Great Story--But where's your list of potentially illustrious offspring? Oh, I see a reply that you work in the toy-department of life. All the more reason to have offspring.
Seriously, why are people so crabby about this story? I think it's great! Had some of those passengers as my ancestors, too and have to say for all the time we've been in one country none of the family has ever amounted to anything. Probably were setting our family example by sitting in the hold, making messes. Thanks for another highly readable post.
Happy Thanksgiving Day my American People, and I am so grateful to be alive today to enjoy giving thanks. Give all the Glory to God, Amen!
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
Gotcha. I know from learning how to water ski ya can’t stay on long but of course ones not fighting for their life in that situation. We have a swim ladder so I suppose the hardest part is pulling oneself up, so in that case easier. Did you have a life jacket on?
Is it? Have you ever tried to hold onto a trailing line behind a moving boat, let alone trying to haul yourself against the flow back to the boat? All this is doing is prolonging the inevitable.
A much better practice is to clip on with a harness and not go overboard to being with.
Accidental overboards don't happen if a person is harnessed and tethered.
In my 15 years of ocean sailing all around the globe, never has anyone gone on deck without a harness when being alone up top. It's not rocket science.
What's to hate? My view is that they were a buffoonish lot for the most part. And I have some perspective, having grown up in a town adjacent to Plymouth. For my perspective on the Puritans, a somewhat different animal of the same period, check out this:
Peter, there was a fellow who worked at 3M that I knew casually, (no names to protect "ME"), who while sailing solo in his beautiful Bristol, fell overboard, and altho0ugh some fisherman saw him they finished fishing and picked him up several hours later. Had to buy his boat back from salvage company. As the "legend" has it some rum may have been involved prior to the rescue.
How many offspring from that incident, how many Nobel prizes? Were you even -trying- to make it matter?
Alas, I am no Howland. I work in the toy deparment of life.
Great Story--But where's your list of potentially illustrious offspring? Oh, I see a reply that you work in the toy-department of life. All the more reason to have offspring.
Seriously, why are people so crabby about this story? I think it's great! Had some of those passengers as my ancestors, too and have to say for all the time we've been in one country none of the family has ever amounted to anything. Probably were setting our family example by sitting in the hold, making messes. Thanks for another highly readable post.
The guy asking about offspring was only kidding. The religion guy was not.
Happy Thanksgiving Day my American People, and I am so grateful to be alive today to enjoy giving thanks. Give all the Glory to God, Amen!
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
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The real question is this, guys: If the ship lay a'hull why was there so much of the topsail halyard loose in the water to begin with?
Thanks for sharing
Give thanks for trailing lines.
Trailing a line when solo sailing is always a good idea…
I always did thereafter.
I’ve always heard it’s impossible to pull oneself up by a line but I guess that most absolutes it’s not absolute.
In my case, there was only 20 inches of freeboard. That makes the difference.
Gotcha. I know from learning how to water ski ya can’t stay on long but of course ones not fighting for their life in that situation. We have a swim ladder so I suppose the hardest part is pulling oneself up, so in that case easier. Did you have a life jacket on?
Not in those days. We had a bad attitude.
Is it? Have you ever tried to hold onto a trailing line behind a moving boat, let alone trying to haul yourself against the flow back to the boat? All this is doing is prolonging the inevitable.
A much better practice is to clip on with a harness and not go overboard to being with.
I was back on that boat in seconds, and the thing was thundering along at hull speed. You just can't be an old f@@k.
Water temperature also plays a big part.
That is a given -/ but accidents happen and a slim chance is better than none.
Accidental overboards don't happen if a person is harnessed and tethered.
In my 15 years of ocean sailing all around the globe, never has anyone gone on deck without a harness when being alone up top. It's not rocket science.
We were young, invincible and broke. Every nickel went into planks and fastenings to make sure she didn't sink, and beer. Did I mention beer?
Yes and sailors are best at telling everyone else what to do… belts and suspenders- just don’t foul your prop.
It can't be a coincidence that (so many) actors and politicians share the same DNA.
Always nice to mix in some religious hatred into your sailing articles.
What's to hate? My view is that they were a buffoonish lot for the most part. And I have some perspective, having grown up in a town adjacent to Plymouth. For my perspective on the Puritans, a somewhat different animal of the same period, check out this:
https://open.substack.com/pub/loosecannon/p/megayachts-are-for-show-offs-the?r=nzq2r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Peter, there was a fellow who worked at 3M that I knew casually, (no names to protect "ME"), who while sailing solo in his beautiful Bristol, fell overboard, and altho0ugh some fisherman saw him they finished fishing and picked him up several hours later. Had to buy his boat back from salvage company. As the "legend" has it some rum may have been involved prior to the rescue.
Haha. There was beer involved in my escapade.
I had to re-read your reply. Momentarily I thought you said, "a beer" LOL
Gorgeous boat. Who designed her?
Never found out who designer or where she built. Supposedly somewhere in Maine, supposedly in the late 1940s. She had a Gray Marine gas engine.