Captain Scott ~ Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Now, 36 hours out of Aden. A reasonable beat--comfortable, but still a beat. Last night had build ups over Yemen with lightning but its been crystal clear since. We are just entering the pirate high risk area and will be in it for the next 2 1/2 days. Somalis transport illegal immigrants across hereabouts and pirate anything they can catch on the way. For sailboats it’s the #1 pirate area in the world (Malacca Straits for commercial). However, we have good reason to feel safe. We have called Collation forces on the phone and are giving them daily positions. As a result we got over flown by military aircraft this morning and talked to it on VHF. There is a German Frigate on patrol in these waters and she knows we are here--and we have a direct telephone line to her. We are also far off the Somali coast and there are lots of freighters about. So it’s all bad news for those of you who were betting on the pirates!!