In praise of brevity

[Twister_Ken]

"Ilha de Santa Luzia.

Santa Luzia is uninhabited, has no harbor, and is very badly charted. These are good reasons for avoiding it."

Don't know why that passage appeals to me so much, but it does.

Anyone want to guess where the quote is from? Or where Santa Luzia is (actually, that should be easy with Google).

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[snowleopard]

there are lots of them. with slight variations in spelling. St Lucia W.I. for a start, though it's a long time since that description fitted!

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[Ohdrat]

Re: My guess is the Cape Verde Islands NM

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[Little_Russel]

Not sure, but the description of the place sounds like East Cowes.

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[Ohdrat]

Re: \"Badly Charted\"

or Scotland.. however, although we have lots of islands none of that name/forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[Twister_Ken]

Got it in one. nm

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[Ohdrat]

Re: Got it in one. nm

the portuguese was the give away /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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