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Sail-World.com : Second yacht attack in three months in Colombia's Five Bays
Second yacht attack in three months in Colombia's Five Bays
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'Bahia Guayraca'
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French cruising sailor Brice Lequertier, sailing on yacht Piolan has reported an attack in Bahia Guayraca, the third(middle) of five bays in the Five Bay area of the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
This is a picturesque bay which has been in the past highly recommended for long range cruising sailors as they made their way from the more easterly Caribbean islands, heading for Panama.
On May 28 this year, while the crew were sleeping, two men boarded the yacht armed with a gun. They attacked and beat up the crew, then stole all they could from the boat, including passports, money, the GPS, the dinghy, computer, even paper supplies.
 | Guayraca Restaurant - BW Media |
Lequertier, who speaks Spanish fluently, reported that the police and the coast guard were 'completely unreliable'.
The locals confirmed to Lequertier that the area was 'not safe any more' and that there had been another attack within the last three months.
Lequertier reports that the crew were very shocked by the incident, had moved on to the populated area of Rodadero, and were to move on as soon as possible to Cartagena.
 | Bahia Guayraca fishermen returning - BW Media |
Visiting the area a couple of years ago, we found Bahia Guayraca an idyllic anchorage. Vast sandy bottomed, ringed with forested mountains, and, while prone to katabatic winds, has (or had) very welcoming local inhabitants.
Five Bays are part of the vast Tayrona National Park, and only fishermen are allowed to live in the bay. Local tourists visit the bay too, and among the quaint buildings on shore were several a restaurants with excellent local fresh food. We wandered the shore, watch the fishermen, ate in the restaurants, cleaned our boat. The Colombians on shore – fishermen all – were unfailingly courteous, and welcoming.
How sad that the law-and-order situation in Colombia has deteriorated to such an extent that this coastline is lost to the cruising sailor.
 | Bahia Guayraca chatting up the locals - BW Media |
by Nancy Knudsen
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10:12 PM Thu 3 Jun 2010 GMT
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