intin aficionados will swear that Captain Haddock had the best lines. If I could understand Hindustani, he would be closely followed by the second most famous seafarer: Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. Nineteen-year-old Eric Newby, who sailed on the last grain race aboard the Finnish barque , recorded in his eponymous book the word most frequently heard when things went awry aloft, 50ft out on a plunging yard arm in the depths of
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Sep 08, 2023
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