Margaret Walters, of sea music group The Roarin' Forties, is too shy to post to this thread but she has reviewed it and is planning to excerpt some of our most choisest comments for her favorite folk music newsletter. I must say, I think this thread is rich brine to refine.

Perhaps, she deserves a verse of encouragement.;~)

And the skipper went down playing his piano...must start a "piano moving" thread. I vividly remember that old upright we had in the back of the pick-up, that first turn which we took too fast, over the side she went...then there was the baby grand that got stuck in the stairwell coming down, and is probably still there...

Nice story, Long John! Compares well with some from the fabled pen of that old naval surgeon Dr. Dogsbody. Here's a glass for you and may you rest in peace, or pieces as it were.

Charley Noble