12 years in the Caribbean without a computer, weather fax, GPS, etc. etc.

THE ISLANDS AREN'T THAT FAR APART!

The islands haven't moved a inch in over 2000 years! Any old paper chart should suffice to let you know where the hell you are.

You modern sailors have to begin spending more time on deck using your eyes and less time staring at a tv screen...otherwise you might as well have stayed home and done it all vicariously through some other nitwits blog...with photos.

Sheesh....get a life!