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JAXAshby
 
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Default How many beers before jaxie starts to make sense?

right. for where in the back woods hell you are. for the rest of the world
that was 1905 or 1908 or 1912, depending upon locale

oh? and just when was sail powered commercial shipping considered to be

kaput
as a cost effective transport mechanism?


Depends on where you are in the world. In some areas they are still
making money. In WW2, there were still a number of them sailing. WW2 was
probably the final straw.

otn