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In 1960 a harbour tug was positioned against a moving ship by a master judging everything by eye from a wheelhouse with a compass and an engine telegraph,…
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In 1965 a merchant seaman signed on for a voyage that might last eighteen months, could not legally leave the ship until it ended, had no way of…
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In 1965 a commercial fishing crew went to sea in a wooden boat, paid by a share of whatever they caught, with no survival suits, no catch limit,…
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Some mysteries survive because the facts are murky. The Mary Celeste has survived for more than 150 years because the facts are unusually clear, and they make no sense.…