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[old tanker]

I'd venture the "black paint" is pine tar. "Worm and parcel with the lay, turn and serve the other way..." Pine tar has a long history and association with sailors, from keeping the rigging waterproofed to their hair in place. They were not called 'jack tars' for nothing.

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[browningautorifle]

pine tar

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