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Old 03-24-2010, 04:15 AM
 
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We had an idiot/inspector here about 20 or 30 years ago who forced a couple of owners to install compasses in towboat pilothouses. Pilots walked in and asked, "What is THAT thing?" He is gone and so are the compasses.
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