A round the world sailing rally, due to set off from Gibraltar this October has been cancelled due, in part, to the threat from pirates.

The 2011-2013 Blue Water Rally would have been the company's ninth global cruise via the Trade Winds route. This route takes in the northern sector of the Indian Ocean into the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden. BWR's decision was taken before the killing of the four kidnapped American yachtsmen at the hands of pirates. The yachtsmen, skipper Scott Adam, 68, and his wife Jean,...

Read More