American captain and crew take back a cargo ship that was overtaken by pirates. They threw 3 overboard and have 1 captive according to a local radio station(Portland Or.).

Groovy!

I hadn't heard about this part of the story yet....GIVE 'EM HELL. I was just thinking earlier (not knowing what kind of boat was captured), why doesn't the crew (being hijacked) have weapons? Don't they see these pirates coming at them? KILL 'EM...feed them to the sharks. My parents know a couple that have a rather large boat (i.e. ~60' yacht). It's been a while so I forget the details of the story, but their boat broke down one time and some shady looking guys offered to help. He felt like something was up, that maybe they had seen his wife's watch and might try to rob them. I think help may have come in time that nothing happened, but after that he always carried a gun on the boat during long cruises.

Corporate will probably not allow them to stuff and mount the head of the captured pirate on the bow.

^ LOL

I heard that as well. It only lasted 5 hours.

Aren't Pirates almost extinct?

They are running rampant off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa. Plus, there are a few other ports that have to battle pirates.

I would by a 50 cal and use it prior to being boarded.

AAAARGH!

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3. Author: daveincincy Date: 04/08/2009 01:27 PM Reply

I hadn’t heard about this part of the story yet....GIVE ’EM HELL. I was just thinking earlier (not knowing what kind of boat was captured), why doesn’t the crew (being hijacked) have weapons?

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17,400 DWT Container ship. 780' feet long. Crew size: about 20-22 people.

There might be a firearm or two aboard. Pirates will be far better armed than the crew could ever hope to be, and pirates are probably more proficent with their weapons than the crew would be too.

Dammit, I wanna go to Somalia and become a pirate.

20 americans just got taken hostage by somali pirates on sunday......

elk must be a phillies fan

is he going to the parade..?? does he know what sven looks like..??