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22-02-2011, 11:45

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'Quest' Crew Killed

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Posted By Southern Star

Re: 'Quest' Crew Killed

Nv5i I was genuinely thanking you for those details (which did respond to the post you referred to). Unless I am mistaken, there was earlier information that they had chosen to break away from a...

Forum: Cruising News & Events

22-02-2011, 10:21

Replies: 107

'Quest' Crew Killed

Views: 15,302

Posted By Southern Star

Re: 'Quest' Crew Killed

Thanks for those details, nv5l. So, in order to pursue 'friendship evangelism' - virtually an oxymoron to many Somalians, they left the relative safety of a flotilla of other yachts and deliberately...

Forum: Cruising News & Events

22-02-2011, 09:46

Replies: 107

'Quest' Crew Killed

Views: 15,302

Posted By Southern Star

Re: 'Quest' Crew Killed

Lynne, we should place blame on our PC world??????????? So 'political correctness' caused the hijacking? Or are you referring to the measured response - ie, concerns over the lives of...

Forum: Cruising News & Events

22-02-2011, 08:58

Replies: 107

'Quest' Crew Killed

Views: 15,302

Posted By Southern Star

Re: 'Quest' Crew Killed

I also think that the wisdom of this approach was proven earlier in the pirating of the Maersk Alabama: the navy did not immediately open fire on the pirates but rather, they monitored the situation...

Forum: Cruising News & Events

22-02-2011, 08:26

Replies: 107

'Quest' Crew Killed

Views: 15,302

Posted By Southern Star

Re: 'Quest' Crew Killed

Rolf, by the time they heard the gunshots there was nothing they could do about it (apart from what they did do - which was then board the vessel). I have every confidence that the navy was not...

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