Progress and Pirates

CARANGO AMEL 54 #035
PETER and VICKY FORBES
Thu 16 Mar 2017 15:54
10:32N 058:30W

We are told that there has been some piracy and robbery in the area we are about to pass through. So we have some waypoints to keep outside of [to leave to port] to keep us out of harms way. The pirates are apparently based on oil rigs and platforms off the coast of Tobago. So we are not calling there!

We turn off our AIS identifier and all lights at night and sail fast and silently. It is quite rough out here so they will have to be quite brave pirates - we may have to treat them for sea sickness before they can attack us. Good luck to them.

Carango sails on. Not long to Grenada now.