Yes, Nivard, but ..... finding the Port(s) of Registry for MENTOR (1788) and PALLAS (1789) is a step towards possibly finding crew lists containing George Webster which may or may not confirm that he is "your" George Webster. There were far fewer vessels afloat at that date and both of those are fairly uncommon names so there shouldn't be too many duplicates. Now, MARTHA, (1784-5) may be a more common name but knowing where she's from may lead you to still more information e.g. in histories of those ports, and, unless she was wrecked in 1785, she should appear somewhere in the 1786 lists. With so little to go on, no point in leaving any stone unturned. Regards,Adi   From: Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> To: Mme_N_Carmichael <mme_n_carmichael@yahoo.ca>; "mariners@rootsweb.com" <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [MAR] George WEBSTER 1730 to 1795 master mariner Hi Adi Thanks for that I have downloaded and started to look through them but the earliest appears to cover 1786 My man appears to have been a master from 1761 to 1766, thereafter is a gap to 1784 thereafter he appears to be a crew rather than master Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)