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On a mission: TALL SHIPS.

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Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard

COOS BAY - If Michael Kellick hears one more "Aaarrr!" he's liable to keelhaul somebody.

He's a patient man, but there's only so much pirate lingo a deckhand can stomach - even on a tall ship like the Lady Washington, which can't help but conjure images of swashbuckling and looting.

The Lady Washington's mission is to dispel myths and tell the true story about what life was like on the high seas during the era of sailing ships. But the 112-foot brig, which sailed into Coos Bay this week, will probably be forever associated with skulls and crossbones: It played a starring role in Disney's 2003 epic "Pirates of the Caribbean." So Kellick, who appeared in the flick as Orlando Bloom's stunt double, knows he hasn't answered his last "salty dog" inquiry - though he does wince visibly at that one particular phrase.

` `Aarr' is just such a cliche,' he says. `We say `If you want to meet a pirate, go to law school.' '

If Kellick sounds a little bitter, he's not, really. There's...

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