piracy alert

Venezuela — We are sad to report that there has been yet another attack by pirates against a yacht in Venezuela. An American citizen has been shot and killed, and his friend wounded, when pirates boarded their sailboat on Saturday night in an apparent robbery attempt on Venezuela's Caribbean coast.

In light of the recent pirate attack and taking of hostages on the yacht Le Ponant, we thought it a wise time to warn our YachtPals of the dangerous waters we sometimes sail. Although most places in the world are relatively safe, and free of pirate attacks, there are currently some big problem areas we need to warn mariners about.