Actually, I was agreeing with Doug (I think).

I've always been careful not to post anything on the Internet that would let
someone contact my kids in a way that could fool them into thinking it was
someone who knew me. Their names have never appeared for example.

The position that being anonymous about yourself, your boat, and your
cruising is a significant safety issue is a very different one however. To
the original point raised, I would suggest that those kids on the boat in
the OP are a hell of a lot safer on a boat close and under the supervision
of their parents than home alone in almost any town in the US. There are
some dangerous characters down Mexico way but I doubt they are cruising the
Internet selecting their next victims. The are out cruising in their boats
looking for the next yacht that comes along. Any danger to those kids is
simply
due to being cruising with their parents and not their father's blog.

--
Roger Long