TweetSelf Defense on Sailboats, against Pirates, Intruders, Thieves… WARNING: You may not agree with what you see in this video, you may not elect to have any of these on your boat…but these are some interesting options, that you should at least know about to decide what you want to… Click here for full post: […] More
We’re in Sumatran waters now where piracy continues to plague seafarers, so what does it mean when a fishing boat follows and circles you for several miles offshore? Innocent fishermen amused by a flying octopus? Dodgy pirates viewing SY Esperfull of potential bounty? What could these locals want from us? Click here for full post: […] More
Our intention was to leave Trinidad and Tobago and head 90 miles north to Grenada. After two different Diesel engine leaks, pulling up someone else’s anchor chain, fouling our prop with a huge fishing net and getting an unidentifiable alarm, we wondered if the gods were against us. And that’s Click here for full post: […] More
TweetIs Cruising Safe? Panama Pirate Attack in Guna Yala/San Blas Islands I just read the news of a family on a cruising boat, a trawler attacked, with resulting death of the husband, Alan Culverware, and injury to his daughter, in a previously considered safe area to cruise in the Guna… Click here for full post: […] More
On on our new homepage video, we list the most common questions we get asked. They include: what do we do when we see pirates, what’s the best boat to go cruising in, how much does it cost to buy a boat/live the cruising life, how do we do our Click here for full post: […] More