Unable to read it he borrowed a Dutch textbook from a local captain and learned enough of the language to read the mathematical guide.
However, on the night of the murder, a local captain saw a vessel cruising without running lights; presumably, this was some sort of rum runner.
"It isn't like that, General," the local captain insisted.
The local captains, they didn't want to talk to us much.
Singleton was the local precinct captain, and Hayward expected he would show up personally.
There was a further promotion to the rank of local captain in 1963, and he became a full captain in 1965.
A remaining option is to rent a small boat and let a local captain take you at your own pace.
"All our effort was focused on Minge for a couple of months," said Larry Weiss, the local captain.
Some of the ships could be the property of local captains.
He was not precisely sure which of the ships were English and which belonged to local captains.