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What other great opening lines do you know?.
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I went looking for it and found only a book of the same name written by William Harwar Parker, in 1864.
https://archive.org/details/elementsofseaman00park/mode/1up
It's less entertaining...
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-elements-of-seamanship-seamanship-series_roger-c-taylor/592502/#edition=701339&idiq=5483159
Haha thanks I found it eventually but it was some entertaining confusion in the meantime