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Letters To The Editor
| 题名： | Letters To The Editor |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | Again, many thanks to Keith Norrington for the Old Boat Column in general and for the column in the January 24, 2022, WJ. Keith continues to delight with his writings. I also had the opportunity and good fortune to meet Capt. Harris Underwood. As was required on the Belle of Louisville, in addition to the pilot, a watchman was required to be carried. On my very first trip as deckhand, I rotated for my shift. It was a moonless and dark night, and we were in a dark stretch of river that I had never seen before. I came up from below with no night vision. Sitting in a chair was a man of small stature, looking intently forward. As an 18-year-old and greenest of green deckhand, I blurted out to a riverman who had held a First Class Pilot license for 50-plus years, "How do you know where you are?" Slowly Capt. Underwood pushed back his chair, stood up and walked over to where I was sitting on the lazy bench and calmly said, "Sonny, in the dark can you walk from your bedroom to the bathroom without turning a light on?" I pondered his response and passed the rest of my shift without further inquiries. It was sage advice. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 42 |
| 页码： | 4-4 |
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