Yachts & Yachting magazine

Jess Lloyd-Mostyn

‘A chief-led society acts as effectively as law-enforcement in most places’

Liveaboard sailing is, in general, actually a pretty safe lifestyle to adopt. If you steer clear of pirate hotspots (so not Somalia) and don’t dip down to the huge seas of the southern ocean (brrrrrr!) you can coast around in a warm, temperate climate of relatively straightforward tropical sailing indefinitely.

But what about personal safety and security? Okay, let’s forget about pirates and all their associated

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