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What is an anchor for?
To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of
the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. If the ship is dragging the anchor, proper seamanship suggests that the gear be reset until it holds..anything else is not what the man wants. Tom..and I have dragged a few times |
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What is an anchor for?
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... To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. If the ship is dragging the anchor, proper seamanship suggests that the gear be reset until it holds..anything else is not what the man wants. Tom..and I have dragged a few times And your point is....? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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What is an anchor for?
"Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... wrote in message ... To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. If the ship is dragging the anchor, proper seamanship suggests that the gear be reset until it holds..anything else is not what the man wants. Tom..and I have dragged a few times And your point is....? Not much doubt about that. He is giving Skip G. a bit of useful advice. |
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What is an anchor for?
"Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... wrote in message ... To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. If the ship is dragging the anchor, proper seamanship suggests that the gear be reset until it holds..anything else is not what the man wants. Tom..and I have dragged a few times And your point is....? The top of your head? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sucknow.com |
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What is an anchor for?
On Jul 20, 9:16*am, "Aldys" wrote:
"Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... wrote in message ... To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. If the ship is dragging the anchor, proper seamanship suggests that the gear be reset until it holds..anything else is not what the man wants. Tom..and I have dragged a few times And your point is....? The top of your head? Yes, but with a good hair stylist, one would never know. |
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What is an anchor for?
"Edgar" wrote in message
... "Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... wrote in message ... To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. If the ship is dragging the anchor, proper seamanship suggests that the gear be reset until it holds..anything else is not what the man wants. Tom..and I have dragged a few times And your point is....? Not much doubt about that. He is giving Skip G. a bit of useful advice. Heh... -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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What is an anchor for?
"Capt.Bill" wrote in message
... On Jul 20, 9:16 am, "Aldys" wrote: "Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... wrote in message ... To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. If the ship is dragging the anchor, proper seamanship suggests that the gear be reset until it holds..anything else is not what the man wants. Tom..and I have dragged a few times And your point is....? The top of your head? + Yes, but with a good hair stylist, one would never know. You don't remember the cone heads? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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What is an anchor for?
"Dave" wrote in message news On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:12:47 -0700 (PDT), " said: To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. Gotta think a bit more out of the box. An anchor is to do whatever the vessel owner wishes to do through use of the device. Most commonly it's used to secure the boat to the bottom of the sea, but where is it written that all other uses are proscribed? By virtue of the use of the thing, it is labeled as such: if used to kedge off it is called a kedge, if used as a bower it is called a bower, if used as a deck ornament (as in a chromed or stainless version) it is called a deck ornament, if used as a warp ballast when towing warps it is called warp ballast. In other words, the use defines the name of it. It rightly should be called an anchor only if it is used as an anchor. Take your brain for example. Since it is used primarily to fill the empty space in your skull it is called fill! Only if it is demonstrated it can think can it be rightly called a brain. Think out of the box, please . . . Wilbur Hubbard |
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What is an anchor for?
"Dave" wrote in message
news On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:12:47 -0700 (PDT), " said: To my way of thinking..an anchor is to secure a boat to the bottom of the sea in such a way that it stays there as long as the crew of the ship wants to be there. Gotta think a bit more out of the box. An anchor is to do whatever the vessel owner wishes to do through use of the device. Most commonly it's used to secure the boat to the bottom of the sea, but where is it written that all other uses are proscribed? I usually use the anchor for the swim test we give... at least I try to use it. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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What is an anchor for?
In article lutions, Capt. JG wrote:
I usually use the anchor for the swim test we give... at least I try to use it. You want crew to swim-out the kedge? Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea. |
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