At Sea

Piracy!!! We are now in the zone that the captain has to worry about pirates from Somalia. He had a talk to everyone and told us that we were going to run dark at night. All curtains closed. Outside lights out. Extra security onboard with lookouts on the jogging track watching for boats. While it is unlikely that we would be boarded he says they have tried in the past to board cruise ships so the threat is not zero. We have to know the signal that means a boarding is being attempted and all go out to the hall away from the windows and doors. We also have the fire hoses hooked up to the pool pump so that we can empty the pool into any boat trying to get to close in a short time. Of course he had to warn us to get out of the pool if the alarm sounds so you don't get left dry. :-)
I guess that I am relieved that they do take it seriously. We are pretty far south but they have taken boats in the Seychell's which is one of our ports so until we get to Mombosa we will just keep our curtains shut every evening at 6 and jump out of the pool if they start pumping the water out the firehoses. :-)Читать далее