"Bill Warnock" wrote in message
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We probably need stepped up patrols, perhaps an international effort.

Jonathan... I think this sort of thing is starting to be undertaken.

The IMB has been giving this a lot of publicity... and some of the
"super powers" including our Navy are starting to patrol and/or shadow
seized vessels... more so in this area than before.

This seizure just ocurred:

(CNN) -- A French navy vessel is in pursuit of a luxury yacht
which pirates seized off the coast of Somalia a day earlier,
the French Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

I viewed a photo of the yacht and it is a fine looking vessel for
sure. What the Master and crew were doing in those waters I have
no idea... and were they adhering to the 200 mile warning that has
been issued in the past.

Bill

Yeah, I don't get that either... it's a known area for problems, so the only
excuse to be anywhere near there is for canal transit. Even then, it seems
like going in a convoy would mitigate most of the issues.

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