The Israel Defense Forces had said Gaza would be a “closed military area” during the operation to remove the settlers, so she wanted to explore the option of renting a sailboat to get to Gaza. Purely for research purposes, she and Aviram went sailing while Dominique waited onshore, knowing perfectly well that the idea would come to naught because the Israelis would shoot at any unidentified boat coming ashore. (Marie often thought renting a sailboat was the best way to get to a story. It never was, apart from an occasion when she rented a dhow to get to Yemen.)
