[Public-List] Anchoring

[Rod Symmes]

And mentioned a few times throughout the Alexander Kent series.   Good to know - never know when one might have to fend off some "gin palace"

Cheers,   Rod

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> Gord,
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> I remember reading about the spring line thing in the Patrick O'Brian
> series.  What a "Surprise."
> 
> Roger
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> Its funny this discussion has come up now. I am working on a documentary
> involving warships during the Napoleonic Wars... One of the maneuvers
> commonly used in coastal actions was to anchor a warship with a spring on
> her cable........, allowing her broadside to aimed wherever
> the Captain needs it to be applied.
> 
> I was just explaining all this to the production....
> 
> Gord #426 Surprise
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