Superyacht escapes from possible pirate attack
The captain of Linda Lou, a 60m Lurssen built superyacht enroute to Dubai experienced troubles with a possible pirate attack. To prevent pirate attacks the ship had countermeasures including barbed wire, a LRAD (long range acoustical device) and a designated safe room.
| On the day of the incident Linda Lou was underway when they came within mile and half of a pirate mothership that had four heavily manned skiffs alongside. As Linda Lou came nearby three of the four skiffs took off and approached her with the sun behind them. At this point Captain Schueler took the decision to put all the women into the safe room and, not wanting the situation to escalate to the point where the skiffs were alongside, put out a call on the VHF system and were responded to by a coalition warship that was also within the vicinity. The warship informed Linda Lou that they were sending a |
helicopter to their location. The yacht upped its hp and continued underway until the helicopter arrived, within six minutes as promised, and handled the situation from there, with the skiffs retreating. The yacht was then able to proceed as normal, with another warship accompanying her for some of the way. This is a story that thankfully had a good outcome and is an example of how important it is for yachts to be prepared when entering zones that are vulnerable to piracy threats. |
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