Author: Rob Earle
Rob Earle is a ship captain and writer living in Seattle. From 2009 to 2012, he wrote The Misunderstood Mariner, a blog devoted to busting maritime myths and misinformation. He is also a poet, his most recent poem, “The Ballad of Captain Zero,” won first place in the 2014 Northwest Seaport Stories of the Sea Competition.
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