[Public-List] sailing without an engine

[Gordon Laco]

Well they were damned good seamen, but they did ships to weather while on
blockade off France, including at least one three-decker 1st rate off Brest
in a terrible gale.  There's a famous painting of it.  A cutter's Lt in
command won himself a knighthood for his courage in the rescue effort - his
little 80 ton cutter is in the painting.

Naturally I forget the name of the ship.  I'll sit up in bed tonight and
slap my forehead after shouting the name....

Gord #426 Surprise


On 28/06/12 9:01 AM, "Michael Grosh" <dickdurk at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's amazing to me the British didn't lose a single ship to weather
> blockading France during the Napoleanic wars (30 years?). There must be
> seamanship skills not easily comprehended by the modern mind
> 
> MichaelGrosh
> #220
> On Jun 28, 2012 7:28 AM, "gordon white" <gewhite at crosslink.net> wrote:
> 
>>   Obviously people sailed without engines for centuries, but after the
>> 1840s sailing ships were routinely towed into and out of harbors by steam
>> tugs. Hundreds of years ago there was (1) no option and (2) no marinas with
>> slips packed tightly together. Just as I would not sail today without radio
>> or life jackets, I would not without an engine.  Maybe purely deep-sea
>> sailing, looking for readily available and open harbors only at each end,
>> but engineless sailing to me is unsafe and meaningless hair-shirt wearing.
>>  - Gordon White, Deltaville, VA    Brigadoon II
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