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• The Wreck of the Lady Mary
  • Sad story...
  • A cautionary tale for all of us that ever snoozed while offshore...
    • I remember that book. It was a real grabber with lots of action and suspense.
      • I just looked at Amazon...
        • 122 dollars a copy! I should have held on to mine.
          • As a kid, among my many jobs to support myself...
            • I have two very old copies of "Two Years Before the Mast"
              • I had a friend who used to say a good book was like an old girlfriend...
          • I wouldn't put too much stock in Amazon's used book prices
            • Well, I guess there is a lot of money in that kind of crap. Sorry Peggy, couldn't pass it up...
              • Apparently it's his asking price that's crappy...he's been trying to sell it for that price for over a year.
    • More information...interesting author..
      • Looks like more great reading!
        • The boat that he buys to go after Levithan was a Swan.
          • After he lost the Swan didn't he get a trimaran?
            • Yes, and a tall former stewardess...
  • I just hope they get a good paint match!
  • Freighters-fishing boats, fishing boats-yachts...
    • Ugggg seen the same situation at the harbor entrance...