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In fact, "Willy" is probably berthed today in the same spot where my mystery, rather shabby, steel vessel was tied up decades ago, at what was originally part of the now gone No.1 Lee Wharf. Another contender for most unusual craft in port would have to be the replica William the IV paddle wheeler, now saved by volunteers and permanently moored at Honeysuckle. That would include the resurrected James Craig, the last windjammer of the 19th century sailing ship era, and the battered raft of the historic Las Balsas expedition salvaged at sea in 1973. And that's saying something when you consider past visitors. LOOKING back, it looked so ordinary, yet it was probably one of the oddest ships to ever enter Newcastle Harbour.
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