MotherShip MV Indian Ocean Explorer is the second vessel hijacked the last few weeks in the Seychelles.
Regarding the first vessel-
Moving farther away from the naval patrols guarding the coast of Somalia, pirates today hijacked a yacht near the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean, with two crew members on board. Via Reuters:
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates have hijacked a yacht from the Seychelles with two men on board, a maritime official said on Wednesday.The yacht left the Seychelles in February en route to Madagascar but disappeared soon after, Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program said.He named the two men on board as Gilbert Victor and Andre Conrad, both from the Seychelles."The ill-fated yacht is presently under tight security, anchored next to Garacad, Somalia," he said.
source:http://prayforthehostages.blogspot.com/2009/03/somali-pirates-hijack-yacht-in.html
If one takes a gander a the location of these lovely islands, Somalia is not really that far off.
There is a difference between adventure angling travel and the stuff of fools. My feeling is that travel to Mexico is not as safe as it was, though the Yucatan has less crime at this point.
Watch for angling travel trending towards more to the Bahamas as well as Cuba if the thaw continues.
And don't believe the old saw that drug traffic and crime is the same all over the Caribbean- it's not!
Jan Maizler
http://www.flatsfishingonline.com/
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