On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:17:38 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

White squall has some very nice reality touches in that (at least it's what
I remember) it's a true story

Unfortunately it is a very true story. The real Captain Sheldon
spent some of his later years working as dockmaster at our old club in
Connecticut. No one that I know ever talked to him about his loss.