Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

Larry Mahan was aboard the Larinda, a replica of a 1767 Boston
schooner, when the Canadian ship crashed into its side on Monday, the
Cape Cod Times reported. Mahan was only able to grab some clothes and
a few papers before the schooner went under.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through," Mahan said from
his hotel room in Halifax. "Everybody was frantically running around,
trying to save everything and trying to save the ship.

"The water was just barreling in from the hole in the side," he said.
"Half my body was submerged. At that point I told everybody to get off
the ship, it was going under."

No one was injured.

Canadian officials don't know how the warship, the HMCS Sackville,
broke free. Canadian Coast Guard officials said that winds from
Hurricane Juan reached 90 mph, creating huge swells, knocking out
power to much of Halifax and uprooting trees.

Mahan put 26 years into building the 86-foot concrete-hulled schooner
and said he was devastated by the loss.

"How do I put into words the end of 30 years of my life?" he said.
"When I was in the fourth grade I had this dream to build the biggest
and best ship on Cape Cod. When I finally finished, it was like a
dream come true."

The Larinda has sailed into ports in seven foreign countries and 19
U.S. states. It once served as a goodwill ambassador in Cuba and
helped teach schoolchildren in Panama the basics of sailing, he said.
It also sailed alongside the USS Constitution in 1997 and welcomed an
international flotilla of Tall Ships as they sailed through the Cape
Cod Canal during Boston's Tall Ships 2000.

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have been on
this boat and it meant a lot to very many people," Mahan said.

He began building the Larinda in his backyard in 1970 and first set
sail in 1996. Over the years, more than 1,000 volunteers visited his
home in the village of Marstons Mills to help out.

The vessel was built from a special concrete with 2,800 square feet of
red sail. The frog figurehead, Oliver, was carved from a 100-year-old
cypress. The schooner was painted off-white and green and adorned with
hand-carved seahorse banisters and murals of sailing gnomes.

The Larinda was in Halifax preparing to travel to Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, before returning to Cape Cod this weekend. Mahan said he'll
wait in Halifax for several days to see if the ship can be hoisted
from the sea floor. But he said he wasn't encouraged the ship could be
salvaged because it had been so severely damaged.

"I'm in Canada and I have people coming up to me, giving me hugs,
crying and showing their support," Mahan said. "She was well-loved -
and she loved everyone back, too."

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

Forgot to add......

A replica of an 18th-century schooner
I did not know that ship builders used ferro-cement in the 18th
century.......


Gotta love that ferro-cement....... strong as a foundation.....sinks quicker
then stone.......

"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message
...
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

Larry Mahan was aboard the Larinda, a replica of a 1767 Boston
schooner, when the Canadian ship crashed into its side on Monday, the
Cape Cod Times reported. Mahan was only able to grab some clothes and
a few papers before the schooner went under.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through," Mahan said from
his hotel room in Halifax. "Everybody was frantically running around,
trying to save everything and trying to save the ship.

"The water was just barreling in from the hole in the side," he said.
"Half my body was submerged. At that point I told everybody to get off
the ship, it was going under."

No one was injured.

Canadian officials don't know how the warship, the HMCS Sackville,
broke free. Canadian Coast Guard officials said that winds from
Hurricane Juan reached 90 mph, creating huge swells, knocking out
power to much of Halifax and uprooting trees.

Mahan put 26 years into building the 86-foot concrete-hulled schooner
and said he was devastated by the loss.

"How do I put into words the end of 30 years of my life?" he said.
"When I was in the fourth grade I had this dream to build the biggest
and best ship on Cape Cod. When I finally finished, it was like a
dream come true."

The Larinda has sailed into ports in seven foreign countries and 19
U.S. states. It once served as a goodwill ambassador in Cuba and
helped teach schoolchildren in Panama the basics of sailing, he said.
It also sailed alongside the USS Constitution in 1997 and welcomed an
international flotilla of Tall Ships as they sailed through the Cape
Cod Canal during Boston's Tall Ships 2000.

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have been on
this boat and it meant a lot to very many people," Mahan said.

He began building the Larinda in his backyard in 1970 and first set
sail in 1996. Over the years, more than 1,000 volunteers visited his
home in the village of Marstons Mills to help out.

The vessel was built from a special concrete with 2,800 square feet of
red sail. The frog figurehead, Oliver, was carved from a 100-year-old
cypress. The schooner was painted off-white and green and adorned with
hand-carved seahorse banisters and murals of sailing gnomes.

The Larinda was in Halifax preparing to travel to Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, before returning to Cape Cod this weekend. Mahan said he'll
wait in Halifax for several days to see if the ship can be hoisted
from the sea floor. But he said he wasn't encouraged the ship could be
salvaged because it had been so severely damaged.

"I'm in Canada and I have people coming up to me, giving me hugs,
crying and showing their support," Mahan said. "She was well-loved -
and she loved everyone back, too."

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

I saw her masts sticking out of the water in the pics at
one of the links somebody posted. Sad!

S.Simon


"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message ...
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

Larry Mahan was aboard the Larinda, a replica of a 1767 Boston
schooner, when the Canadian ship crashed into its side on Monday, the
Cape Cod Times reported. Mahan was only able to grab some clothes and
a few papers before the schooner went under.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through," Mahan said from
his hotel room in Halifax. "Everybody was frantically running around,
trying to save everything and trying to save the ship.

"The water was just barreling in from the hole in the side," he said.
"Half my body was submerged. At that point I told everybody to get off
the ship, it was going under."

No one was injured.

Canadian officials don't know how the warship, the HMCS Sackville,
broke free. Canadian Coast Guard officials said that winds from
Hurricane Juan reached 90 mph, creating huge swells, knocking out
power to much of Halifax and uprooting trees.

Mahan put 26 years into building the 86-foot concrete-hulled schooner
and said he was devastated by the loss.

"How do I put into words the end of 30 years of my life?" he said.
"When I was in the fourth grade I had this dream to build the biggest
and best ship on Cape Cod. When I finally finished, it was like a
dream come true."

The Larinda has sailed into ports in seven foreign countries and 19
U.S. states. It once served as a goodwill ambassador in Cuba and
helped teach schoolchildren in Panama the basics of sailing, he said.
It also sailed alongside the USS Constitution in 1997 and welcomed an
international flotilla of Tall Ships as they sailed through the Cape
Cod Canal during Boston's Tall Ships 2000.

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have been on
this boat and it meant a lot to very many people," Mahan said.

He began building the Larinda in his backyard in 1970 and first set
sail in 1996. Over the years, more than 1,000 volunteers visited his
home in the village of Marstons Mills to help out.

The vessel was built from a special concrete with 2,800 square feet of
red sail. The frog figurehead, Oliver, was carved from a 100-year-old
cypress. The schooner was painted off-white and green and adorned with
hand-carved seahorse banisters and murals of sailing gnomes.

The Larinda was in Halifax preparing to travel to Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, before returning to Cape Cod this weekend. Mahan said he'll
wait in Halifax for several days to see if the ship can be hoisted
from the sea floor. But he said he wasn't encouraged the ship could be
salvaged because it had been so severely damaged.

"I'm in Canada and I have people coming up to me, giving me hugs,
crying and showing their support," Mahan said. "She was well-loved -
and she loved everyone back, too."

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

The only thing that sinks faster is steel.

S.Simon


"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message ...

Gotta love that ferro-cement....... strong as a foundation.....sinks quicker
then stone.......

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

A ferro-cement boat was displayed at the Paris Exposition in 1855. Several were built a
few years earlier.



"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message
...
Forgot to add......

A replica of an 18th-century schooner
I did not know that ship builders used ferro-cement in the 18th
century.......


Gotta love that ferro-cement....... strong as a foundation.....sinks quicker
then stone.......

"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message
...
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

Larry Mahan was aboard the Larinda, a replica of a 1767 Boston
schooner, when the Canadian ship crashed into its side on Monday, the
Cape Cod Times reported. Mahan was only able to grab some clothes and
a few papers before the schooner went under.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through," Mahan said from
his hotel room in Halifax. "Everybody was frantically running around,
trying to save everything and trying to save the ship.

"The water was just barreling in from the hole in the side," he said.
"Half my body was submerged. At that point I told everybody to get off
the ship, it was going under."

No one was injured.

Canadian officials don't know how the warship, the HMCS Sackville,
broke free. Canadian Coast Guard officials said that winds from
Hurricane Juan reached 90 mph, creating huge swells, knocking out
power to much of Halifax and uprooting trees.

Mahan put 26 years into building the 86-foot concrete-hulled schooner
and said he was devastated by the loss.

"How do I put into words the end of 30 years of my life?" he said.
"When I was in the fourth grade I had this dream to build the biggest
and best ship on Cape Cod. When I finally finished, it was like a
dream come true."

The Larinda has sailed into ports in seven foreign countries and 19
U.S. states. It once served as a goodwill ambassador in Cuba and
helped teach schoolchildren in Panama the basics of sailing, he said.
It also sailed alongside the USS Constitution in 1997 and welcomed an
international flotilla of Tall Ships as they sailed through the Cape
Cod Canal during Boston's Tall Ships 2000.

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have been on
this boat and it meant a lot to very many people," Mahan said.

He began building the Larinda in his backyard in 1970 and first set
sail in 1996. Over the years, more than 1,000 volunteers visited his
home in the village of Marstons Mills to help out.

The vessel was built from a special concrete with 2,800 square feet of
red sail. The frog figurehead, Oliver, was carved from a 100-year-old
cypress. The schooner was painted off-white and green and adorned with
hand-carved seahorse banisters and murals of sailing gnomes.

The Larinda was in Halifax preparing to travel to Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, before returning to Cape Cod this weekend. Mahan said he'll
wait in Halifax for several days to see if the ship can be hoisted
from the sea floor. But he said he wasn't encouraged the ship could be
salvaged because it had been so severely damaged.

"I'm in Canada and I have people coming up to me, giving me hugs,
crying and showing their support," Mahan said. "She was well-loved -
and she loved everyone back, too."

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

Is this the first ever Canadian naval victory?

"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message
...
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

Larry Mahan was aboard the Larinda, a replica of a 1767 Boston
schooner, when the Canadian ship crashed into its side on Monday, the
Cape Cod Times reported. Mahan was only able to grab some clothes and
a few papers before the schooner went under.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through," Mahan said from
his hotel room in Halifax. "Everybody was frantically running around,
trying to save everything and trying to save the ship.

"The water was just barreling in from the hole in the side," he said.
"Half my body was submerged. At that point I told everybody to get off
the ship, it was going under."

No one was injured.

Canadian officials don't know how the warship, the HMCS Sackville,
broke free. Canadian Coast Guard officials said that winds from
Hurricane Juan reached 90 mph, creating huge swells, knocking out
power to much of Halifax and uprooting trees.

Mahan put 26 years into building the 86-foot concrete-hulled schooner
and said he was devastated by the loss.

"How do I put into words the end of 30 years of my life?" he said.
"When I was in the fourth grade I had this dream to build the biggest
and best ship on Cape Cod. When I finally finished, it was like a
dream come true."

The Larinda has sailed into ports in seven foreign countries and 19
U.S. states. It once served as a goodwill ambassador in Cuba and
helped teach schoolchildren in Panama the basics of sailing, he said.
It also sailed alongside the USS Constitution in 1997 and welcomed an
international flotilla of Tall Ships as they sailed through the Cape
Cod Canal during Boston's Tall Ships 2000.

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have been on
this boat and it meant a lot to very many people," Mahan said.

He began building the Larinda in his backyard in 1970 and first set
sail in 1996. Over the years, more than 1,000 volunteers visited his
home in the village of Marstons Mills to help out.

The vessel was built from a special concrete with 2,800 square feet of
red sail. The frog figurehead, Oliver, was carved from a 100-year-old
cypress. The schooner was painted off-white and green and adorned with
hand-carved seahorse banisters and murals of sailing gnomes.

The Larinda was in Halifax preparing to travel to Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, before returning to Cape Cod this weekend. Mahan said he'll
wait in Halifax for several days to see if the ship can be hoisted
from the sea floor. But he said he wasn't encouraged the ship could be
salvaged because it had been so severely damaged.

"I'm in Canada and I have people coming up to me, giving me hugs,
crying and showing their support," Mahan said. "She was well-loved -
and she loved everyone back, too."

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
The only thing that sinks faster is steel.

S.Simon

Perhaps steel will sink faster than Concrete, but it is not as
brittle. And all Cement boats have a frame of steel btw. Not much you
can do when a warship blows down on you but sink or get crushed.

However a steel boat like RedCloud with 4 water tight compartment has
a better chance of surviving than any fiberglass, or concrete boat.

Cut the mustard would pop like a pimple, and not even scratch a
warship. Well it could scratch, dent and damage a Canadian warship,
but not one from the USA.


Joe
MSV RedCloud







"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message ...

Gotta love that ferro-cement....... strong as a foundation.....sinks quicker
then stone.......

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

Don't **** us off or we will burn down the White House.....like we did in
1812.... :)

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"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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Is this the first ever Canadian naval victory?

"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message
...
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

Larry Mahan was aboard the Larinda, a replica of a 1767 Boston
schooner, when the Canadian ship crashed into its side on Monday, the
Cape Cod Times reported. Mahan was only able to grab some clothes and
a few papers before the schooner went under.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through," Mahan said from
his hotel room in Halifax. "Everybody was frantically running around,
trying to save everything and trying to save the ship.

"The water was just barreling in from the hole in the side," he said.
"Half my body was submerged. At that point I told everybody to get off
the ship, it was going under."

No one was injured.

Canadian officials don't know how the warship, the HMCS Sackville,
broke free. Canadian Coast Guard officials said that winds from
Hurricane Juan reached 90 mph, creating huge swells, knocking out
power to much of Halifax and uprooting trees.

Mahan put 26 years into building the 86-foot concrete-hulled schooner
and said he was devastated by the loss.

"How do I put into words the end of 30 years of my life?" he said.
"When I was in the fourth grade I had this dream to build the biggest
and best ship on Cape Cod. When I finally finished, it was like a
dream come true."

The Larinda has sailed into ports in seven foreign countries and 19
U.S. states. It once served as a goodwill ambassador in Cuba and
helped teach schoolchildren in Panama the basics of sailing, he said.
It also sailed alongside the USS Constitution in 1997 and welcomed an
international flotilla of Tall Ships as they sailed through the Cape
Cod Canal during Boston's Tall Ships 2000.

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have been on
this boat and it meant a lot to very many people," Mahan said.

He began building the Larinda in his backyard in 1970 and first set
sail in 1996. Over the years, more than 1,000 volunteers visited his
home in the village of Marstons Mills to help out.

The vessel was built from a special concrete with 2,800 square feet of
red sail. The frog figurehead, Oliver, was carved from a 100-year-old
cypress. The schooner was painted off-white and green and adorned with
hand-carved seahorse banisters and murals of sailing gnomes.

The Larinda was in Halifax preparing to travel to Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, before returning to Cape Cod this weekend. Mahan said he'll
wait in Halifax for several days to see if the ship can be hoisted
from the sea floor. But he said he wasn't encouraged the ship could be
salvaged because it had been so severely damaged.

"I'm in Canada and I have people coming up to me, giving me hugs,
crying and showing their support," Mahan said. "She was well-loved -
and she loved everyone back, too."

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

Displacement, not construction material, impacts the rate at which a boat will sink.
The sinking of Larinda is sad indeed. Perhaps she can be repaired.


"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
I saw her masts sticking out of the water in the pics at
one of the links somebody posted. Sad!

S.Simon


"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message ...
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

Larry Mahan was aboard the Larinda, a replica of a 1767 Boston
schooner, when the Canadian ship crashed into its side on Monday, the
Cape Cod Times reported. Mahan was only able to grab some clothes and
a few papers before the schooner went under.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through," Mahan said from
his hotel room in Halifax. "Everybody was frantically running around,
trying to save everything and trying to save the ship.

"The water was just barreling in from the hole in the side," he said.
"Half my body was submerged. At that point I told everybody to get off
the ship, it was going under."

No one was injured.

Canadian officials don't know how the warship, the HMCS Sackville,
broke free. Canadian Coast Guard officials said that winds from
Hurricane Juan reached 90 mph, creating huge swells, knocking out
power to much of Halifax and uprooting trees.

Mahan put 26 years into building the 86-foot concrete-hulled schooner
and said he was devastated by the loss.

"How do I put into words the end of 30 years of my life?" he said.
"When I was in the fourth grade I had this dream to build the biggest
and best ship on Cape Cod. When I finally finished, it was like a
dream come true."

The Larinda has sailed into ports in seven foreign countries and 19
U.S. states. It once served as a goodwill ambassador in Cuba and
helped teach schoolchildren in Panama the basics of sailing, he said.
It also sailed alongside the USS Constitution in 1997 and welcomed an
international flotilla of Tall Ships as they sailed through the Cape
Cod Canal during Boston's Tall Ships 2000.

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have been on
this boat and it meant a lot to very many people," Mahan said.

He began building the Larinda in his backyard in 1970 and first set
sail in 1996. Over the years, more than 1,000 volunteers visited his
home in the village of Marstons Mills to help out.

The vessel was built from a special concrete with 2,800 square feet of
red sail. The frog figurehead, Oliver, was carved from a 100-year-old
cypress. The schooner was painted off-white and green and adorned with
hand-carved seahorse banisters and murals of sailing gnomes.

The Larinda was in Halifax preparing to travel to Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, before returning to Cape Cod this weekend. Mahan said he'll
wait in Halifax for several days to see if the ship can be hoisted
from the sea floor. But he said he wasn't encouraged the ship could be
salvaged because it had been so severely damaged.

"I'm in Canada and I have people coming up to me, giving me hugs,
crying and showing their support," Mahan said. "She was well-loved -
and she loved everyone back, too."

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

This *must* be a troll. And, I must try harder to **** you off!

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"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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Is this the first ever Canadian naval victory?

"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message
...
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

Larry Mahan was aboard the Larinda, a replica of a 1767 Boston
schooner, when the Canadian ship crashed into its side on Monday, the
Cape Cod Times reported. Mahan was only able to grab some clothes and
a few papers before the schooner went under.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever been through," Mahan said from
his hotel room in Halifax. "Everybody was frantically running around,
trying to save everything and trying to save the ship.

"The water was just barreling in from the hole in the side," he said.
"Half my body was submerged. At that point I told everybody to get off
the ship, it was going under."

No one was injured.

Canadian officials don't know how the warship, the HMCS Sackville,
broke free. Canadian Coast Guard officials said that winds from
Hurricane Juan reached 90 mph, creating huge swells, knocking out
power to much of Halifax and uprooting trees.

Mahan put 26 years into building the 86-foot concrete-hulled schooner
and said he was devastated by the loss.

"How do I put into words the end of 30 years of my life?" he said.
"When I was in the fourth grade I had this dream to build the biggest
and best ship on Cape Cod. When I finally finished, it was like a
dream come true."

The Larinda has sailed into ports in seven foreign countries and 19
U.S. states. It once served as a goodwill ambassador in Cuba and
helped teach schoolchildren in Panama the basics of sailing, he said.
It also sailed alongside the USS Constitution in 1997 and welcomed an
international flotilla of Tall Ships as they sailed through the Cape
Cod Canal during Boston's Tall Ships 2000.

"Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have been on
this boat and it meant a lot to very many people," Mahan said.

He began building the Larinda in his backyard in 1970 and first set
sail in 1996. Over the years, more than 1,000 volunteers visited his
home in the village of Marstons Mills to help out.

The vessel was built from a special concrete with 2,800 square feet of
red sail. The frog figurehead, Oliver, was carved from a 100-year-old
cypress. The schooner was painted off-white and green and adorned with
hand-carved seahorse banisters and murals of sailing gnomes.

The Larinda was in Halifax preparing to travel to Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, before returning to Cape Cod this weekend. Mahan said he'll
wait in Halifax for several days to see if the ship can be hoisted
from the sea floor. But he said he wasn't encouraged the ship could be
salvaged because it had been so severely damaged.

"I'm in Canada and I have people coming up to me, giving me hugs,
crying and showing their support," Mahan said. "She was well-loved -
and she loved everyone back, too."

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

Did a 1767 ship really have that much headroom and a junk rig?

Cheers MC



wrote:



Here's her website:
http://www.larinda.com

BB

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

Just wondering what vessel it is supposed to replicate... It's not a
junk hull -well it was but not in the design sense.

Cheers MC

wrote:

On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:19:49 +1200, The_navigator© wrote:


Did a 1767 ship really have that much headroom and a junk rig?



How recent do you think Junks are?

BB




wrote:



Here's her website:
http://www.larinda.com

BB

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:22:56 -0300, "sv \"Sensoria\""
wrote this crap:

Don't **** us off or we will burn down the White House.....like we did in
1812.... :)


That was the limeys.

Besides, now the security around the White House is much better.




This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

If Bush declares war against Canada because of this I really am =
defecting....

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

Gotta love that ferro-cement....... strong as a foundation.....sinks =
quicker
then stone.......

Sail a pile of rocks; sink like a pile of rocks....

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

Don't **** us off or we will burn down the White House.....like we did =
in
1812.... :)

There's probably some here that would salute you if you did...

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

katysails wrote:

A replica of an 18th-century schooner
hand-built by a Barnstable man sank in Halifax Harbor, in Nova Scotia,
when a retired naval warship broke free from its mooring during
Hurricane Juan and slammed into it.

If Bush declares war against Canada because of this I really am defecting....

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Did everybody miss the word "retired", it was no longer a Canadian Navy
ship....

Whoever tied it up should have consulted Bobsplit for the correct
procedure for thimbling (sic)....

Cheers
Marty

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

it is now.

"The_navigator©"
... It's not a junk hull

Canadian Navy Sinks American Ship
 

That's one more than all they sank in WW2, except their own.

BWAAAAHAAAA!!!!!!


wrote in message
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On 2 Oct 2003 13:01:47 -0700, (Janet) wrote:

Displacement, not construction material, impacts the rate at which a boat
will sink.
The sinking of Larinda is sad indeed. Perhaps she can be repaired.



Really? What if a boat is made entirely of styrofoam? If it gets broken in
half,
will it sink at the same rate as a boat made of cement that gets broken in
half?

If a boat is made of a material like steel, might it possibly absorb a
greater
impact and dent, rather than shatter like a cement boat? If a steel boat
is
struck hard on the bow, will it crack like an egg all the way to the
stern?

If The Larinda had been made of another material, it is possible that it
might
have faired better, and also had greater hope of being repaired. Wood,
Fiberglas
or steel, you could cut out and replace a section. Ferro cement is a whole
'nother thing. It likely has fractures spiderwebbed throughout the entire
side,
or worse, from this.

I fully agree that what happened is a horrible shame.

BB