SSAS - What happens when you push the secret button?

A link to an informative article on the Ship Security Alert System.
http://gcaptain.com/forum/blog-comments/3992-ssas-push-secret-button.html#post25757

OceansWatch Aid to Haiti

From Noonsite: http://www.noonsite.com/Members/sue/R2010-01-24-1/view.

"If you have a boat in Florida or the Caribbean or would like to join the crew on one of the boats, please email usa-info@oceanswatch.org with your experience and skills offer and availability and we will try to hook you up to join the fleet or with a berth on one of the boats heading to Haiti."

News Items of Note

Two from Dockwalk -


High-Tech Security: Wise Precaution or Overkill? http://www.dockwalk.com/Essentials/HotTopics.aspx?id=30742


It’s 10 O’clock…Do You Know Where Your Tender Is? http://www.dockwalk.com/Essentials/HotTopics.aspx?id=30716

And from Noonsite, the start of a busy year...

Trinidad/Grenada Piracy; Yacht Crimes in St. Vincent & the Grenadines; SSB Net for yachts travelling in the Indian Ocean - all at: http://www.noonsite.com/News.

Be safe out there, and awareness is the best defense against most acts of violence/theft.