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"Roger Long" wrote in news:g6av74$fct$1
@registered.motzarella.org: Here's a useful bit of information for cruise planning: On Jul 25, 6:20 am, "Roger Long" wrote: Here's a useful bit of information for cruise planning: With the exception of the reports of piracy against yachts in S America, I'm unclear as to how useful your information is for cruise planning, Roger. Two points: 1) Official piracy against yachts. The ICC page to which you linked says zero about the government-run piracy against yachts that occurs in Australia, for example, where foreign cruisers have been financially ruined by 'legal' action by government agencies. Cruisers have been told, for instance, by Australian officials in New Caledonia that they need only to advise Australian officials 48 hours before arrival but then, on arrival, they have been prosecuted and ruined for not giving 96 hours notice. See http://www.thecoastalpassage.com.au/manzaris.html 2) Poor correlation between piracy against cargo vessels and acts against private yachts. In the case of Southeast Asia and the Malacca Straits in particular, many cruisers have heard stories about piracy (piracy against cargo ships definitely takes place in the Malacca Straits: some of it is just opportunistic theft, other cases are of inside jobs - ie within a shipping company - to steal high value cargo). But there have been only two cases of piracy against cruisers in SE Asia in a decade, and only one of those was well substantiated (the other seems to have been a case where the owner of a vessel wanted to claim against insurance). Cruisers and their yachts are liable to opportunistic theft in SE Asia (if you leave your Rolex watch on deck, don't expect it to be there when you come back), but genuine piracy is v low on the list of risks (lightning strike is higher). Cheers Bil |
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