Shattered cruising rally finally past the pirate zone, in Turkey



12:26 AM Mon 13 Jun 2011 GMT
'Blue Water Rally - happier days...' Peter Seymour Click Here to view large photo
The shattered remains of the Blue Water Rally - one of the rallies thrown into confusion this year while transiting the Indian Ocean when the shooting death of four American cruising sailors by Somali pirates changed the game entirely - has reached safe haven in Marmaris in Turkey. But they didn't sail there. In the mayhem that followed the death of the four cruising sailors and the kidnap of seven Danish sailors who are still in captivity, the two rallies were confronted by daunting decisions - whether to venture into waters which had become potentially lethal, to return to South ...


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