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Changing guidelines for transiting Somali pirate waters

8:46 PM Fri 3 Dec 2010 GMT

'Recent piracy activity according to security firm Drum Cussac' .

The season for transiting the pirate infested Gulf of Aden for sailing boats is fast approaching, a route that saves the much longer route to the Mediterranean via Africa. But how does a yacht crew decide between the shorter journey, the longer route or simply, but expensively, having your boat transported by ship? Last year, according to a spokesman for the Oasis Club in Salalah, Oman, in spite of recommendations against it by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), approximately 200 yachts transited the Gulf of Aden in convoys, and none were attacked. ISAF, the Maritime Security Centre - Horn of ...

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