Anonymous Coward User ID: 604518 Belgium 06/26/2009 09:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises Luxury ocean liners in Russia are offering pirate hunting cruises aboard armed private yachts off the Somali coast.
Wealthy punters pay £3,500 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders.
When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers, reports Austrian business paper Wirtschaftsblatt.
Passengers, who can pay an extra £5 a day for an AK-47 machine gun and £7 for 100 rounds of ammo, are also protected by a squad of ex special forces troops.
The yachts travel from Djibouti in Somalia to Mombasa in Kenya.
The ships deliberately cruise close to the coast at a speed of just five nautical miles in an attempt to attract the interest of pirates.
"They are worse than the pirates," said Russian yachtsman Vladimir Mironov. "At least the pirates have the decency to take hostages, these people are just paying to commit murder," he continued. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 666617 United States 06/26/2009 09:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises Ouch!..lol |
DoomRaider
User ID: 712207 United States 06/26/2009 09:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises Sounds... adventurous! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 483767 United States 06/26/2009 09:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises Damn those Russians are crazy |
Richard Strong
User ID: 471457 United States 06/26/2009 09:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises Why didn't i think of this! I have a canoe and a BBgun! I am Richardus Strongus. Father to a murdered 'Refreshtard' thread, Husband to a deleted Top 10 thread. I will have my vengeance on the Lightworkers ..in this life or the next. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 712122 Brazil 06/26/2009 09:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises here's a question for ya. Why did the Somali pirates have to become pirates in the first place? [ link to www.boingboing.net] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 711211 France 06/26/2009 09:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises old fake |