Aegir makes the church on time



8:22 PM Wed 5 Jan 2011 GMT
'Aegir bow shot - Aegir' Billy Black
Aegir, Brian Benjamin?s Carbon Ocean 82, arrived at the Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia on its maiden voyage. No wonder the Marines looked a little surprised. It was Boxing Day and the Eastern Seaboard of the Untied States was declared to be in a state of emergency, with blizzards affecting the entire coastline from Maine to South Carolina. The brand new Carbon Ocean 82 had sailed there, 300 miles from Rhode Island but Virginia was not it?s final destination, not by a long chalk. It was snowing heavily but Norfolk?s astonishment turned to utter amazement, as Aegir only stopped for ...


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