When two men wielding cutlasses and a third brandishing a gun burst onto their yacht at 1:30 in the morning, Allison Botros and the seven others aboard suddenly realized that “Pirates of the Caribbean” is not just a movie.

“Give us your money or we will kill you,” Botros recalled the robbers telling them during the 15-minute ordeal. The mother of three from Cleveland was cruising with Swedish and American friends aboard the 70-foot Sway, which was boarded as it was anchored in this pristine harbor that is shadowed by the La Soufriere volcano and rimmed by swaying palms.

Je me souviens, étant jeune, d’un article dans je ne sais plus quelle revue, qui disait que la solution à la piraterie était que tous les plaisanciers aient un BAR à bord…

Source : Los Angeles Times.