Shiver me timbers

This is a great shop in Ho Chi Minh city that brother Thomas took us to... it is full of model boats from all era's of human navel navigation. Apparently to ensure the accuracy of each particular vessel each of the ships is made by only one family. These guys that run the shop know their stuff.... They asked us where we were from and when we said Canada they listed off all the famous old and new ships, and even corrected uncle Thom (which is almost impossible to do) about whether one of the ships was from the Atlantic or the Pacific based on the number and jib of the sails the aweigh and the backstay.... For a couple of foreign, land locked, lubber's these city boys were really impressive with their knowledge of the hundreds of boats in their shops... they could sit with any salty or wan-a-be salty like papa and knaw away the hours with sailing tales. 'Avast' says I as I realized that the only sailing terms I know appear to have come from pirate movies or Popeye. So I added little to the conversation except to add ballast weight as a delighted observer... And of course headed out of the shop with a medium sized model replica of the original bluenose for the cost 150 of the Canadian coins that she is immortalized on. If your ever in HCM city I recommend setting a bearing or charting a course for this anchorage as a relaxing, informative, entertaining way to spend an afternoon.