You don't need a machete to walk through a corn field.

An interesting contrast to this story is the book I'm currently reading, Men Against the Sea. It's one of the Bounty trilogy and is a fictionalized account of the real voyage of William Bligh and 18 of his men across 3600 miles of less-than-friendly ocean. These dudes seriously had their ducks in a row. They made the trip without firearms and in a 23 foot open launch. They only lost one man, who was killed by locals in the ironically named Friendly Islands.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.