A seafarer's right of passage

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Kudos to Kunal Lohar (SAS December 2011) and Victor A Pheasey (SAS March 2012) -1 concur! With all my vast experience out at sea, and as a master having sailed through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea having pirate skiffs come close by, it is quite a terrifying scenario. To me and my crew this is more an act of war or terrorism than piracy. Being an Indian national, I am never sure of returning home if captured by pirates, even if the vessel is released after a ransom has been paid. With no citadel and no armed