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15-11-2013, 07:40
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
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Idiots try to die off venuzeala
Yesterday some mental pygmies so tried to kill themselves by sailing west along the north coast of Venuzeala from Trinidad to Porto la cruise.
Staying only 5 miles off the Paria peninsula they were, of course, boarded, assaulted, robbed and VERY lucky to be alive.
It really amazes me how stupid cruisers can be!
Boat name: Explorer. Buddy boat who wasn't even in sight: Joanna.
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15-11-2013, 08:53
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Moderator Emeritus

Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jacksonville/ out cruising
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
Is this a little like, no wonder she was raped, she was wearing a short dress?
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15-11-2013, 08:56
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: White Stone, VA
Boat: Cabo Rico 38 / Bayfield 32
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
Quote:
Originally Posted by a64pilot
Is this a little like, no wonder she was raped, she was wearing a short dress?
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I was thinking the exact same thing! Or, in another CF thread, no wonder your rudder fell off, you were sailing a Beneteau offshore!
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15-11-2013, 09:01
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cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
Yesterday some mental pygmies so tried to kill themselves by sailing west along the north coast of Venuzeala from Trinidad to Porto la cruise.
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What we can do, not everyone can be mental giant like you.
and where is that "porto la cruise"
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15-11-2013, 09:09
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
“The north coast of Venezuela, the Paria Peninsula in particular, continues to be the single most dangerous cruising grounds in the Caribbean ...”
➥ Sail-World.com : Upgraded pirate warning for Paria Peninsula Venezuela
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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15-11-2013, 09:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Underway in the Med -
Boat: Jeanneau 40 DS SoulMates
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
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Originally Posted by gloriax
What we can do, not everyone can be mental giant like you.
and where is that "porto la cruise"
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gloriax -- i don't know where you cruise - but we just left the caribbean after cruising from mexico to colombia to jamaica and down to trinidad and back to antigua and now in tunisia in the med -- we sailed the carib with some south africans and they would not even go and they go everywhere
it was well know to stay well away from the Vez coast -- as Gord put it - it is the most dangerous piece of water in the caribbean - we have been in a lot of places that are less than safe and take our chances but we would NEVER have gotten remotely close to the Vez coast
and if the buddy boat is the one we know - we cruised with them for a while and they are good people -- we will have to email them and ask if they were there
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chuck and svsoulmates
Somewhere in the Eastern Caribbean
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15-11-2013, 09:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
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Quote:
Originally Posted by a64pilot
Is this a little like, no wonder she was raped, she was wearing a short dress?
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Nope, this is a little like walking into the hood with $100 bills in your pocket and wondering why you got mugged. This section of coast is well known as being dangerous
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15-11-2013, 10:04
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Boat: 1976 Sabre 28-2
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
Quote:
Originally Posted by a64pilot
Is this a little like, no wonder she was raped, she was wearing a short dress?
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If you don't want to be raped, don't be surprised if you get raped when you dress like you want to be raped. Venezuela is having great success in turning itself into the Somalia of the Americas. It is a matter of taking a little responsibility for the results of your actions.
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'Ae'a, Pearson 35
'Ms American Pie', Sabre 28 Mark II
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15-11-2013, 10:14
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Registered User
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Boat: JBW club 420, MFG Bandit, Snark
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordMay
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That article said the early reports stated the dead husband was in the raft with her for sometime but the husband was later found still on the boat. What's up with that?
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15-11-2013, 10:16
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: St Thomas, USVI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by roverhi
If you don't want to be raped, don't be surprised if you get raped when you dress like you want to be raped. It is a matter of taking a little responsibility for the results of your actions.
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Are you serious?
That is one of the most disgusting things I have ever heard in my life and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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15-11-2013, 10:23
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Senior Cruiser

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Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiveslide
That article said the early reports stated the dead husband was in the raft with her for sometime but the husband was later found still on the boat. What's up with that?
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This described an earlier incident (2010).
➥ Venezuela: North Coast - Yacht Skipper Shot and Killed — Noonsite
Notwithstanding, the warning still stands.
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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15-11-2013, 10:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Homer, AK is my home port
Boat: Skookum 53'
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
In the real world you have to be aware of your surroundings and act accordingly. If you are not the predator, then you are the prey. If you are the prey then you need to have defenses, protective coloration, emit bad smells etc... If you don't, you will get eaten.
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15-11-2013, 10:35
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
i am somewhat safe, as i emit bad smells and have protective coloration.. err not me , my boat.....
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15-11-2013, 10:38
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 6,190
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
Quote:
Originally Posted by roverhi
If you don't want to be raped, don't be surprised if you get raped when you dress like you want to be raped. Venezuela is having great success in turning itself into the Somalia of the Americas. It is a matter of taking a little responsibility for the results of your actions.
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Okay so my daughter dressing in a skirt means she wants to get raped.
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15-11-2013, 10:50
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: In transit ( Texas to wherever the wind blows us)
Boat: Pacific Seacraft a Crealock 34
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Re: Idiots try to die off venuzeala
Let's not get sidetracked with poor analogies. Breathe, calm.
Why folks choose to ignore well known dangerous areas is beyond me, do the cruisers give a reason? Was there some mechanical failure that caused them to hug shore?
We hugged shore ( Mexico) when we were taking on water, but had things fairly under control, could this be the case?
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