It also claimed that its ship the Bob Barker came within 15 or 20 seconds of being rolled over after being rammed by the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru, and that the Japanese have used water cannons and concussion grenades to deter them.

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Ultimately, there will be a news item: Bob, tragically, must have fallen off the ship on the last night of the voyage while leaning over to get a better camera angle on the northern lights.

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Bob Marley once told Chris, "My father was a ship's captain, " but Chris later learned that tale was untrue.

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