Boarding

[Rum_Pirate]

So if someone, or several, board your yacht without permission (lets exclude HM authorities etc) is it an act of piracy?

Is it an act of piracy if i) vessel tied up at a marina or ii) at a mooring or iii) at anchor or iiii) does it have to be at sea?

What rights do you have?

Can you tie their hands and make them walk the plank?

If it is not 'piracy' what is the correct term?

 

[finestgreen]

So if someone, or several, board your yacht without permission (lets exclude HM authorities etc) is it an act of piracy?

Is it an act of piracy if i) vessel tied up at a marina or ii) at a mooring or iii) at anchor or iiii) does it have to be at sea?

What rights do you have?

Can you tie their hands and make them walk the plank?

If it is not 'piracy' what is the correct term?

I think piracy requires violence, but the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 says;

104Unauthorised presence on board ship.
Where a United Kingdom ship or a ship registered in any other country is in a port in the United Kingdom and a person who is neither in Her Majesty’s service nor authorised by law to do so—

(a)goes on board the ship without the consent of the master or of any other persons authorised to give it; or

(b)remains on board the ship after being requested to leave by the master, a constable, an officer authorised by the Secretary of State or an officer of customs and excise,

he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

105Master’s power of arrest.
The master of any United Kingdom ship may cause any person on board the ship to be put under restraint if and for so long as it appears to him necessary or expedient in the interest of safety or for the preservation of good order or discipline on board the ship.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I think different rules apply in the Carribean. Keel hauling is too good for them. A bit of barefoot water skiing with an open cut should sort it.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

It may depend on the regulation in your area. I believe that in the UK, using someones dinghy or similar without permission does not count as theft, as such actions may be needed to protect lives or assets, likewise crawling over your craft to get to theirs. Failing to return borrowed craft is an offence - and I think there is a special term for but it is not piracy.

Piracy is the boarding of vessel with the intention to steal it or contents, and I thought must be at sea.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

It may depend on the regulation in your area. I believe that in the UK, using someones dinghy or similar without permission does not count as theft, as such actions may be needed to protect lives or assets, likewise crawling over your craft to get to theirs. Failing to return borrowed craft is an offence - and I think there is a special term for but it is not piracy.

Piracy is the boarding of vessel with the intention to steal it or contents, and I thought must be at sea.

I’m sure its still piracy if you’re moored up.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

I’m sure its still piracy if you’re moored up.

Piracy is an action on the high seas ie outside 12 mile limit for us. Thus the scrotes who robbed 3 boats moored in our old creek could only be charged with robbery and regretable not hung or made to walk the plank.

 

[KompetentKrew]

I'm sure I've read of thefts and robberies from anchored boats in the Caribbean been referred to as "piracy".

I imagine you have the right to take reasonable steps to defend yourself, not to administer "justice".

 

[oldmanofthehills]

I'm sure I've read of thefts and robberies from anchored boats in the Caribbean been referred to as "piracy".

I imagine you have the right to take reasonable steps to defend yourself, not to administer "justice".

Sadly as well you know journalists are rarely experts in law, engineering or anything specialist. Piracy sounds more dramatic than burglary and the Editors like BIG headlines

 

[Rum_Pirate]

Piracy is an action on the high seas ie outside 12 mile limit for us. Thus the scrotes who robbed 3 boats moored in our old creek could only be charged with robbery and regretable not hung or made to walk the plank.

But, but . . . you could sail out to sea 13-24 miles.

 

[neilf39]

You won't be a bundle of joy to raft up to will you