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Thread #126347 Message #2869864
Posted By: John Minear
23-Mar-10 - 06:33 AM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
"I'm just a little bit slow today, and already half a day behind on the new thread "The Advent and Development of Chanties" launched by Gibb at 12:33."
Yep. I shouldn't try to navigate late at night. I am more than half a day behind! Three days would be more accurate. I've been so wrapped up in stuff here I haven't been paying attention to what else is going on with Mudcat. There is a story that Captain Pond tells about his first voyage out to Sydney from San Francisco. He had just slipped out of Tahiti after leaving most of his very rambunctious crew behind in jail there. A day or so out, he noticed these boats *rowing* after him! The wind must not have been very good. They actually caught up with him and it turned out to be the French Navy, looking for stowaways from all of the other ships in the harbor. So, while I don't have the French on board, I am rowing away and will catch up.
Gibb, I like the direction you've taken, and I think this is going to be a most excellent trip.