People have their favorite lobstermen, and there is a lot of romance associated with ordering from the guy who owns the boat, or the lobster pound you once visited on vacation, but the truth is that Maine lobster is Maine lobster, and it is all the best lobster you can get.

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He usually refrains from scaring the guests on those trips, although he says proudly that the boat hit 29 knots once with his daughter at the helm.

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Once the seals are fitted with their sensors, they are taken out to open water on their own personal speed boat, the Steller Shuttle.

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