Erik D. Jones’s Blog

As many of you sailors and cruisers are aware, there has been a dramatic increase in pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia and surrounding areas.  A Russian luxury yacht company is offering to its customers the opportunity to attract and then attack these pirates on the high seas.  For £3,500 per day, you get to act as bait amongst a highly trained ex-commando crew.  If attacked, the yacht and its commandos will retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rock launchers.  For additional sums of money, the guests will be provided with ammo and their own AK-47 to fire off.

What do you think?  Part of me says, “Way to go!”  But the more sensible side says that a UN-lead force should protect the international waters–and to date, they’ve done a terrible job.

Read about the Luxury Yacht offer here.