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Claiming is a tradition from the old whaling days. When a ship arrived, it was “claimed” and the family that did so had then exclusive trading rights with that ship. The tradition despite it’s foibles remains. Bob and eldest daughter Taia were first to find us and hence, “claimed us”. Frankly, we turned out to be very happy about this. Sailing friends Carolyn and Fatty Goodlander had written an article in a sailing magazine a few years ago and were also claimed by this branch of the Marsters Family. We felt a bit as if we knew them from Fatty’s article. Here, we are following Bob and Taia to our mooring.
Palmerston Atoll – Cook Islands
July 20, 2010