Posted by Mike Field on September 16, 2006 at 06:57:45 from 203.129.41.233 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: Nancy's Nautical Correctness posted by Jock on September 15, 2006 at 13:09:29:
While I agree that Nancy might have been showing off on this occasion, it is the case that the ends of the halyards on dinghies like these were often fitted with sister-hooks with which to grab the traveller. Were such hooks used on Scarab (I can't recall, if indeed we were ever told,) then they should certainly have been moused. So Nancy might simply have been reminding the D's of something that, as newbies to sailing in general and that vessel in particular, they might otherwise have well forgotten.