Crew members of the yacht Le Ponant released!

Although this does not happen everywhere, I was surprise to learn that we do still have pirates in high seas. This was shocking for me but I do not think this warrants anyone to postphone or stop you from planning your next cruise vacation.

On Friday thirty crew members of the yacht Le Ponant were released near Somalia. French troops have arrested six pirates. The French officials had been in negotiations with the pirates since the previous Sunday.

Pirate attacks are common in waters off Somalia and four vessels have been seized since February. A French navy boat and aircraft monitored the yacht during the time the pirates held the vessel.