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Treat convoys with extreme caution The article I wrote for noonsite is re- produced below: TREAT WITH EXTREME CAUTION - CONVOYS AND RALLIES THROUGH THE INDIAN OCEAN In 2010 I organised and led a 27 yacht convoy from Salalah to Aden and other convoys followed using the guidelines I had...

What now for the yachts trying to get to the Red Sea? The first thing that we yachtsmen have to recognise is that the situation this year is very different that that of the past. The yachtsmen are in grave danger and have been caught out by the change of tactics of the pirates. In 2010 when I...

Convoys for yachts going to the Red Sea I organised and led the 2010 MF convoy; 27 yachts from Aden to Salalah. Another convoy of 20 yachts used the same procedures 2 weeks later. The convoys provided engineering, technical, moral and pyschological support. I had also hoped that a large convoy...