[Fwd: USS Constitution Update…]

January 2nd, 2009

From Tue Jun 10 21:25:26 1997
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>1) Her spanker is now on, so she set 4 sails during Monday AM’s sail
>training. No sign of headsails yet, however.
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>2) The city of Marblehead is refusing to allow Consitution to visit there
>on July 20th unless the Navy pays the city’s costs (presumably crowd
>control and the like). As we know, Constitution is supposed to go to
>Marblehead under tow on July 20, then sail home on July 21st. The Navy’s
>response to this is unknown…..I think they should just bypass the
>stuck-up folks in Marblehead and go to Gloucester instead 🙂
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