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On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:59:08 -0500, "Jack Painter" wrote:


"Himszy" LANDLUBBER wrote
"Hans-Marc Olsen" wrote
Real sailors will travel the seven seas without any technology, just
a
boat made of wood and sails!

What about ropes?


There are no "ropes" on vessels. Boats use LINE.


Very typical statement, usually associated with pedantic armchair sailing
lubbers, or someone whose sailing experience is that they once took a
guided
tour of a pirate ship at Disneyworld.

Let me guess. You also think that a "ship" is a boat that is too big to be
lifted onto another ship.

Bwhahahahahahahaha!

BB

I noticed the bubbleheads didn't jump on the earlier remark about boats
being hoisted aboard ship.
Will this thread now degenerate into discussions of "Pig" boats, "boomers",
etc?
Doug, K7ABX
A former spook, aircraft owner who just qualified 2 weeks ago as a USCG
Auxiliary Boatcrew "person". Lets see, the pointy end called a "bow".....