[george76]

I hope that he will be safe sailing alone.

Is this map accurate ?

" IMB live piracy map 2006 "

http://www.icc-ccs.org/extra/display.php

[ASA Vet]

That map looks to accurate. If you zoom in you'll find one incident near Phuket in the Andaman Sea.
That's the only incident in Thai waters.
There were none on the Gulf of Thailand side in Thai waters.