I had heard there were enough parts lost/pilfered that it couldn't have been sailed again even if someone wanted to invest the huge sum it would take to maintain and launch it.


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The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea
Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White