LJ Idol 06: Not of Your World.

[i_id]

Go sit inside a minivan. Take the seats out of their places, line them along the sides. Build a counter, a cabinet, a bed in the back. A bathroom the size of a washing machine. Cover the windows with duct-tape, except for narrow spaces at the top. Climb in and out through the sun roof. Now you have a model of the inside of a small sailboat

Comments

[basric]

The worry about pirates is an actual threat so a nice semi automatic rifle with lots of ammo is a must too especially if your trip is near the African or South American coastline. On second thought most have gunboats so maybe you should mount a swivel fully automatic on the what ever is the highest steady point.

Well done.

[i_id]

Pirates are a threat, but not a large one to a scruffy little pocket cruiser like mine.

Unless I have something they want. Like a gun.

[basric]

Its what they THINK you have like money or drugs. Or just taken and hold you for ransom. I'd take my chance with the gun.

When we took the cruise down the South American coastline we were shocked to see guard posted with fully automatic weapons on deck. They said pirates were notorious for attacking anyone. They especially liked to burn small crafts.

[i_id]

I am not taking a gun. I am pro-gun, I own one, but there are about a million reasons why it is a bad idea for me to take one on a cruise, most of which involve me being killed by my own gun (very, very common among solo sailors. Unarmed thief sneaks aboard in the night, finds gun, sailor wakes up and startles him, gets shot. 4-5 reports a year just in American waters, including a sadly late friend of mine.), having my gun taken away from me by customs officials (India, Maldives), having my boat taken away from me by customs officials, or having to bribe said officials to keep the latter two from happening.

Because I get this suggestion from about every tenth person who hears what I'm doing, I'm addressing it in length here, but the argument has become a touchy subject for me personally, so I need to ask that you not carry it further.

1) I'm not going to South America. The closest contact I will have with that continent is Panama. For precisely the reason that there are pirates there

[i_id]

Wow, this turned out longer than my actual entry. *sheepish* Sorry about that.