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[John Marshall]

Great response, Dave.  I would add that the US press is definitely  
prone to scaring people away from places that are politically out of  
favor. Saw that a lot when I lived in a predominately Muslim country  
on the 'treacherous' Straits of Malacca and all its pirates. Local  
sailors and yacht owners didn't lose much sleep over the pirates,  
they just took a few simple precautions. (Although, admittedly, the  
big commercial shipping guys did worry -- they were the pirate's  
target).

But then, we can't have too many people going to Venezuela and having  
fun. :-)

And as far as your comment below (fog, wind, rain, bears), the  
reality is that those foggy, windy, rainy things (haven't seen a bear  
yet) are pebbles on the pathway to cruising Nirvana for those that  
like the area.  But the bad press can scare people away for sure.

John Marshall
N55-Serendipity
Sequim Bay, WA

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> Sometimes I think the press is like you guys in Washington State.  
> The fog,
> wind, rain bears, etc, etc make it a bad place to cruise ;-)