The day I joined a pirate watch

Posted by on Nov 19, 2008 in News, Personal | 14 comments As pirates are in the news at the moment, it reminded me of the time I joined a pirate watch when the ship I was sailing on passed near the Moroccan coast. While my cruise mates were busy topping up their tans or playing deck quoits, I joined the guard pictured here to keep watch and protect them against any threat of piracy. This sophisticated sonar tracking device would have detected the...
read more