Ken, Looking forward to receiving more GSSR updates. It sounds like the GSSR team will soon be describes as a 'Flotilla'. Continued safe travels. In a message dated 3/13/2010 8:03:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ken@kensblog.com writes: 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.