On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here about piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

R.

Thanks for the info. Interestingly, all those maps show the vast majority
of piracy to be concentrated in the equatorial regions and close to land.
When I imagine pirates I think of guys on a tall ship at sea with black
sails and jolly rogers and eye patches with knives held in their teeth, but
I guess most pirates aren't like that anymore. Seems like they make runs on
small speedboats, and out in the Pacific on a cuise to Hawaii or wherever
the chances of running into any are nil.




"rhys" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here about
piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about
problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

R.

They actually board tankers to rob the crew and steal the tv's radios, etc.
Just because the thugs are on water, they call them pirates, vs. robbers on
land. Somehow it brings to mind those movie images.

--


Keith
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Adult, n.: One old enough to know better.
"Falky foo" wrote in message
om...
Thanks for the info. Interestingly, all those maps show the vast majority
of piracy to be concentrated in the equatorial regions and close to land.
When I imagine pirates I think of guys on a tall ship at sea with black
sails and jolly rogers and eye patches with knives held in their teeth,
but
I guess most pirates aren't like that anymore. Seems like they make runs
on
small speedboats, and out in the Pacific on a cuise to Hawaii or wherever
the chances of running into any are nil.




"rhys" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here about
piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about
problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

R.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:16:07 -0500, "Keith"
wrote:

They actually board tankers to rob the crew and steal the tv's radios, etc.
Just because the thugs are on water, they call them pirates, vs. robbers on
land. Somehow it brings to mind those movie images.

--


Keith
The old pirates were thugs on water too. Modern pirates don't seem
willing to undertake the expense and logistics of maintaining large
ships anymore. The small fast boats they use seem to work well for
them.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:20:13 -0400, rhys wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here about piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

Albania is a hot bed of piracy?

Albania?

~~ sheesh ~~

All the best,

Tom
--------------

"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:20:13 -0400, rhys wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here about
piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about
problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

Albania is a hot bed of piracy?

Albania?

~~ sheesh ~~

All the best,

Tom
--------------

"What the hell's the deal with this newsgroup...
is there a computer terminal in the day room of
some looney bin somewhere?"

Bilgeman - circa 2004


Albania is the Columbia of Europe. Was odd that Clinton went to bat for
them in the Serb / Albanian conflict. But Clinton did like drugs according
to his brother.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:03:35 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:20:13 -0400, rhys wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here about
piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about
problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

Albania is a hot bed of piracy?

Albania?

~~ sheesh ~~

Albania is the Columbia of Europe. Was odd that Clinton went to bat for
them in the Serb / Albanian conflict. But Clinton did like drugs according
to his brother.

But, but, but.....

There aren't any people IN Albania!! :)

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:03:35 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:20:13 -0400, rhys wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here about
piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about
problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

Albania is a hot bed of piracy?

Albania?

~~ sheesh ~~

Albania is the Columbia of Europe. Was odd that Clinton went to bat for
them in the Serb / Albanian conflict. But Clinton did like drugs
according
to his brother.

But, but, but.....

There aren't any people IN Albania!! :)

Later,

Tom

You are saying the 3,544,808 (July 2004 est.) residents are not really
people?

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:42:16 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:03:35 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:20:13 -0400, rhys wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here about
piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about
problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

Albania is a hot bed of piracy?

Albania?

~~ sheesh ~~

Albania is the Columbia of Europe. Was odd that Clinton went to bat for
them in the Serb / Albanian conflict. But Clinton did like drugs
according
to his brother.

But, but, but.....

There aren't any people IN Albania!! :)

You are saying the 3,544,808 (July 2004 est.) residents are not really
people?

No - not at all. I was under impression that there weren't ANY
residents of Albania for some reason. :)

Which brings up an interesting point. Is Albania still a Communist
Republic?

Later,

Tom

"Beware the one legged man in a butt
kicking contest - he is there for a
reason."

Wun Hung Lo - date unknown

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/al.html

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:42:16 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:03:35 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:20:13 -0400, rhys wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:56:12 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Just getting into the cruising lifestyle.. saw a lame post here
about
piracy
on the sea, but it did bring to mind some stories I've heard about
problems
people have had, especially in Mexico. My questions a

Is piracy a problem at all really? Or only in certain areas and
only
rarely?

Check out http://www.noonsite.com/General/Piracy and
http://www.yachtpiracy.com/en/index.htm

Good sources for current info. Judge for yourself. Mexico may be
rough, but there's plenty rougher.

Albania is a hot bed of piracy?

Albania?

~~ sheesh ~~

Albania is the Columbia of Europe. Was odd that Clinton went to bat
for
them in the Serb / Albanian conflict. But Clinton did like drugs
according
to his brother.

But, but, but.....

There aren't any people IN Albania!! :)

You are saying the 3,544,808 (July 2004 est.) residents are not really
people?

No - not at all. I was under impression that there weren't ANY
residents of Albania for some reason. :)

Which brings up an interesting point. Is Albania still a Communist
Republic?

Later,

Tom

"Beware the one legged man in a butt
kicking contest - he is there for a
reason."

Wun Hung Lo - date unknown