"Don White" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:20:40 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing

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I would agree with you, but the image is titled Drake's Drum which is
the legend that the drum can be heard at times when England is at war
or significant national event takes place,

' Tis a puzzle.

Drake's Drum is the name of the boat in the photo.

CWM


There is a poem about Drakes Drum and war for England. They were both
hardy and ingenious sailors in those days. Drake Careened his boat just
north of San Francisco Bay to do repairs. Pick a semi sheltered spot, as
most sailors sailed past the entrance to SF Bay as did not look like a
good harbor spot, just a small cove from sea. Run you boat on to a soft
beach at *low tide* and then use lines to heel it over to replace bad
planks.

Shouldn't that be...beach the vessel at high tide and as the water
receeds, the ship would keel over to allow work on the exposed bottom.

Should be mid tide, as you would not want the boat stranded for a long time.

Sail storage?

Eisboch

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Sail storage?

Eisboch



BTW ... I just sent TheYachtMarket.com an email asking what the barrel is.
I didn't want to send one to the owner because I am not sure the second link
provided by someone is the same boat.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
Sail storage?

Eisboch

BTW ... I just sent TheYachtMarket.com an email asking what the barrel is.
I didn't want to send one to the owner because I am not sure the second link
provided by someone is the same boat.

Eisboch

It is. I posted the original link as well as the second one and they come
from the same add. If you go to the second link under more images, you can
see this picture and others of the same boat.

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Eisboch wrote:
Sail storage?

Eisboch

BTW ... I just sent TheYachtMarket.com an email asking what the barrel
is.
I didn't want to send one to the owner because I am not sure the second
link
provided by someone is the same boat.

Eisboch

It is. I posted the original link as well as the second one and they come
from the same add. If you go to the second link under more images, you
can
see this picture and others of the same boat.

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Gotcha. I'll wait a bit and see if TheYachtMarket.com gets back to me. I
don't want to bother the owner.

Eisboch

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:17:24 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Sail storage?

Eisboch



BTW ... I just sent TheYachtMarket.com an email asking what the barrel is.
I didn't want to send one to the owner because I am not sure the second link
provided by someone is the same boat.

Eisboch


Cheat!

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Sail storage?

Eisboch


Powder keg?

Eisboch

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Sail storage?

Eisboch


Powder keg?

Eisboch


Perhaps, but more likely to store the monkeys.

http://www.timewarptoys.com/barrel.jpg

Did the OP say that he had seen this "barrel" on other sailboats?

I've been studying the picture and something occured to me. The ends appear
flat. Like a drum.
If it were for liquid storage, a rounded shape would be stronger,
particularly on a rocking boat with liquid sloshing back and forth within
it.

I wonder if the "barrel" is really a drum, installed on this particular boat
in honor of the "Drum of Drake" legend and boat name.

Eisboch

I wonder if the "barrel" is really a drum, installed on this particular boat
in honor of the "Drum of Drake" legend and boat name.

Eisboch

I have seen it on a few other boats and I have some overview plans of this
boat and it has the Barrel drawn on it. The plans have nothing to do with
the whole "Drum of Drake" thing. They are done buy a french designer
(Bombigher) and are for a style he calls the Shpountz. In the drawings,
there apears to be something coming out of the bottom of it, which is why I
thought propane housing, as well as something on the back side of it but I
can't tell for sure as they are not full plan sets. I don't want to bug the
designer about sommething so trivial but I'm just really curious.

The link to his site for the plans and this particular boat is:
http://www.classic-yacht-design.com/...-40/38-40.html

You can clearly see that it is in the drawings. on the deck.

Maybe the loose lashing is just some rope laid across it by some lazy sailor
that doesn't know how important stowing gear is.

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