[Travis McGee]

There was a great story of a defense of two sailboats transitting the Red Sea a few years ago. One of the boats had just experienced the Christmas Tsunami anchored off of Thailand.

These two boats, armed with a few basic firearms, beat back a close-range pirate attack, killing or wounding several with shotguns and rifles.

The armed yacht was American, and was named for a LOTR character. Gandalf I think.

Anyway, I've been known to sail pretty good distances, and I sail armed.

This is me.

I even had to chuck a few guns overboard before making an unscheduled stop in Mexico, but that's another story.

[ScreamingFist]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135999/posts

Good memory old FRiend.

[wastedyears]

I hope you threw some Mosin-Nagants overboard.

[ScreamingFist]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366545/posts

The original link for Gandalf.

[stevie_d_64]

Chucking must be awful...

...ya salty dawg...;-)

[Kenny Bunk]

There was a rash of piracy around the Caribbean in the mid-70' s, to which Ruger responded with their stainless steel Mini-14, and Remington et al with their SS pump 12-gauges. Not a bad idea to back them up with pistols.

Nowadays, I'd recommend something heavy and scoped in the rifle department. Since the ubiquitous RPG's have the capability of making mincemeat out of a yacht within range, one might want to counter them at long distance.

As far as the paperwork goes, it varies from place to place ... but "Don't ask ... Don't Tell" seemed to work in many places, and wasn't onerous in others.