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Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
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10/04/2013 11:56 AM
10/04/2013 11:56 AM
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very violent. did they catch the perpetrators?
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Re: Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
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10/04/2013 12:17 PM
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more details: s/v Rainbow attacked with machetes on board at 8:40 pm, robbery. Both cruisers lived, one seriously injured in hospital in grenada.
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Re: Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
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10/04/2013 01:35 PM
10/04/2013 01:35 PM
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Violent attack, Cruisers injured, St Vincent & Grenadines, Union Island At 8:40pm 3 October sailing vessel Rainbow was anchored off Union Island at Frigate Island (aprox 12 34.9882 N 061 26.2582 W) which is attached to Union Island, St Vincent and the Grenadines when two people aboard Mark and Christina were attacked by machete wilding robbers. Christina was very seriously wounded with a huge laceration to her face cutting through her cheek and through some teeth. Mark was also lacerated but was able to reverse the situation. http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f19/...and-112685.html
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Re: Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
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10/11/2013 03:36 PM
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Re: Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
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10/11/2013 05:09 PM
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15 or not, they should lock him up and throw away the key.
Matt
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Re: Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
[Re: tangerine3]
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11/02/2013 10:54 AM
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Ugh! This reminds me of when Donsld Street's wife was killed aboard their boat with a machete. I was good friends with his 3 children and it was so tragic. I was just a little girl then but terrified whenever we anchored in the same bay on Grenada. However, my parents insisted that one or two bad eggs would not rule their lives. After that though, I was taught where the flaregun was and how to use it as a weapon. Don't let this incident detour you from St. Vincent, the Grenadines and Grenada. There is nothing quite like it.
Sue s/v Ripple Leopard 40
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Re: Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
[Re: saildoggie]
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11/06/2013 11:27 PM
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saildoggie said: Seth, are you saying that the locals that are poor have a great animosity toward visiting tourists?
Sounds that way and that they would be inclined to steal from the tourists or harm them? Hey Mark Here’s my take and Seth will clarify or disagree. Once you get south of the “Disney like” area’s of the Virgins that we all enjoy so much real island life is more apparent. It might be Dominica, St. Lucia, the Grenadine Islands or Granada. Once away from the water front life is different than a boater sees. I’ve been fortunate enough to have great island folks share their homes and communities with me and have seen the good and the very bad. What Seth pointed out is pure fact. There is not the welfare that you would be expected in the US or UK. Fortunately for us tourists on vacation this inner island situation is usually benign and only shows its ugly head occasionally as it did in Union. I’ll leave it to the Maestro Seth for any future comments if necessary.
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Re: Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
[Re: Seth]
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11/07/2013 03:00 PM
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Seth said: All the islands have a so-called welfare system and an educational system in place, not just those that remain European overseas territories. Just to interject, when on Grenada recently we had lengthy discussions with a gentleman by the name of Mandoo, who owns a tour company. Part of our discussions included poverty and crime. He is a native of Grenada, and quite well versed on the socio-economic situation of the island. He was emphatic in stating they have no welfare system in Grenada. It's sink or swim, as he said. And although one might tire of rice and peas, if one starves to death it is of his own choosing. As he pointed out, everyone has access to fish, and various fruits growing wild and free for the taking. So I took that literally to mean there is no "dole" or "welfare" system in Grenada. Is this not true?
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Re: Oct. 3 Machete attack on cruisers in Grenadines
[Re: sail445]
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11/07/2013 04:20 PM
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Uhmn, no, you can't go on all day. This one is done.
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