From the "Overly Romantic Files"... The best way to aquire a palm is to go crew on a square-rigger for awhile, and have one passed on to you. That's how I got mine, and how other friends have gotten theirs.
Besides, what makes for better story?
"So, after walking the aisles of West Marine in dismay, I emailed a guy who knows of a company that takes a credit card..."
OR
"Hands chapped and scarred, cursing the dropped pliers (yet blessing the sturdy lanyard), I was hanging in my harness half-way down the front of the nicely-drawing fore top'sl, tending to a started seam in the second reef band. 'Yar", says the mate on the aft side of the sail, pushing the needle back towards me, "You'll be needin' a proper palm, you will... I've a spare in me ditty bag to fit yer ham-hands..."
As if you needed another reason to go volunteer of a square-rigger...
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