to be infected with if you're not careful. Raw eggs, under cooked meat and chicken, toss in the heat of the tropics and it's a loaded gun waiting to go off. I can see it with out even closing my eyes. A long crossing ahead, limited water and cooking fuel, short cutting the counter cleaning to save water equals sick baby. It's something you need to guard against while out cruising. IMHO, Carrying a pile of antibiotics is something every cruiser should do just as a usual practice. Then you have the cruisers who take everything to the limit like making their own mayo and sauces using raw eggs. Talk about a disaster waiting to happen but some folks still do it. I wonder which was the case?

How can that guy talk about his sister that way! What a jerk. Talk about a narrow minded "it my way or the highway" red neck do gooder. People like THAT makes my ass ache!

I certainly can't fault the family for stepping off and following their dream. They sound like the average cruiser that ended up with someone sick on board. I can't count the number of times I've been sick on board. On my first cruise my son was 14. My crew guy and I headed out to do something and my son had hooked up with this Mexican kid and the two of them were off doing something and ended up eating lunch off of a street vender. We headed out the next day and about 24 hours later Jared was down with Salmonella. I started looking for anchorage with a town. That was my first time into Z-watt which was a really small town back then. The Mexican Doctor couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Spanish but between the two of us and sign language we got it figured out. It's "part of the adventure". Not a good part but you take your chances to some degree. But then I've gotten sick at home as well so you just can't beat these people up. IMHO.