So I figured why the hell not give it a try. And here's the result. Until I dream up a better way of going about it, I've taken to posting Chuck on seattle.general first, checking them out, then, after cleaning up any anomalies, posting to misc.transport.marine. Hopefully this is only temporary. Chuck Wawa is a plain text file.
Most browsers seem to handle it routinely with little mangling.
If that's the one you're using, try switching to a Real browser like Lynx or even Netscape. Comments and suggestions are always welcome.