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.

Boardings in Panama

From Cruisers_Network_Online, come some reports of boardings 'in and around the Linton and Isla Grande anchorages.'in/near Panama. Appears the thieves were after gas and gas cans, so of this report.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cruisers_Network_Online/

Piracy in Colombia

Here's an account of an attack near Cartagena.

http://karaka.site.voila.fr/

Thankfully, no one was hurt.

Christmas fun

Christmas Self Defense


http://www.ikigaiway.com/2009/christmas-self-defense/

Thanks for the laughter.

I would have added (after each incident) - Tase the perpetrator with your new Christmas Taser Santa brought you.

It would lighten my holidays for sure.

Maybe you can hide the Taser in your new 'Battle Scarf' (http://www.battlescarf.com/).

Paradox Marine Press Release

Paradox Marine Nav-Tracker GPS Tracking System
To Track Progress of 2010 World ARC Rally Boat Liza
http://www.homeportmarine.com/marcom/paradoxnews.html

If you'd like more information about their products, drop me a line. The Boat Nanny is a fine product for smaller vessels, and portable.