(Picture: NASA/Robert Simmon)
Last weeks update to CMF piracy avoidance advice made note of taking advantage of the current high wind/wave conditions expected during the Southwest monsoon season.
These conditions are least favorable for the fast but small skiffs, preventing boarding and reducing their ability, even with the now common use of 'mother ships', to stay offshore long enough to find and attack a transiting vessel.
The Southwest monsoon lasts from May through to early September and only time will show just what sort of effect it will have on the umber acts of piracy taking place this year.
The increased frequency of hard won observations have come about because of the increased number of navy vessels operating in this piracy hotspot.
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