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Stern docking
Ahoy Me Matey, strange ye should ask considering that after me latest blockade of Cape Coral, dis ere old Pirate sailed down river and slipped into an impossibly narrow (35''), mile and a half long canal deep into the heart of Pine Island under full sail,( no motor). At the point where de canal takes a hard turn to starboard me Pirates lair (three slips) to Port face out de canal , so I throw de helm over hard and den backs me mizzen and wit one foot on de tiller and me hands holding de mizzen boom I back into me slip like a ghost from hell. T''was a neat bit of sail handling for sure and I''s would not reccomend dat youse all try such a stunt but darn iffin it wasn''t a grand spectacle of seamenship. Aye me vessel always faces out iffin I''ve got to hoist me sails in a hurry to sally forth on another quest of Piracy I be ready. Pirate of Pine Island.
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