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Undaunted, O'Rahilly hired a new captain and crew and got the vessel shipshape. But as Mi Amigo tried to slip out to sea again, Van der Kamp obtained a restraining writ, which was served on the new captain while his ship waited for high tide at the locks in IJmuiden, the coastal entrance to Amsterdam harbor. The ship was chained to a quay, pending payment of $10,000 in back wages to her former captain and crew. Protesting all the way to the moneylenders, O'Rahilly scraped up the cash. The day after New Year's, anchored once more between Veronica and Northsea, Radio Caroline was back on the air.
The saga may not be over. As of last week still more creditors of Radio Caroline were baying at her stern. And who knows what other dangers lurk ahead?