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It’s an incredibly stupid idea. Every time I’ve sailed into a foreign port, I get a visit by customs or the police. This is even true in yacht destinations like Antigua or Sardinia. Most countries have very strict gun control laws. They find a firearm on your boat and you’re going to experience “Midnight Express” first hand. If you need protection use a flare gun or a rocket flare. We’re talking range of up to several thousands of feet and burn temperatures of thousands of degrees. Fire one into a beat up pirate launch and it’s going to burn. Hit a pirate and he’s going to catch on fire. Most importantly, it’s not only legal but require to be on board. But the best solution is don’t sail in pirate waters!

I know what you mean, but you have to realize several of these piracy hijackings have occurred in international waters, there is NO way you could venture out of international waters with a sailboat secretly outfitted to be a gunship.

I'm talking about a boat manned by SEALS that is a decoy, ports of call are irrelevant. You wouldn't have to worry about their RPG's because you would catch them completely by surprise about 20 seconds before they boarded. Blow them up, and get the hell out of there and smoke a good cigar

You are very correct about firearms in foreign ports of call, my ancient Jeanneau has a hidden bilge compartment that was used to house the movable centerboard (she's a fixed keel now) and it's damn near impossible to find and I hide mine in there. There are two rubber floor rails that actually cover up the screw hole access so it's very concealed. One time in a small island in the Cyclades I had accidentally left my Colt in the nav station drawer and spent about 14 very unpleasant hours in the local police station where I was indeed having nightmares about biting off someone's tongue, especially since it was Greece

Stay in international waters, run the SEALS through some pretty heavy training, and drop two A200 mini torpedoes overboard once the pirates are trying to board and are about 60' away. There would only be small pieces of these scumbags left for anyone to attempt to piece together(pun intended) what happened.

By just 'not sailing in pirate waters gives them the victory, and about 30% of the Arabian Ocean and about 10% of the Indian Ocean, which is unacceptable.