Lynx delivers lucky few on the breezeby Todd Vines - The Garden Island
Posted: Saturday, Aug 12, 2006 - 04:31:40 pm HST
The booming voices from the deck of the topsail schooner Lynx lent an air of authenticity to a traveler in time not seen often in the waters off Kaua‘i.
“Haul away, ye scurvy dogs!”
The growl came from Christopher Trundell, an experienced seaman poised on the bow of the tall ship Lynx. The sail was ready to come down, and it was Natalie Craig, a business major at California Polytechnic State University, Trundell had recruited to assist.Craig grimaced and worked the lines as ordered, but later admitted she probably wouldn’t have made the best 19th century privateer.
“I wouldn’t make the cut,” said Craig. “I got blisters on my hand.”
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