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22nd February 2021, 05:00 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Rick not Will, Mark.
 That is the character William Mowett's couplet lifted from the poet William Falconer; it was used in the first novel Master and Commander of O'Brian's brilliant Aubrey/Maturin series of 20 books. When I'm up in Wellfleet I often go to the Marconi site where right offshore lies the wreck of Whidah Galley. Standing there during a Winter gale one really appreciates the terror of being driven upon the unforgiving sandbars while being pounded by the immense North Atlantic seas. You should come north sometime to view the patch of ocean where she lies and then visit Barry's museum. 
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22nd February 2021, 06:33 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NC, U.S.A.
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OPPS! Sorry, Rick! My sleep-weary eyes are playing tricks! Just got off pulling 4 twelve hour night shifts and I'm seeing leprechauns right now! I'll keep your invite in mind if I can ever make my way north again. Flew into Boston years ago, but that's about the closest I came to visiting-
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