tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151800050737906706.post4304749860478475549..comments2024-02-07T06:34:22.473+00:00Comments on S/V BeBe: Another pirated yachtCW Bill Rousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136157610605784706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151800050737906706.post-70112751950852574522011-05-26T07:15:46.962+01:002011-05-26T07:15:46.962+01:00No, we have not heard anything about ING in over a...No, we have not heard anything about ING in over a month. Last I read the family is being held on one of the captured big ships and the living conditions are horrific. They were being moved about on land before being moved to an anchored ship. The father wants no publicity as he feels it does not help their situation. I would not be surprised if Denmark negotiates ransom, which as much I want to see them freed; paying ransom is a very bad idea and will encourage even more attacks on small yachts.<br /><br />JudyCW Bill Rousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136157610605784706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151800050737906706.post-30946509440034994812011-05-25T15:38:51.393+01:002011-05-25T15:38:51.393+01:00I haven't heard anything more about this Danis...I haven't heard anything more about this Danish boat in a long time. Have you?Crew of the Solsticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904268730781365579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151800050737906706.post-51342116807811208312011-03-03T01:11:58.479+00:002011-03-03T01:11:58.479+00:00There is one nation that has a dismal history in r...There is one nation that has a dismal history in relation to support of piracy. There is almost universal tolerance of piracy in its south-eastern zone with many public markets selling goods seized by pirates. Even women openly attend the sales in large numbers. That nation's south-eastern zone is largely agrarian but that nation does have a rather industrialized zone in its northeastern sector. There three major cities have dozens of merchant firms that routinely derive the bulk of their income from sending munitions, tools and nautical supplies to pirates in and around the Indian Ocean.<br /><br />Also in the northeastern sector of that nation, there are dozens of families who stand on shore on a moonless night and hold aloft a gyrating lamp to simulate a lightship and knowingly lure sailing craft onto rocky shores. Clearly, shipwrecked sailors rarely survive even if they happen to make it to shore alive.<br /><br />I'm sure by now you all realize that I am describing the USA in the 19th century.<br />FGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151800050737906706.post-50089740541208818802011-03-02T12:02:36.827+00:002011-03-02T12:02:36.827+00:00Congressman Ted Poe, Texas is giving a floor speec...Congressman Ted Poe, Texas is giving a floor speech on Thursday 3 March, Washington, DC time regarding Piracy...Please ask your congressman to support Ted's speech.CW Bill Rousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136157610605784706noreply@blogger.com