Mr. Ken Williams, You have to be pulling my chain here dude. You are touring the Alaska coast in a 68 ft Nordhaven and are struck at the cultural and economic poverty of the " Indians ". When making observations about the world, there is fact and then there is opinion. In publications that care about their reputations, facts are checked and double checked. Opinion is very carefully moved over to the editorial pages. When someone tells me to " Buy American and save the future " I feel a line has been crossed. Am I being too sensitive?

Lorenzo: I'm not convinced that boat size has anything to do with a blogger's ability to comment on the islands they visit. On the topic of larger boats visiting remote places, I was just reading today's blog entry from Starr. Starr is a 70' Northern Marine now underway to meet up with our GSSR group of three boats, currently in Japan. To read Don's blog entry, visit: http://tinyurl.com/ykuwlet In it Don Stabbert, Starr's owner, describes his attempts to help the residents of a small island in the Marshall Islands get their water system running. Very interesting reading. The GSSR group has been sitting still the past few months, but gets underway again in just a few weeks. We'll be visiting South Korea, the Rykyu Islands, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It should be fun, educational, and a chance to see a part of the world few cruisers visit. -Ken Williams Nordhavn 68, Sans Souci www.kensblog.com -----Original Message----- From: passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com [mailto:passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of Lorenzo Boelitz Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:39 AM To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com Subject: [PUP] the view from the bridge Mr. Ken Williams, You have to be pulling my chain here dude. You are touring the Alaska coast in a 68 ft Nordhaven and are struck at the cultural and economic poverty of the " Indians ". When making observations about the world, there is fact and then there is opinion. In publications that care about their reputations, facts are checked and double checked. Opinion is very carefully moved over to the editorial pages. When someone tells me to " Buy American and save the future " I feel a line has been crossed. Am I being too sensitive?

Ken, that's a very frustrating story about the water makers. I really felt for Don. Thanks for pointing the blog out. Callum McCormick Via iPhone 07976 631881 http://www.m0mcx.co.uk/ http://www.barclayanderson.com/ On 13 Mar 2010, at 16:03, "Ken Williams" <ken@kensblog.com> wrote: > Lorenzo: > > I'm not convinced that boat size has anything to do with a blogger's > ability > to comment on the islands they visit. > > On the topic of larger boats visiting remote places, I was just > reading > today's blog entry from Starr. Starr is a 70' Northern Marine now > underway > to meet up with our GSSR group of three boats, currently in Japan. > > To read Don's blog entry, visit: http://tinyurl.com/ykuwlet > > In it Don Stabbert, Starr's owner, describes his attempts to help the > residents of a small island in the Marshall Islands get their water > system > running. Very interesting reading. > > The GSSR group has been sitting still the past few months, but gets > underway > again in just a few weeks. We'll be visiting South Korea, the Rykyu > Islands, > Taiwan and Hong Kong. It should be fun, educational, and a chance to > see a > part of the world few cruisers visit. > > -Ken Williams > Nordhavn 68, Sans Souci > www.kensblog.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com > [mailto:passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com] On > Behalf Of > Lorenzo Boelitz > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:39 AM > To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com > Subject: [PUP] the view from the bridge > > Mr. Ken Williams, > You have to be pulling my chain here dude. You are touring the > Alaska coast > in a 68 ft Nordhaven > and are struck at the cultural and economic poverty of the " Indians > ". > > When making observations about the world, there is fact and then > there is > opinion. > In publications that care about their reputations, facts are checked > and > double checked. > Opinion is very carefully moved over to the editorial pages. > When someone tells me to " Buy American and save the future " I feel > a line > has been crossed. > Am I being too sensitive? > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World > Productions.