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I hear a new verse in my head to 'What do you so with a drunken sailor?' When I took my PL course the first thing they made us do a 6 AM was jump off the jetty, be it high or low tide, didn't matter. And I can attest to the fact that looking down was worse than looking up (for me). Then they made sure we could tread water for a minimum of 30 minutes. And they didn't care that the water was damn cold or that the boats officer had a photo of a 15 foot shark they'd caught off that jetty hanging on his wall. Then they taught us to make a flotation device from our trousers to buy us more time. Of course that only counts in a day and age where ships can turn on a dime in most weather conditions, otherwise I suppose, you are fish food. I've read enough 200 year old publications now to know swim or not, your chances back then were from not good to really. really bad..
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The number of sailors that could not swim was absolutely amazing. - 1814 Did he not hold on to the horse (safety lines)?
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and... what an idiot.. 1813
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We will never see such a sight again - 1813
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We will never see such a sight again - 1813
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War of 1812 (1812 - 1815) between the USA and Great Britain fought in North America and the North Atlantic. Here is a report from Lake Erie - 1813
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Could they possibly be attempting to confuse the enemy... in this case the Americans. There are three stories. Ignore the short middle one. The true story is ... well, both of them. It appears the Admiral couldn't make up his mind, plus, this story appeared in a British India paper, so by the time they printed it, it was old news.
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With all the tragedy in this report, I couldn't help but wonder if Shag Rock was anything like Blueberry Hill? - 1813
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I heard tell of this happening - 1812
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Had they waited a few years (1939) they may have been able to use them again.
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skilled tradesmen has a freakish accident - 1811 (a bit difficult to read)
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this one may be a bit difficult to read but if you can manage... what are the odds of this happening - 1816
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sorry for the late reply the wife decided to shampoo the rug and I lost access to the computer! seeing the shape in your post above, I would suggest Druxey's simplified method would be much easier, and for modelling, be more than adequate! -
call to exploration - the North West Passage - 1817 Franklin would attempt this years later and perish in the attempt.
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Mark If the curve is one radius: 1. calculate the circumference of the circle (360°) at Circumference = π × diameter = 2 × π × radius. where π = 3.1416 2. determine the portion of the arc of the radius in degrees (a portion of the 360°) 3. the flat length is the ratio of the two (#2 above/360°) times the circumference of the circle (#1 above). To determine the location at lengths along the arc of the circle simply break it down to smaller ratios of portions of the arc. Then multiply these smaller ratios by the circumference and you have the flat length location for the smaller segment along the arc. If the curve is comprised of a number of conjoined but different size radii, break them down, and do the steps above for each. I hope I have explained this clearly. If not I am certain I have an old draughting book here with an example that I might scan and send you. Alan
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with all the "nautical" postings here I hope no one will mind one of a different kind that I could not resists... 1819
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Cheech and Chong... I can hear them now: "Hey man, what'chew do'n hang'n 'round here?"
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they were a tough lot
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PIRATES!!!
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This is why they started performance reviews - 1810
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another promising career (?) cut short - 1810
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should have practised with the anchors more - 1810
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hmmmm.... - 1810
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Nothing more entertaining than a good auction - 1810
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Regarding the rigging of the bowsprit, jib boom and yards. I had had a question about the rigging of the Jib Guy Pendant. It originates from the head of the jib boom and needs to run over top of the spritsail-topsail yard to run through a thimble on the spritsail yard. I predicted with my drawings that this pendant would run below the spritsail-topsail yard to reach the thimble which would mean it would then pass through the spritsail-topsail canvas. Search as I might I could find no image or statement to describe how the line could be taut and still pass over top of the yard. The logical solution was that the spritsail-topsail yard needed to drop, suspend lower below the jib boom to create the required clearance. My drawings showed it would need to hang a minimum of 24 inches (61 cm) below the jib boom. Two feet did not seem to be unreasonable. While reviewing a video post in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJ Sloane, posted by Hubac's Historian , posting #1670, showing how a steering wheel works on HMS Victory I spotted the rigging of the Jib Guy Pendant. It passed over the yard but is loose. I captured a screen shot of the image. If anyone else should ever ponder on so small a detail, this may be the only image you will find.
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