Seamanship Question #28
 

What are the characteristics of a "Lead Line"?

Who first used the "Lead Line"?

What is the typical weight of a modern "Lead Line"?

What weight would you use for a 100 fathom "Lead Line"?

What are the standard patterns used to mark a "Lead Line"?

Seamanship Question #28
 

Bart Senior wrote:
What are the characteristics of a "Lead Line"?

Who first used the "Lead Line"?

What is the typical weight of a modern "Lead Line"?

What weight would you use for a 100 fathom "Lead Line"?

What are the standard patterns used to mark a "Lead Line"?



Too much to write.
Check out: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/handline.htm
The important things to note are, once you have learned the marking
pattern you can do it in the dark and the tallow in the bottom of the
lead tell you what the bottom is.

Seamanship Question #28
 

On the Mississippi Mark Twain used bee'swax to see the bottom.

Get it...Mark Twain?

Joe

Seamanship Question #28
 

Guess Not.

Let me re-state the question.

How is Samuel Clemens tied to the Lead Line?

Joe

Seamanship Question #28
 

In article .com,
Joe wrote:
Guess Not.

Let me re-state the question.

How is Samuel Clemens tied to the Lead Line?

Joe


You mean like quarter twain, half twain, and full twain?


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Seamanship Question #28
 

Exactly. Samuel Clemens took is pen name from a deckhand calling out
depths on a lead line on the Mississippi.

Mark Twain was just to cool to pass on.

You get 3 asa points!

Joe