[Public-list] careening ship

[Gordon Laco]

OK - I'll stop there.

Gord





> What a guy - 13? Wow! I always wondered how larboard became port. Thanks.
> 
> Mike Lehman
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] careening ship
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> Yes, well there is more...
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> Not to be overlooked in the cascade of food and drink to leeward was a
> complete table setting of port wine that had been laid out for Capt Smithers
> return.  (Quite an array of crystal and liquid as he was known to have 13
> mistresses who all shared his cabin at once).
> 
> When he stepped on board his first words were "where's the port".  All hands
> pointed to larboard, and upon seeing the loss, the Captain dropped dead.
> Larboard has been called port ever since....
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>> Gordon,
>> 
>> I love these history lesson. Keep them coming.
>> 
>> Mike Lehman
>>> <((((º>¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>
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>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Public-list] careening ship
>> 
>> 
>>> George is right -
>>> 
>>> Untold damage was done to H.M.S. Thucydides in 1778 when she was careened
>>> on
>>> the shingle at Torbay.  Capt. Smithers was ashore visiting he mistresses
>>> and
>>> left oversight of the operation in the hands of a negligent junior
>>> officer.
>>> The actual careening took place at a meal time and it is rumoured that
>>> 561
>>> mess kids and 743 mugs overset.  The ensuing mayhem resulted in a sloppy
>>> mess that was discussed for decades around galley stoves the world over.
>>> 
>>> Gord #426 Surprise
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>>>> Yes, I would worry about point loading on the hull.  Holding the weight
>>>> of the boat on the keel, is one thing.  Holding it on a relatively small
>>>> portion of the upper hull, is quite another.
>>>> 
>>>> I would suggest dropping the boat in a swimming pool and heeling her
>>>> over.
>>>> 
>>>> - George
>>>> 
>>>> P.S. I presume the mast is down and the dinghy is not tied to the stern.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Gordon Laco wrote:
>>>>> Oh Roger you have a designer's knack of looking at things from new
>>>>> angles!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I guess what you suggest might be a sensible thing but I would
>>>>> recommend
>>>>> that you bear in mind that while the hulls of our boats are quite
>>>>> strong
>>>>> they are relatively soft.  The side of the boat that she is resting
>>>>> upon
>>>>> will push in; and of course come back out again (presumably to her old
>>>>> shape) when she is lifted again.  To my mind you might be encouraging
>>>>> the
>>>>> creation of deep cracks in the somewhat brittle gel coat.
>>>>> 
>>>>> However - that opinion is based solely on gut feeling - maybe it's a
>>>>> great
>>>>> idea... Anyone else?
>>> 
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