May 2011 - Latitudes and Attitudes

During the ongoing research for you, the readers of this blog, I found four separate articles relating to cruisers/yachties and piracy.

Page 20, a regular column by Tania Aebi discussing changes in the Indian Ocean/Gulf of Aden over the last twenty years or so, finishing with a comment,'..practicing avoidance rather than confrontation.'

Page 40, 'A Cruise Along the Troubled Coast', concerning Venezuela.



Page 120, a write-up regarding GOST Immobilizer, a fairly inexpensive piece of kit that may help you protect your dinghy/tender.

Page 18, a short article about the Seven Seas Cruising Association's 'A Call to Action'.

Piracy Solutions

I believe a picture is worth a thousand words - here's two thousand for you today.



Straying a bit from my main theme of yacht security, these are examples of what happens to threats to commercial shipping.

Thank you to all the Naval Forces in the Gulf of Aden/Indian Ocean, for your efforts.

Light-minded Safety

I came across this article from Yachting magazine, Oct 2007. I found it illuminating (sorry, couldn't resist the pun).



The goal is the protection of your vessel and people on-board - if you can identify the threat further out, it can serve as a deterrence or an indicator to prepare for defense of your vessel - falling in-line with the 4 'D's we stress (Detection - Deterrence - Delaying - Defense). Any questions, drop me a line at yachtsecurity@privacyharbor.com - I'll be happy to reply.

Hotel Security

Hotel Security - a post on FerFal's blog by Rick Davis. Lots of common sense advice.

An additional item that I consider good to have for hotel rooms is a fairly cheap motion sensor, battery operated, that provides either LED or LED with a loud doorbell type chime - I picked one up for less than $20. It provides just a little bit of warning and distraction to an unwelcome guest, and will wake you to deal with the problem.



Stay safe.