Word: shipped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decided we'd have to abandon ship. Five minutes before we did, we heard over the radio that the Coast Guard had somebody on the way. We launched our life raft at about 8 in the morning in 55-ft. seas with 60-knot winds. It wasn't the easiest thing to do. Five men were able to get into it, and we tied it to the tug with a pair of lines. We wanted to pass things from the boat--flares and stuff--to the raft, and then climb in ourselves. But one rope broke, and then the other...
...except the Gulf Majesty went down stern first. I'd been with her about two years, and my heart was really in her. My IBM laptop, my guitar, $500 worth of cigars, and the only picture I had of my father--he died in 1985--went down with the ship...
...reunion of the troubled ship's crew and their rescuers on Monday, they talked about the near catastrophe in late August as in the past, and they celebrated the bonds formed out of that distressful episode...
Buddy Vanderhoop, the ship's captain, was unfamiliar with the boat and believed the battery could stand the large electrical usage...
Flyingchickens.com picked the five sites that consistently had the best prices, large selections and were able to ship quickly...