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>From: "Rick Kennerly" <>
>If you're cruising your only real defense is to put your ear to the ground
>and listen to the coconut telegraph and avoid areas where young,
>unemployed,
>impoverished men routinely wander the harbors and jungles slinging AK-47s,
>where cruisers are not welcome, where there have been recent civil wars or
>border clashes, and going where cruisers normally don't go, particularly
>single boats all alone.
This fact is truly the only thing that can be positively infered from the
Peter Blake tradgedy. My first thought was "what's this guy doing up the
river in a 119 foot mega-boat?" Perhaps too many times around the globe in
controlled tours softened his sixth sense to dangerous situations. I think
if I was cruising a 100+ foot boat, there would be anchor
watch.....Mmmmmm.....
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