Jun 26th 2009 By Nick Prueher

Luxury Yacht Company Offers Pirate-Hunting Cruises

Passengers on a new cruise along the coast of Somalia are paying to catch more than just salmonella.

A Russian luxury yacht company is now offering pirate-hunting trips that promise the chance to be attacked by real sea bandits. The yachts cruise from Djibouti to Mombasa in Kenya at deliberately low speeds in the hopes of attracting pirates.

Passengers pay $5,000 for the trip, and an extra $17.50 a day for an AK-47 and 100 rounds of ammo. The price includes free origami towels in the rooms. Former Special Forces troops are on board to make sure none of the cruise passengers are injured.

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Tags: cruise - hunting - pirates - russia - somalia - yacht

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Friday 26 June

By Heavytoka

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Count me in!

Friday 26 June

By Heavytoka

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wait only 100 rounds of ammo?

Saturday 27 June

By The Bonehead

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Can I bring My own Gun and extra ammo
GOD BLESS AMERICA, CAPITOLISM FOREVER

Saturday 27 June

By bbburnette

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Pay $5k for the "opportunity to be attacked"? How about pay $5k for the opportunity to blow the heads off a few of those scumbags, and then slice up their putrid flesh to use for shark bait. Fish On!!!

Saturday 27 June

By Brittney

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Count me in too!! GREAT idea!

Saturday 27 June

By Zach Attack

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If you successfully kill a pirate do they give you any money back? Seems like a trick to get people excited to do a jog the military should do. Next we have action packed al queda killing adjentures to Iraq. Give me a break man.

Saturday 27 June

By Alberto I Alvarez

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what a great idea, love it, whee do i sign up? get some of those Skinnys, blow them away!!

Friday 26 June

By Tom

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Wait could we take this cruise on the Potomac and hunt for some of tose pirates in Wachington D.C.

Friday 26 June

By Heavytoka

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Bravo, Great Idea!!

Friday 26 June

By dropzoner

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I googled wachington DC, what planet are you on?

Saturday 27 June

By Pamela

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Wait could we take this cruise on the Potomac and hunt for some of tose pirates in Wachington D.C.

OK This Is The BEST Idea Yet! I'll buy a ticket Tom. :-)

Saturday 27 June

By Donna

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Good One!!

Saturday 27 June

By dl43ph

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Great idea! Count me in!

Saturday 27 June

By mitch

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good one

Saturday 27 June

By CrazyHorse

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That was my first thought - let's get those scumbag pirates that are looting our country. I'm with you on the Potomac cruise.

Sunday 28 June

By STEVE

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DAMN GREAT IDEA!!! WOO HOO!!

Friday 26 June

By Tom

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oops those

Friday 26 June

By BrianM

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Wow, not sure what is worse piracy or profiting from the opportunity to try and shoot and kill them....

Saturday 27 June

By Mike

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Why is it worse to hunt pirates? It's called being "proactive". Do you wait for someone with a gun to shoot at you before you fire? If so, you're a fool...and probably a dead one at that. No one else is teaching these scumbags a lesson, that is why they keep doing what they're doing....big payout and little risk. Toss in likely chance they'll be blown away and perhaps they'll find a new line of work.

Friday 26 June

By YARRR!!

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I bet the special forces guys take bets on which of the passengers will hesitate to pull the trigger when the opportunity arises. That would just make this whole thing just a bit more messed up than it already is.

...Its all fun and games until someone gets hit by an RPG from a Somali pirate..