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Default ...and the panic sets in?

Bart wrote:
On Aug 12, 10:02 am, katy wrote:

Seahag wrote:

"Flying Tadpole" wrote:


Seahag wrote:


"Bart" wrote:


Every one of the shrouds was loose--I was tempted to
pluck them to see if I could hit a few bass notes but
they would probably be below human hearing...


Wooden boats aren't tuned like glass boats. If you
tighten all those puppies up they will push the mast into
the keel and start some impressive leaking. Been there
done that...


Shrouds? Shrouds?? What are they???


Strings that go up along the sides of a boat. They can be


Seahag


His boat hasn't any...the sticks just sit there all on their lonesome.....



He must have one of those newfangled carbon fiber fishing rods
that whip all around.


Wood....