Pirates!!

On the bridge, they keep a log of all incoming communication regarding weather and sea conditions, emergencies, men overboard, etc.  This log is posted by one of the chart tables.

Lately, there have been reports about pirate activity off the west coast of Africa, primarily in Nigerian waters.  There have been nine attacks in the last four weeks. Ships have been boarded by heavily armed pirates with automatic weapons, some as far as 100 nautical miles offshore.  They’ve done some robbing, some hijacking and some kidnapping.

Great!! First engine problems, then propeller problems, and now pirates.  Arrrrr!  Actually we are well to the west and north of all this.  But it gives us something to talk about at dinner.