The yacht proceeded and made safe harbor in Chaguaramas, Trinidad. It was provided with a proviso to go and never look back.
They were fairly well organized and under the control of “the boss” who communicated with his men and the captain by VHF.Įventually the pirates were satisfied they had taken all they wanted, and the captain asked the pirate boss for some small food and diesel so he could depart and continue his voyage. The pirates took the yacht’s liferaft, but had no interest in the dinghy or outboard, laptop, the yacht’s electronics, the captain’s credit cards or his cell phone. They also took all alcohol/beverages and food, as well as clothing, shoes and sunglasses. The pirates repeatedly demanded cash, which was surrendered. Two (2) additional boats (total 4) and men (total 40) then spent four (4) hours threatening the captain with their weapons and ransacking/searching the yacht while he was forced to circle close to shore. There was a well established house/camp and other armed men visible ashore. They beat the captain and forced his yacht close to shore in this remote and sparsely populated area. The pirates were all armed with automatic weapons and handguns. Initially two (2) open boats with multiple large, new outboards and twenty (20) men took control. STOLEN ITEMS: Cash, food, alcohol, liferaft, clothing, shoes, sunglasses, phone chargerĭETAILS: A single handed yacht on passage from Curacao to Brazil having passed well north of Margarita Island, Venezuela, was boarded at 0830HRS by Spanish speaking pirates 15 miles offshore the Paria Peninsula at position 10-58.744N 062-38.279W along the north eastern coast of Venezuela. LOCATION: Venezuela-Nearshore Islands – Paria Peninsula – Offshore
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