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Old 10-28-2009
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Originally Posted by smackdaddy View Post
I'm sorry - I just don't get it. Why does one choose to sail through those waters? I guess it's always a gamble regardless - but pick a game with better odds.
Smack,

I think the answer to this is simply routing. Once you get to certain points in the world it is natural that you will have to make a decision about which way you are going to go, and from the Indian ocean you either have to go around South Africa or through the Suez, you don't really have a choice about it, and the Suez is certainly easier if you're going to the Med. It isn't just hard to go around the waters the Somali pirates are in, it is incredibly challenging to go around, the area essentially covers the route that everyone almost has to go. It is no small area to try to go around and the fact that the route is dangerous causes routing problems as far back across the ocean as Australia when people are planning which way they will sail to get back to the U.S. and Europe from the South Pacific.
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Last edited by wind_magic; 10-28-2009 at 06:35 AM. Reason: sp
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