SWS,
Did you have a shotgun or any kind of defense? I would assume pirates do
not want to leave any witnesses.


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:35:52 -0500, "Dr. John Smith"
wrote:

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The pirates who abducted three crew
members from the Japanese tugboat Idaten in the Malacca Straits Monday,
disguised themselves as local fishermen to evade police check, a police
officer said Wednesday.

~~ snippage ~~

Back awhile ago, I went with a friend of mine who was transporting
three 40 foot Cabos down to Costa Rica as deck cargo. We chatted with
the freighter officers (German) along the way and one of the things
they were most concerned about were pirates - especially with the 40
footers as cargo - something smugglers would want. By the time we got
near the transfer point where we were going to run the Cabos inshore,
things were a little tense because of reported activity in the area.
The freighter captain took us inshore much closer than originally
planned to cut us some slack, but he couldn't take it all the way in
because of his schedule.

Nothing happened when we took the boats inshore, but it was a nervous
trip.

Later,

Tom

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:29:51 -0500, "Dr. John Smith"
wrote:

SWS,
Did you have a shotgun or any kind of defense? I would assume pirates do
not want to leave any witnesses.

Radios. :)

Later,

Tom

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:29:51 -0500, "Dr. John Smith"
wrote:

SWS,
Did you have a shotgun or any kind of defense? I would assume
pirates do
not want to leave any witnesses.

Radios. :)

Later,

Tom

Here's another thread on pirates with some good links to other sites.
For everyone who dislikes jet skis, on the second page half way down,
'Fast Fred' has a remedy. Sam

http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5659

On 16 Mar 2005 13:08:22 -0800, wrote:


Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:29:51 -0500, "Dr. John Smith"
wrote:

SWS,
Did you have a shotgun or any kind of defense? I would assume
pirates do
not want to leave any witnesses.

Radios. :)

Later,

Tom

Here's another thread on pirates with some good links to other sites.
For everyone who dislikes jet skis, on the second page half way down,
'Fast Fred' has a remedy. Sam

http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5659

Most of the arms I'm familiar with that would repel borders are
illegal for civilians to own in most countries including this one.

Damn gun control liberals. :)

A rack of TOWs, a BAR and a .50 cal deck mounted submachine gun where
the fighting chair was located would have made me feel a little
easier. :)

Actually, we were pretty safe as there were three in convoy and I'd
like to believe that we could have damaged them before they got one of
us - even if we lost a boat in the process.

Fortunately, it didn't happen.

By the way, if you ever get a chance to take a trip on a German crewed
freighter, do it.

The food was excellent.

Later,

Tom

SWS,
Is there a web site that lists freighters who accept passengers?


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On 16 Mar 2005 13:08:22 -0800, wrote:


Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:29:51 -0500, "Dr. John Smith"
wrote:

SWS,
Did you have a shotgun or any kind of defense? I would assume
pirates do
not want to leave any witnesses.

Radios. :)

Later,

Tom

Here's another thread on pirates with some good links to other sites.
For everyone who dislikes jet skis, on the second page half way down,
'Fast Fred' has a remedy. Sam

http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5659

Most of the arms I'm familiar with that would repel borders are
illegal for civilians to own in most countries including this one.

Damn gun control liberals. :)

A rack of TOWs, a BAR and a .50 cal deck mounted submachine gun where
the fighting chair was located would have made me feel a little
easier. :)

Actually, we were pretty safe as there were three in convoy and I'd
like to believe that we could have damaged them before they got one of
us - even if we lost a boat in the process.

Fortunately, it didn't happen.

By the way, if you ever get a chance to take a trip on a German crewed
freighter, do it.

The food was excellent.

Later,

Tom