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Unfortunately pirate attacks on yachts are becoming more frequent.
Vigilance, preparation and avoidance are now required for yachts
transiting high risk areas.
The sections below cover - reporting attacks - how to avoid attacks -
information on high risk areas and information on previous attacks.
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The following comes from
BrainyEncyclopedia
"A pirate is a robber attacking from a
ship or boat. Pirates usually attack other vessels, usually with the
intention of looting their cargo, but may also attack targets on shore.
They were termed buccaneers if they operated in the West
Indies".......... "Piracy in recent times
has increased in areas such as South and Southeast Asia (the South
China Sea), parts of South America, and the south of the Red Sea, with
pirates now favouring small boats"
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See first hand experience at bottom
of page |
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Latest
information |
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Weekly Update |
Summary of the daily reports broadcast by
the IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and
Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C |
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Annual Piracy Report
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Provided courtesy of the ICC
(International Chamber of Commerce) website |
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Attack Maps |
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Piracy maps 2004
Piracy maps 2003
Piracy maps 2002
Piracy maps 2001
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These maps are provided courtesy of the
ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) website |
General Information |
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Avoiding Pirate attack |
Notes and discussion on how to reduce
chance of pirate attacks. |
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Yacht piracy |
Yacht piracy
- information centre for bluewater sailors - a good
site for general information and statistics. |
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Noonsite: Piracy |
The Noonsite Piracy information page. |
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Bambola attack
information |
Information from Michael Briant, who's yacht Bambola was attacked by
armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden in 2003. |
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Reporting pirate
attacks to the authorities |
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Piracy Reporting
Information |
Outrage in the
shipping industry at the alarming growth in piracy on the world's oceans
prompted the creation of the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre in October 1992
in Kuala Lumpur. The Centre is financed by voluntary contributions from
a number of companies and provides its services free of charge to all
vessels irrespective of ownership or flag.
Ships are advised
to maintain anti-piracy watches and report all piratical attacks and
suspicious movements of craft to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel ++ 60 3 2078 5763
Fax ++ 60 3 2078 5769
Telex MA 31880 IMBPCI
24 Hours Anti Piracy HELPLINE Tel: ++ 60 3 2031 0014
E-mail imbkl@icc-ccs.org.uk |
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First hand
experience |
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First hand
experience
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Full story from a skipper who's yacht was attacked by armed pirates in
the Gulf of Aden, also an account of a lone women robbed at gunpoint on
her yacht in a marina in France. |
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Yacht repels pirates with shotgun |
On 8 March 2005, two sailing yachts,
Mahdi & Gandalf, were moving SW 30 miles off the coast of Yemen
proceeding to the port of Aden from Salalah, Oman...... |
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Books on modern day
Piracy
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