[Alberg30] 5 gallon bucket

[George Dinwiddie]

> chrishardy said:
> 
> Reminds me of a plan in progress of getting myself up the mast by 
> attaching the halyard to a five gallon bucket and throwing it overboard 
> while underway  I'm still working on the details of the trip line and 
> other minor stuff I'll let you know how it works  chris

Chris,

I've heard of this before, but I can't find the reference.  Maybe
it was in a magazine.  Anyway, the story was somewhat similar to
this one (various tellings):
  http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/bricks.htm
  http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/work/bricklayer-song.html
  http://www.scotsfolk.com/corries/Corries%20Stovies/12The%20Corries%20-%20Track%2012.mp3

Anyway, be sure to convert knots to feet-per-second before attempting
this.

 - George

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