I Erred

Thanks to her work with her husband plus crews of around 20, Jan is also the first female Merchant Marine ever and has a lifetime membership given her by the Singapore Yacht Club.

And I erred further by referring to their ship - a freighter with twin diesel cranes  - as a barge.

Mea culpa and no one else's.  And Jan graciously laughed when I read that column today at the South Bay Writers Workshop.com.