail.com>. On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:26 PM, ken <[email protected]> wrote: > Take a look at their track. Yet they were still boarded and captured. -Ken > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569747,00.html > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the Yorkshire terrier next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, however, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk briefly and place it in a warm oven for 40 minutes. Let it stand for 2 hours before icing.
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