captain phillips the film

[happy daze john in oz]

#28... Probably his feet John, ask him next time on whether he wears socks inside his seaboots. Dont think he does, even though he says he likes sheep, has no affiliations with their wool. Cheers JS

Sheep, Mary with a woioden leg, what next one asks, But one thing for certian he did not lead a sheltered life!

[robpage]

When Cappy says he was in the. galley for Runciman's was that where the merge rations were cooked , or a boat propelled by rowers with whores , sorry slip of the keyboard , rowers with oars because , I know Cappy likes to get his hands around a wooden shaft and pull it hard away

[Louis the Amigo]

Hi shipmates saw the film a while back the ship owners are to blame if there is any type of hazard to the ship they should have gone further out to sea or put on all ships a sniper with a proper gun? a few warning shots at they speed boats that would soon stop them if not take out the engine? no laws on the horn of Africa, give jobs to our ex serviceman and woman all can use a rifle with telescopic sights {night vision} in case of night attack a fire hose and a few deck hands cant take out crazy on chat{ drugs } gun man who know how easy it is to rob unarmed ships and the royal navy should be there doing its job sinking, a few of them they dont pay anyone enough to risk life in a non war zone.

[robpage]

It is my personal belief , given the Gung-Ho attitude of many of our transatlantic cousins and some commentary on the court cases now running tht Captain Phillips thought that he was flying the Stars and stripes , and Uncle Sam is invincible
so why take notice of warning notices . But I have seen owners put pressure on Senior officers to take risks that they would not take themselves , but regarded the gamble a good monetary risk , and I have known more than one Superintendent be told if you want to take it out then you put your certificate number on the articles and you sail it , THEN , none of them ever did , now , I dont know if they would .

[John Pruden]

Louis although its common sense its the fact its classed as foreigners carrying weapons in other countries waters they don't like it so its down to the insurers to hire security firms to protect the shipping they can be armed because they are not affiliated to any country? now we have just sold of an aircraft carrier why could that just be on station as a floating airport for the sake of protection a jet could be at the problem in minutes instead in some cases hours and I think a lot cheaper than patrols? just a thought jp

[j.sabourn]

John if it hadnt been for the fact that certain attacks had been made against passenger vessels, things would have remained the same as they have always been. There have always been attacks against merchant vessels in different parts of the world as long as anyone on this site has been at sea. Only attacks on passenger vessels got the lame brained journalists to report in the media and draw peoples attention to. You will have to go a long way to find anyone interested in the general public, about attacks and seamen being killed a long time before such a furore was made by the press. John S

[robpage]

Nigeria in the early 1970s was a piracy hot spot , but a couple of fire hoses and additional watchmen whilst at anchor seemed to work well . I have seen a couple of skiffs filled with water and sink leaving the potential pirates trying to out swim the local sharks

[happy daze john in oz]

There was a case a few years back where a private yacht pulled into an Indonesian port. The owner was arrested for having afire arm on board. He claimed it was required to deal with anticipated hi jackers at sea. It took about two months of negotiations before he was alowed to sail away and keep the rifle.

[j.sabourn]

Think it was because he had not declared it. There is no law against carrying personal firearms at sea. If carried on board by permission of the master and properly declared. As previous post we carried 2 official hand guns on the Sunprincess ( American Owners). In John I. Jacobs a pump action single barrel shotgun. With automatic weaspons may raise a few eyebrows at certain ports but as long as declared and put under seal in port dont see what laws are being broken. In both those cases they were carried at the owners request. Cheers John S.

[John Pruden]

I think a hell of a lot more can be done governments should make more efforts to rescue hostages on land first 100s are in captivity by the scum on the oceans its big business out there and I think mobile phones are banned on some naval vessels for fear of some nugget putting films on you tube or face book making things harder for captives most skiffs stay away from ships known to be armed?jp