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Sailing the Gulf of Aden - One cruiser's account

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11:58 PM Sun 11 Jul 2010 GMT
'Pirate alley - convoy sets off &ampcopy' Horace Costa
While all authorities, including the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) recommends that yachts stay away from the Gulf of Aden, hundreds of yachts are making the transit by staying close to the Yemeni coastline. Here it is believed that the Yemeni Coastguard controls the waters, and the Somali pirates stay clear. Here cruising sailor Horace Costa, aboard deciBel, a 39ft aluminium yacht, tells his story of transiting the Gulf of Aden's 'Pirate Zone' in March this year: Pos 14?56'N 59?45'E, Indian Ocean: It is night and we're sailing with the genoa and mainsail, powered along by a fresh Force 4 monsoon ...


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by Horace Costa,Yacht Online/ Sail-World




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