Seeing someone refer to Mastadon as "Mast" reminded me that I'd been meaning to download the #LibriVox #audiobook edition of "Two Years Before the Mast," which I don't think I have read since eighth or ninth grade ... didn't even think of it when I was writing for a boating magazine for a living and singing sea chanteys at the #GriswoldInn for fun.
Funny how the mind works sometimes...
https://librivox.org/two-years-before-the-mast-by-richard-henry-dana-jr/