When is some risk too much risk?

by Nikki Henderson, Yachting World
I have to confess, I’m very resistant to the daily news drip-feed. The constant drama is overwhelming. I’ve often gone offline for weeks at sea and realized that when back on land, it doesn’t take long to get back up to speed on current affairs.

But despite a natural urge to shut the world out, we can’t. Since the days of the earliest seafarers, it has always been important for sailors to know what parts of the globe to avoid, where the safe-ish areas were, and what the pirates were up to. (Unless of course, you were the pirates…)

Except for more data, nothing has really changed. We still must educate ourselves on global epidemics, piracy, geopolitics and war – and plan accordingly. So considering the elevated risks in the Middle East, parts of South America, Africa and South East Asia, does that mean any passages in this area are too dangerous? – Full report