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    SKIP NOVAK

    May 12, 2022 3 minutes

    Soon after the launching of Vinson of Antarctica I had to instruct the shipyard to pull out and reinsert all the split pins in the masts. This might have been construed as an over the top obsession with detail, but to be ‘true to my school’ I had to insist it be done.

    All the split pins were too long and bent over into curly cues back around the clevis pin. We’ve all seen this done – I believe it is an

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