In the latest edition of our favorite Maritime Podcast Bob Couttie warns; “Ancient mariners feared the seductive call of the siren would wreck their ships, this modern mariner was seduced by the song of the SIM.”
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Updated: February 5, 2026 (Originally published October 20, 2007)
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