So, Yanni, do you have an arsenal on board your boat docked outside Hamilton?
I am sorry my friend, but guns are not a part of Canadian culture. Rob Z ----- Original Message ----- From: lets go sailing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, August 25, 2008 6:49 am Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] recent info about Venezuela To: [email protected] > It is another example that guns for self defence on board are > part of our lives. > Everyone and I mean EVERYONE cruising on questionable or not areas > should take firearms safety course and how to handle firearms. > If you think that cruising safely around the world is handing > out some cheap > gifts > to natives and aborigines you should not leave the dock. > It is part of life like food and water. You better accept it for > your own > safety and > your families. > Everyone has a duty todefend their life and their loved ones. > It is like eating healthy food to stay healthy. It is your duty > and > obligation. > > > > Yanni Marinated > S/V Princess Thalia > Columbia 8.7 #73 > Hamilton-Fifty Point @ H3 > N 43.13.406 > W 73.37.431 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Densler, Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 7:40 AM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] recent info about Venezuela > > > >I think a 50 cal mounted to the bow is probably better than the dog. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken James > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:33 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > > Subject: [Liveaboard] recent info about Venezuela > > > > I received this from someone who is cruising the > > Carib right now. I fwd with permission. > > Anybody else been in that part of the world > > recently that can comment? -Ken > > > > > > Hi Ken, > > <snip> > > If you know someone planning to sail to the south > > eastern carribean, especially Venezuela, I would > > suggest they check out Jimmy Cornell's Noonsite > > and the Carribean Safety and Security Net > > websites. We have been lucky so far. Several > > boats we know here have been robbed while their > > owners were beaten and held with guns to their > > heads. Others have been shot. Everyone has had > > something stolen. The day our stuff was stolen a > > Dutch couple were in their dingy returning to > > their boat when one of the many pirogues that > > continuosly buzz through the anchorage at full > > speed ran them down killing him. Three armed men > > tried to enter the marina next to the anchorage > > and in a shootout one of the bad guys was hit twice. > > > > A dog onboard might help but we just read in the > > Carribean Compass that a boat with a dog was > > recently robbed. They shot the dog in the leg > > then stabbed it before beating and robbing the > > couple. Her hand was serously injured when they > > tried to rip off her wedding ring. Fortunately > > the dog survived and the ring was so tight they > > left it. > > > > There is no law enforcement here and no help can > > be expected from the authorities. We will be > > leaving tomorrow and had planned to stop at Los > > Rochies but learned from the web sites above that > > the La Costa Guardia themselves have been robbing > > yachts there. We will sail at night without > > lights to Bonaire. > > > > I really really hate to spread negative > > information but in my opinion if you know someone > > planning to sail here you must talk them out of it. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/> > > To search the archives > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/> > > To search the archives > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release > Date: 25/08/2008 > > 7:05 AM > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboardTo > subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail- > archive.com/[email protected] > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > Rob Z Hickory, dickory dock, three mice ran up a clock The clock struck one and the other 2 escaped with minor injuries
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