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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Latest edition of Latitudes and Attitudes magazine

Two articles of interest (purely from the view of this blog. All the articles are great to read). One on page 44, regarding the use of inserts in flare pistols. And on on page 70 about a failed attack off Venezuela, last April. Drop me a line, let me know what you think.

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Italian Yacht Robbed

From the folks at Noonsite: Italian Yacht Robbed and Stolen at Sea leaving crew behind Created by sue. Last modified on 2009-06-20 14:26:03Topic: Piracy Reports 2009Countries: Italy This full news story in Italian can be found on the ANSA (Italian News Agency) website. http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/english.html – sorry I don’t have the exact page yet. Area: Italy, … Continue reading »

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Good news from Phuket

Breaking News: Singlehanded Sailor Akio Yonago is Safe!http://www.yachtpals.com/akio-yonago-4155 Many of us feared the worst. And I am relieved it has worked out well.

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‘Paying the Pirate’s Price’ article

http://www.reason.com/news/show/133860.html Brings up some good reasoning. In our headlong dash to have government “solve” all our problems, what is wrong with taking care of things on the lowest level possible?

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Inferno System

There is interest among the commercial vessels, and amongst some of the yachts I have worked with, to utilize the Inferno system. We (Maritime Vital Asset Protection and Phantom Services) have recommended them for our clients. http://www.marineguardsecurity.com/2009.06.01_arch.html#1245254709430

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