Useful Resources Archives
Solomon Islands, Tulagi – Armed Boardings
The Solomon Islands is a fabulous cruising destination. However for now (Dec 2008) I suggest keeping Tulagi in the Florida group off your itinerary. ...
Ecuador, near Punta Pedernales – Armed Robbery and Attack
SY ARGONAUTA I, currently cruising the Costa Rican coast, reported hearing of an armed boarding in Ecuador via the Panama Pacific Net, 0800 hrs local ...
Gulf of Aden, Somalia – French Yacht Hijacked
Tuesday 3 September 2008 Jean-Yves and Bernadette Delanne from Tahiti were seized aboard their 16m (50ft) yacht “Carre d’As”, on ...
Corsica – Armed Robbery of Super Yacht
At approximately 2340 on Sunday 24 August 2008, a gang of four masked men boarded the 160-foot charter yacht “Tiara” from a motorized ...
Gulf of Aden, Somalia – German Couple Siezed by Pirates
June 23, 2008. On the morning of Monday 23 June, a German couple were taken hostage off the coast of northern Somalia in the Red Sea’s Gulf of ...
The Wreck of the R.M.S. Rhone – Salt Island
Certainly the most popular and well known of all BVI dive sites, the Royal Mail Steamer “Rhone” was the setting for the hit movie ...
