On 2 Nov 2005 09:14:59 -0800, "StarWindSurfer"
wrote:



Also, what is better/safer/easier/quicker when say going from the US to
the UK, I will be sailing a 40Ft Catamaran, should I cut straight
across or shore hug up to green/iceland and over to the UK?


If you are asking questions like that I think you should access some
kind of theoretical and practical training before you consider such a
voyage.

Contrary to popular opinion in USA you don't need guns when you leave
America. Its quite safe out here - really it is!

If you did meet 'pirates' you can bet that they will be more heavily
armed than you so you have a choice:

1. Don't carry guns - get robbed and live to tell the tale.
2. Carry guns, fight back - get robbed and die in the process.

Your choice.

Mike