Supposed to be lovely in the spring.
Warm and welcoming people...
This is just another manifestation of reckless narcissism.
A pleasure cruise off the coast of Somalia, to distribute Bibles to bloodthirsty Muslims? Oh, maybe they brought Bibles. But this was about bragging rights.
What about the Navy personnel whose lives were and are, at risk, because these folks made a decision to sail this course?
Being Jewish, I have no missionary zeal. But after I've learned about this aspect of their travels, my respect to them has increased greatly. Least of all I am tempted to make light of their deaths or think that they were simply careless: they had a job to do.
They have my respect and should have yours. May they RIP.
Thye were nowhere close to Somalia nor did they plan to sail off Somalia. Here is their web site and ship’s log.
http://svquest.com/2011_travels.htm
They were out of India and bound for Oman, as you can see from their log, their intended track was far from Somali waters. They were traveling in international waters as every sailor should have the right to do. For most of their voyage they had been in company with 100 other yachts in the Blue Water Rally.
Being PC about black muslim murderers has led to the US tolerating murder on the high seas further and further from the coast of Africa. And some folks here are blaming the victims for sailing in the nwestern Indian Ocean and being an inconvenience to the US Navy?