Ed plain old hairspray works wonders sprayed insomeons face... laquer and alcohol burn like crazy... those purse sized are great for the pocket... you have an email list.. and why am I not on it... (pouts)... you have been missed.. be safe.. I had heard that hugo and company had restricted the sale of fuel to americans..that has been lifted? 'bella
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Ed Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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