She was a late nineteenth century wooden boat, sealed with tar and oakum. Of course she was creaky at tmes. But she always held course and handled well in seaways, and I seem to recall after some fitting up he wanted to take her back out into the world again, following his return and writing the book.

Don't forget that one of the parts of his confrontation with the islanders of the Magellan region involved sprinkling the deck with carpet tacks so the barefoot natives couldn't sneak up on him. My favorite part. :>)


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