Word: skipperly
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...unfurl the Procyon's Kevlar mainsail and jib horizontally, at a finger's touch, without human assistance. The unique, sculptured boom eliminates the need for much of the equipment required on standard boats. There are two sets of controls -- helms, winch buttons, wind and direction gauges -- to allow the skipper to steer from either side of the vessel...
...than the reverse. That, oddly, is a cause for celebration. The next century will not be America's to call its own -- or any other single nation's. We are all in one boat together, and Columbus must travel with us now as a fellow passenger, no longer the skipper...
Like a seasoned skipper taking over a venerable tall ship, he's going about his business in seamanlike fashion. He's tightening sail here, testing rigging there, replacing this belaying that, preparing for a voyage that will test both crew and hull in the tempest...
...Where's the booze, Skipper...
...Where's the booze, Skipper...