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Dreamboat Dream Becomes Captain John On The River
John Vize and his wife Bonnie fulfilled a lifelong wish by purchasing a 54 foot steel paddle steamer named The Belle of Warsaw later renamed Captain John. The couple sailed the vessel from Warsaw Kentucky to Rock Island Illinois, navigating 975 miles in 15 days, with 500 gallons of diesel fuel and under 1,000 dollars total cost.
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Charles Chamberlain
Associated Press
John Vize
Huck Finn
Mississippi River
Bonnie
Warsaw
Wise
Bonnie Vize
John Uo
Vize
Vizes
U.S. Coast Guard
San Diego
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Russell
Bobby" Hall
Ohio
Alton
Wize
Pilot House
Burlington
Iowa
Quad Cities
Sunset Marina