HAS ANYONE EVER TAKEN A SHIP

[Nyati]

Before huge cargo/container ships became common, (about 50 years ago ?), mIxed passenger/cargo ships were sailing around the globe.

I traveled from Karachi to Gibraltar in one of those,

 

[Doug3006]

I have a friend who holds a captain’s license. Unlimited tonnage. He sells yachts. (Sound of wheels spinning.)

If my friend can’t go, how about this captain?

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Onboard a vessel it is the laws of the vessels flagstate that applies, most of them do not allow firearms onboard with the exception of small arms used by contracted armed guards when a vessel is sailing in certain waters (be it guards against pirats or polar bears).

Thanks for the clarification, we briefly discussed it in the maritime Law section of my class fours but class four is limited to 100nautical miles from sure so it only mentions Canadian and American ports.

 

[Laniarius]

It also needs to be said: one could sail in a steam boat up the river into the very Heart of Darkness (great book; amazing how Conrad only learned English after French and his native Polish).

 

[Pablo]

Not Africa, but there is a freighter that you can sail to the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific. My sister is a travel agent and she just did the trip solo. She had a blast and the pics were amazing.

 

[Pablo]

Sorry, meant to add this.
Aranui.com

 

[Brent in Az]

What river would be big enough for a boat safari. Zambezi and lake Kariba?

 

[wesheltonj]

My father sailed on Liberty Ships in WW2. I believe that he referred to ships as floating jails. The only one he got on after that was an Alaskan Cruise, once. I’ll pass for now.

 

[Hunt anything]

What river would be big enough for a boat safari. Zambezi and lake Kariba?

The Germans hid a cruiser up a river somewhere. I think Richard Meitzenberger was responsible for locating it so the allies could sink it. WW1

 

[Ridge Runner]

A fine group of literate retired men. Cigars, fine liquor. Decks of cards.
I can see a book written of this adventure. Maybe a cameraman.

Lon

No cameraman. What happens on board ship, stays on board ship.

We must be respectful and courteous of the wifeys and not burden them by seeing how much fun the men had away from home.

 

[towserthemouser]

I think we'd get caught in the soup, lose navigation, wash up on Skull Island, and have to fight Kong with double rifles.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Onboard a vessel it is the laws of the vessels flagstate that applies, most of them do not allow firearms onboard with the exception of small arms used by contracted armed guards when a vessel is sailing in certain waters (be it guards against pirats or polar bears).

I'll gladly volunteer for armed guard security duty in exchange for a discount ticket if/when I pull the trigger on bad guys.

 

[Brent in Az]

I'll gladly volunteer for armed guard security duty in exchange for a discount ticket if/when I pull the trigger on bad guys.

Trophy fee's on Somali pirates

 

[Ridge Runner]

Trophy fee's on Somali pirates

That's why working as an armed guard pulling security I would want the discounted ticket. To offset the trophy fees and daily rate.

No trigger time on pirates. No discount on ticket. Seems fair.

 

[towserthemouser]

I seem to remember that a group of Navy Seal snipers successfully pulled off 3 simultaneous head shots on Somali pirates, from a wave-tossed small craft in the successful rescue of Capt. Phillips. I also recall that Obama authorized the shot: one of the only Presidential decisions he made that I can get behind.....

 

[towserthemouser]

I wonder if that shot would be considered more hazardous than being forced to operate from a slightly sloped roof?