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Shake and Break Part 10
On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:53:37 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 06:58:30 +0700, wrote: On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 06:15:59 -0600, Paul Cassel wrote: Still, these guys had no power other than muscle and winch yet handled gaff rig schooners with canvas sails, sisal lines and so forth. I'm in awe. I suspect it was a matter of "that is the way it is" so they just went ahead and did it. Read the book "White Jacket", my Melville, for an account of a voyage from San Francisco to New York (I believe) not so much for the brutality but for the matter of fact attitude of the crew. "Oh, the wind is blowing, we got to reduce sail. Well boys, lets get at it". When you're young you pretty well do "what is expected of you." Most sailing ship crews hardly had a man over 30. Sure. Heck, an "old man" was maybe 60 :-) -- Cheers, Bruce |
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