Days after the news first appeared on one of his YouTube videos from the Getaway as a comment, and I am still ringing in my brain with the impossibility of that good heart being gone from us. I am grateful to hear it was evidently a smooth escape with minimal turbulence, for he deserves an easy sail to more open waters. I can say this much, Barry: I am warmed and grateful to know you and I shared the path for a short way, and you always made things better for your being present. Thanks, mate.


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