Sometimes sailors are left to come up with their own concoctions such as “pepper balls,” potato guns and homemade projectiles.
“We even surrounded the deck with what I called ‘punji boards,’ planks with nails sticking out of them,” says Capt. Tim Nelick.
Other more rudimentary suggestions include dropping twistlocks and other deck gear onto the attackers. Often, the only available option is for a vessel to buy time by using counter-measures until a warship can make it to the scene.
Otherwise, it’s every mariner for him or herself.
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