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the original story is told in singlehanded sailing by henderson chris<br>
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<pre wrap="">chrishardy said:<br><br>Reminds me of a plan in progress of getting myself up the mast by <br>attaching the halyard to a five gallon bucket and throwing it overboard <br>while underway I'm still working on the details of the trip line and <br>other minor stuff I'll let you know how it works chris<br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!----><br>Chris,<br><br>I've heard of this before, but I can't find the reference. Maybe<br>it was in a magazine. Anyway, the story was somewhat similar to<br>this one (various tellings):<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/bricks.htm">http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/bricks.htm</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/work/bricklayer-song.html">http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/work/bricklayer-song.html</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.scotsfolk.com/corries/Corries%20Stovies/12The%20Corries%20-%20Track%2012.mp3">http://www.scotsfolk.com/corries/Corries%20Stovies/12The%20Corries%20-%20Track%2012.mp3</a><br><br>Anyway, be sure to convert knots to feet-per-second before attempting<br>this.<br><br> - George<br><br></pre>
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