Thanks Melissa, on behalf of other New Zealanders on PaddleWise, for your thoughts on Peter Blake. According to news reports he died defending his crew and his boat from the pirates, which is about as heroic as it gets. I think small nations like NZ tend to especially nurture our heroes. And as our Prime Minister, Helen Clark has noted, Sir Peter was to the sailing fraternity as Sir Edmund Hillary is to the mountaineers of the world. Peter Rattenbury *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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