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What US seaport features the following: (2 pts)

1. Reversing falls
2. A whirlpool

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What is the name of the whirlpool?

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I only know the Canadian port with those characteristics...i didn't =
realize we had one, too. Would have to be someplace with really high =
tides, I would think...somewhere in Alaska?

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Eastport Maine. Its part of the Bay of Fundy tidal flow and that is what
causes the whirlpools and reversing falls. Reversing falls can be found in a
few other areas in Canada. "Old Sow" is the name of the whirlpool.

"Bart Senior" bartsenior wrote in message
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What US seaport features the following: (2 pts)

1. Reversing falls
2. A whirlpool

Extra pt. (1 pt)

What is the name of the whirlpool?

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"Old Sow" is the name of the whirlpool.

I'm impressed...you can just sail that Morgan anywhere you want, it's =
fine by me. I had forgotten Maine was a part of the Bay of Fundy, which =
was my original thought....(shades of Farley Mowat...)

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NYC

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bart
NYC
Hell's Gate

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Had a cousin who used to live there. He is a marine biologist so I got the
grand tour of the waters around his place when I was a kid. He showed me
"Old Sow". My brother used to live on the bay in NS and we took of in his
skiff and camped and bummed around for a week or so on the bay. I'd love to
sail the NE coast. I was very impressed with the natural beauty of the NE US
and Canadian Coast, incredible.

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"Old Sow" is the name of the whirlpool.

I'm impressed...you can just sail that Morgan anywhere you want, it's fine
by me. I had forgotten Maine was a part of the Bay of Fundy, which was my
original thought....(shades of Farley Mowat...)

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Excellent..... speaking as a Bluenoser of course. ;-)

CM

"Brian McAloon" wrote in message
. ..
| Had a cousin who used to live there. He is a marine biologist so I got the
| grand tour of the waters around his place when I was a kid. He showed me
| "Old Sow". My brother used to live on the bay in NS and we took of in his
| skiff and camped and bummed around for a week or so on the bay. I'd love
to
| sail the NE coast. I was very impressed with the natural beauty of the NE
US
| and Canadian Coast, incredible.
|
| "katysails" wrote in message
| ...
| "Old Sow" is the name of the whirlpool.
|
| I'm impressed...you can just sail that Morgan anywhere you want, it's fine
| by me. I had forgotten Maine was a part of the Bay of Fundy, which was my
| original thought....(shades of Farley Mowat...)
|
| --
| 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
|
|
|

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On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 03:49:27 GMT, Bart Senior bartsenior
wrote this crap:


What is the name of the whirlpool?

The washer, or the dryer?


Hero@Horvath

I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money
on women, porn, booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste.

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On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 04:21:05 +0000, Brian McAloon wrote:

Eastport Maine. Its part of the Bay of Fundy tidal flow and that is what
causes the whirlpools and reversing falls. Reversing falls can be found in
a few other areas in Canada. "Old Sow" is the name of the whirlpool.

Nasty sucker.

http://easternmaineimages.com/whirlpool.htm

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/jou...aug01/sow.html

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I though you said it was "tanned"

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:

Excellent..... speaking as a Bluenoser of course. ;-)

CM

"Brian McAloon" wrote in message
. ..
| Had a cousin who used to live there. He is a marine biologist so I got the
| grand tour of the waters around his place when I was a kid. He showed me
| "Old Sow". My brother used to live on the bay in NS and we took of in his
| skiff and camped and bummed around for a week or so on the bay. I'd love
to
| sail the NE coast. I was very impressed with the natural beauty of the NE
US
| and Canadian Coast, incredible.
|
| "katysails" wrote in message
| ...
| "Old Sow" is the name of the whirlpool.
|
| I'm impressed...you can just sail that Morgan anywhere you want, it's fine
| by me. I had forgotten Maine was a part of the Bay of Fundy, which was my
| original thought....(shades of Farley Mowat...)
|
| --
| 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
|
|
|

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That's a whirlpool? Bwhahhahahahhahaha this is a whirlpool:

"On 28th January 1827 Admiral Dumont d'Urville, Captain of the Navy
corvette "Astrolabe" sailed through 'Passe des Francais" ( French
Pass ). Just after 7am that morning, with slack tide, suddenly the
rushing boiling tide zapped up and swung the corvette leewards. She had
not responded to helm and handling and was completely at the mercy of
the tide. The corvette struck a reef twice but was eventually swept into
nearby Admiralty Bay. Men on the corvette said she was at one moment
lying on her beam ends as if about to be swallowed up by the whirlpools
that surrounded her. Admiral Dumont d'Urville was then of the opinion
that no-one should attempt to navigate the French Pass except in an
emergency. This respect for the waters of French Pass was held over the
next 173 years."

Cheers MC

Thom Stewart wrote:

bart
NYC
Hell's Gate

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Thom Stewart wrote:

bart
NYC
Hell's Gate

That's what I would have guessed, with Sputen
Duyvel as the 'reversing falls' athough I don't
think they really are very high falls and long
since 'improved.'

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