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Great sailors are well-rested sailors, and well-rested sailors are comfortable at sea.

CAP’N FATTY GOODLANDER

Back in the day, “Two-Time Tommy” never did a Race to Mackinac without bringing a Sunday Chicago Tribune in a resealable container. He’d take any bunk assigned to him. He asked no special favor for being the vessel’s navigator, but he always used that newspaper to mark his territory. Only then would he stow his Plath sextant and Thomas Mercer chronometer, both in gleaming varnished mahogany boxes with solid bronze hardware. Never cheap brass. Tommy had won—or, the vessels he’d served as navi-guesser aboard had won—the Mackinac back-to-back. He was a hot navigator, plucked from the ranks of Great Lakes cruising vessels. And he’d spent a lot of quality time at sea, both before and after World War II. Mostly, Tommy kept to himself. He said little. He was a…

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Cruising World (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2025

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