Incident Date: 2017-06-16 at 10:00
Event Type: Attempted Piracy
Stolen Items: unsuccessful
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: NOTE: CSSN has recently received this report from June 2017, and we are publishing now to share the victims firsthand information so it can be included in our incident database, and all maps (including the regional Piracy Maps) .Unfortunately, the victims only recently became aware of CSSN, and we encourage everyone to spread the word about CSSN so that all reports can be published in a timely way. ||A 33FT steel sailing yacht with 2 persons on board was transiting from Isla Providencia, Colombia to Roatan, Honduras. At 10AM at position 14-26N, 82-11W, approximately 65 miles off the Nicaraguan coast a 25ft launcha with 4 men onboard approached at high speed from the east in a menacing way. ||The captain, prepared with a firearm fired a warning shot as the launcha came within 50 meters. The pirates, aware of the warning shot paused briefly but then displayed machetes and resumed their approach. At the point of having their hands on the rails to begin boarding the captain fired his remaining loaded round very close to the pirate on the tiller. The pirates, apparently reconsidering the risk, departed.|| The yacht continued its passage without further incident.
