Piracy at Barranquilla

[Crocboy]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

We cruised the complete Caribbean coastline of Colombia and while we avoided Barranquilla, we were absolutely safe everywhere. This was in 2007.

Or lucky!!😁

[Hoodsail]

Unfortunate attack/theft on an solo senior sailor....hope he sticks around so he can claim his Swedish retirement in 2 yrs.
AND I learned about https://www.noforeignland.com. and CSSN...good stuff to surf thru in the winter months here in new england, usa.
Lastly, Gord, you're killing me with your word play...only 49,000 posts to catch you?!

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by CaptainMarkS

What's been happening in Equador to sailors?

Nothing of note.
https://cuencahighlife.com
Just steer clear of Esmeraldas and the Colombian border areas.
Present probs are Colombian drug gang related.
I always enjoy reading about ' prison riot - 50 dead!'
The dead aren't killed by the guards - its gang on gang violence.

[rognvald]

"And I know others who have had problems with crimes in the United States and Canada."
Bill Streever

Hi, Bill,
Do you have any documentation concerning boarding, robberies or stabbings on boats is US or Canadian waters?
Rognvald

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by rognvald

"And I know others who have had problems with crimes in the United States and Canada."
Bill Streever

Hi, Bill,
Do you have any documentation concerning boarding, robberies or stabbings on boats is US or Canadian waters?
Rognvald

Well there was the guys who stole a big yacht in California and ran it on a beach by a pier..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...alifornia.html

Then..
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...al-evaluation/

And...
https://www.kptv.com/2023/07/15/stol...south-newport/

Damn pirates..

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Well there was the guys who stole a big yacht in California and ran it on a beach by a pier..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...alifornia.html

Then..
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...al-evaluation/

And...
https://www.kptv.com/2023/07/15/stol...south-newport/

Damn pirates..

Those appear to be thefts of boats from alongside - they don't count as boardings, robberies or stabbings.

[boatman61]

The boats were boarded and everything stolen..
2 outa 3 ain't bad..

[rognvald]

Originally Posted by boatman61

The boats were boarded and everything stolen..
2 outa 3 ain't bad..

Hi, Boatman,
If that's true . . . I'm never going to a marina in America again!
Cheers! Rognvald

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by boatman61

The boats were boarded and everything stolen..
2 outa 3 ain't bad..

"Boarding" implies coming aboard at sea. Alongside, they're embarking.
"Robbery" is theft by force. There was no force, nor threat of force, so it is just theft, burglary or larceny.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Lodesman

"Boarding" implies coming aboard at sea. Alongside, they're embarking.

They are only embarking if they are planning on going on a voyage .

Boarded is the correct usage in this case - as in 'after we tied up we were boarded by the Customs' rummage squad'.

Or would you say 'the Customs' rummage squad embarked after we tied up'??

Aeroplane passos have a boarding pass.

And I will go aboard my ship before she sails but after the passengers embark.

[boatpoker]

First this was kinda interesting, then a little funny ... now just stoopid.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by Lodesman

"Boarding" implies coming aboard at sea. Alongside, they're embarking.
.....

This is getting kind of silly...

Some bad guy walks down the pier, steps onto the boat and steals it. Did he embark or did he board? Does it matter?

Embarked - go on board a ship
Flag-rank officers get piped aboard.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Wotname

This is getting kind of silly...

Some bad guy walks down the pier, steps onto the boat and steals it. Did he embark or did he board? Does it matter?

Embarked - go on board a ship
Flag-rank officers get piped aboard.

So if I go aboard a ship for lunch with the Old Man I have embarked? Don't think so.

The only place I have had people board my boat and steal stuff was in Stanley, FI. They certainly didn't embark.
Not locals - a-holes of another yacht.
And yes I know which yacht.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

So if I go aboard a ship for lunch with the Old Man I have embarked? Don't think so.
......

It ain't a two way street.

If you embark, you have gone aboard.
If you have gone aboard, you might not have embarked.

[Lodesman]

One would think context would be enough. Boarding has many meanings, but in this context it means this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_boarding