The pirate attack on Oceana's Nautica on Sunday morning (November 30) has naturally provoked a lot of talk about the safety of cruising.
In my cruise column in the Telegraph this week, I refer to a quick poll I did among other passengers on the Windstar cruise I am on at the moment in the Caribbean.
A resounding "no" met my question "would the pirate attack put you off cruising?"
One man pointed out that Nautica was close to capacity for its cruise through waters that have become notorious for pirates, while here in the sunny Caribbean, Wind Star has just a quarter full.
It certainly doesn't smack of people running scared.
Another woman paused to wonder what she might think if Captain Jack Sparrow, aka Johnny Depp, appeared on the horizon, skull and crossbones waving in the breeze. We both decided we would force our captain, Briton Mark Boylin, to lower the ropes and let him board!
Jane Archer
