Posted by John Nichols on November 15, 2005 at 14:30:13 from 70.191.148.241 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Centreplates of pre-war dinghies posted by Laurence Monkhouse on November 15, 2005 at 08:06:04:
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The art of going from A to B not necessarily in a straight line nor in a known time, but arriving safely. A lesson oft learned by sailors and lost walkers as the last lesson in life.
Who was the British Admiral washed up on an English shore after his boat floundered?
Or a a humourous look at a life boat crew in the early 1900's:
Boatswain to crew -
"Look chaps 12 have turned out, there is only a need for 11, it is the biggest, meanest sea I have ever seen. Who is going to volunteer to stay behind and make tea for when we get back?"
I wonder who would get left behind, or would you take 12. (Assuming you need a crew of 11)
In Australia we called everything that drops or slides down a centreboard. The local smithy probably made the centreboard for the boats, I will need to look and see what was the preferred material of choice for the smith in the late 1800's.
JMN