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    Default Great Captains in literature or "I like the cut of your jibb"

    started just for Ss&Gs!!

    The Sea Wolf / Jack London.. Death Larsen's School of Bridge Resource Management..makes the "Wolf" seem like a puppy!!

    any others??
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    Captain Jebediah Hawks . . . USS Belinda in "Away all Boats"; book is far better than the movie. With the author being a Merchant Officer who also did commissioned time in the Navy during the war, there are great anecdotes throughout the book that illustrate the differences between the Navy and Merchant Marine.
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    Moby Dick / Herman Melville..Capt, Ahab.."I don't give reasons. I give orders!"


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    Captain De Silva

    Great or not I LOVE the quote:

    “Now, my men, we have begun a long voyage. If we get along well together, we shall have a comfortable time; if we don’t, we shall have hell afloat.—All you’ve got to do is to obey your orders and do your duty like men,—then you’ll fare well enough;—if you don’t, you’ll fare hard enough,—I can tell you. If we pull together, you’ll find me a clever fellow; if we don’t, you’ll find me a bloody rascal.—That’s all I’ve got to say.—Go below, the larboard watch!"

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    Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Jules Verne

    Capt. Nemo..as in I give what is do!!


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