Your tough

Not really. I use Google.

What are:

Moonraker,Heaven Poker,Angel Poker, and Cloud Disturber?

How are these connected to Captain Judas Pariah of SHAMELESS HUSSY?

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Originally posted by sanrayo:
Not really. I use Google.

What are:

Moonraker,Heaven Poker,Angel Poker, and Cloud Disturber?

How are these connected to Captain Judas Pariah of SHAMELESS HUSSY?

Clue:

In January 1854 two Clipper ships, SHAMELESS HUSSY and FLYING CLOUD left New York for San Francisco. FLYING CLOUD arrived, SHAMELESS HUSSY did not.

The mystery is; what happened to SHAMELESS HUSSY?

quote:

Originally posted by sanrayo:
Not really. I use Google.

What are:

Moonraker,Heaven Poker,Angel Poker, and Cloud Disturber?

How are these connected to Captain Judas Pariah of SHAMELESS HUSSY?

Sails.

quote:

Originally posted by sanrayo:

quote:

Originally posted by sanrayo:
Not really. I use Google.

What are:

Moonraker,Heaven Poker,Angel Poker, and Cloud Disturber?

How are these connected to Captain Judas Pariah of SHAMELESS HUSSY?

Clue:

In January 1854 two Clipper ships, SHAMELESS HUSSY and FLYING CLOUD left New York for San Francisco. FLYING CLOUD arrived, SHAMELESS HUSSY did not.

The mystery is; what happened to SHAMELESS HUSSY?

I married her... it didn't last.

On 27 April, 1890, the U.S. Congress presented a gold medal to Joseph Francis for inventing what life saving device?

the Lifecar, a small covered metal lifeboat shaped device that was sent over to a wreck with the breeches buoy beach apparatus. Survivors would be hauled to shore.

There was one out at the lifesaving museum on Nantucket years ago.

Define:

Rattail Stopper

A piece of small stuff that looks like a rats tail,you stop off a line wit its tail.tha rat tail woks ok on small line but better watch it

The BIBB WPG 31 had Quadrantal davits. A Rattail Stopper was used to stop-off the falls while transferring the fall from the drum to the Crucifix for lowering. A Stopper Hitch was used.

The Rattail Stopper was made of the same material as the boat falls, and was a simple three-strand braid(after un-laying the strands). This made it very flexible.
The bitter end was finished with a whipping. A Thimble was used at the other end.

It was a very secure procedure with a knowledgeable person on the stopper.

Other than the bowline Ive probably used the stopper hitch more than any other knot since I retired. Handy one to know.

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Other than the bowline Ive probably used the stopper hitch more than any other knot since I retired. Handy one to know.

Even more then a clove hitch or half hitch? I still use both of those a lot.

I don't even wear a tie or shoes you have to tie anymore,can't think of ever having to use a stopper knot in past 34 years.

Remember fancy rope work? Turk's Heads, Coxcombing, Sennets, Macnamara Lace?

All in the past. It was fun, wasn't it?

Still ahve all the books for the fancy work. Occasionally do a turks head for the local sailors to center up the kelm.

Other than a double overhand to put a stopper on the end of a piece of line, but for cinching a load down in the back of my pickup truck, I use a truckers hitch a half hitch, and a slip-half hitch.

--Jim
Life is good!

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Originally posted by Ropechocker:
Still ahve all the books for the fancy work. Occasionally do a turks head for the local sailors to center up the kelm.

In my computer room there is a framed 8" x 10" color photo of the 40458 underway in Boston Harbor, the helm is mounted above the photo with a centered three strand Turk's Head. Original helm and original Turk's Head.

Nowadays we use 2182 KHz as the International Hailing and Distress channel for the HF Frequencies.

What use to be another frequency used roughly 20 years ago for distress on the HF Band?

Was it 500 kilocycles?

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Originally posted by sanrayo:
Was it 500 kilocycles?

Or 8364 kHz?