Southern Caribbean off Venezuela: Piracy

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Southern Caribbean off Venezuela: how the place works

The coast off Venezuela and the passage between Trinidad and the mainland have counted for years as an area of elevated attack risk, and the situation shifts with the political situation ashore. At the same time Trinidad is an important yard and hurricane harbour, so the route is needed.

Southern Caribbean off Venezuela: what breaks there

This is not about weather but about attacks on yachts at anchor and under way. What gets taken is electronics, the tender and the outboard, and the material loss is rarely the worst of it.

Southern Caribbean off Venezuela: what this means for your policy

Piracy is excluded in most sets of conditions, as are war and civil unrest, and that is market standard. Anyone planning this route settles cover in writing beforehand and does not rely on a verbal answer.

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