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http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/beware_yachts_in_distress/ Championing Independent Journalism Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/beware_yachts_in_distress/#comment-1325 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:42:13 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3922#comment-1325 Puntland is now the problem, surely?

]]> http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/beware_yachts_in_distress/#comment-1324 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:43:39 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3922#comment-1324 The website of the International Maritime Bureau has a map showing where all the attacks and attempted attacks occurred, and from that it appears that the yacht was raided very close to the shores of Puntland, rather than in the open seas like most of the others. So maybe the Frenchies were trying to cut down their risk. But if they were sailing from Australia, as I gather they were, why not just go around the Cape?

]]> http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/beware_yachts_in_distress/#comment-1323 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:22:28 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3922#comment-1323 It’s all about economics – that’s my take. Losing a ship for a couple of months, spending an extra million dollars to have it freed and having a Filipino crew member killed is still, on balance, more economically viable than sailing around Cape Point. But why you’d do it in a luxury yacht is beyond me…

]]> http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/beware_yachts_in_distress/#comment-1322 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:34:24 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3922#comment-1322 Who in his right mind would steer a boat anywhere near Somalia anymore? I just don’t get it.

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