Fear Not, It’s One of Ours

We wouldn’t want to give away any military secrets, but we thought we ought to warn Central American cruisers that a mega yacht is ‘patroling’ those waters under command of the U.S. military.

The vessel La Danseuse encountered it at the mouth of the Panama Bay maneuvering in stealth mode:

"We encountered a huge unidentified motor vessel with no lights on. Luckily, we saw it on our radar and tracked it for about 30 minutes. As it was getting closer to us, he shone a bright light at us and we responded by doing the same. We hailed him on the radio and he identified himself as an American Warship! He asked three questions: How many people on board, their nationalities and what type of propulsion. 

"We did mention to them that we did not think it was a very good idea to be out in
these well-traveled waters without lights but they did not respond to that. Believe me, it was pretty scary!"