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On May 28, 1:45*pm, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 28 May 2011 11:16:21 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On May 28, 9:57 am, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 28 May 2011 04:39:36 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:


One of Edward Teach's anchors from the Queen Anne's Revenge....


Looks like marine archaeologists are bringing Blackbeard back one
piece at a time...


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...lackbeard-anch....


A bit more from a local fish wrap.....


http://www.starnewsonline.com/articl...CLES/110529703


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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by
the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover." - Unknown


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Thanks Gene. *it's interesting to see how close The Queen Ann's
Revenge *was to land when it was sunk.


Teach intentionally ran the QAR and The Adventure aground near Topsail
Inlet.

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Fort Agent 6.00 Build 1186

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by
the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover." * - Unknown

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
*http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm


Really. I'll have to look into that...

Thanks Gene.