Hi everyone, Sue and I had to withdraw from the list in January while we were cruising down the "thorny path" to get to paradise.
Sue and I have gotten our Catalac 41 Catamaran down to Hugo Ch*vz land, and are currently living at anchor in the harbor of Porlamar, Isla Margarita... We are just 12 miles from the north shore of South Ameria and can see the Mountains from our boat. Though I have corresponded with some list members in the mean time with a newsletter we put out, we have missed hearing from many who are online. I solved my old problem of getting my mail box so overloaded that it bounced my good mail by signing up for SPAM ARREST. It weeds all the junk mail out of your box by challenging anyone who is not in your mail list to read a number letter box combination. We are happy to be back as I had been a member of the liveaboard list since the mid-90s and had never had to cancel till January. Then I could not get signed up. Our course coming down is as follows: This marks our 14th major stop on the cruise since last December when we left the US en-route for here. Our path since leaving the US: Bahama Islands (Bimini, Nassau, Exumas Chain, Mayaguana), Turks & Caicos Islands (Caicos) Dominican Republic Puerto Rico (Mayaguez & Ponce) St Thomas (US) & St. Johns (US) British Virgin Islands (Tortolla, Virgin Gorda, Norman Island) St. Martin (FR) & Sint Maartin (Dutch Antilles) St. Christophers (aka St. Kitts) Montserrat Guadeloupe (FR) Martinique (FR) (St Pierre, Le Marin, St. Anne) St. Lucia Bequia Carriacou Grenada Isla Margarita We were concerned about the lack of law enforcement at Venezuelan ports, but have taken precautions, and just before leaving Grenada got word of a notice sent out by the US and Great Britain advising citizens of Trinidad and Tobago having become the murder capitol of the Caribbean. Those countries appear to have lost control of crime as well, so we felt no worse coming here. We have several self defense articles, but the most novel is one of the ideas I got on this list many many years ago, of someone who was going to have a fire extinguisher filled with hot cayenne pepper. We now have a special fire extinguisher and would be a match for any unarmed intruders with that and our flare launchers which are deadly at close range. We expect never to have to use any defense as there is not that big of a problem, in my estimation... though its as dangerous as being in the wrong place at the wrong time in many US cities. -- Ed Kelly sailing vessel ANGEL LOUISE - Catalac 12m Skype Cell telephone: 202-657-6357
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