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Captain Moore’s Account of the Action off Cape Santa Maria

May 26, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

*SPOILERS* Captain’s Log Friday Oct. 5 1804 P.M. Light Airs and Calms. Employed Blacking the [Beams B%] – St. Mary’s NNE 5 Leagues A.M. Light breezes and Clear. Squadron in Co[mpany].

10.05.1804 The Action Off Cape Santa Maria

May 25, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

*SPOILERS* One of the most fantastic and least believable plot points in our entire beloved series (bear suit notwithstanding) occurs at the end of Post Captain.