[Fred Nerks]

Cook made three incredibly long voyages in that little wooden tub.

I have recently read the Penguin Classics James Cook, The Journals... Throughout these journeys, his first rule was:

To endeavor by every fair means to cultivate a friendship with the natives and to treat them with all imaginable humanity.

[SunkenCiv]

Yet, he ran his ship right into the Great Barrier Reef, just like Captain Ron. :^)