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Re: A BSB at Port Block
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:19:05 GMT
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Also, depending on the prevailing wind at the time (iirc) the potr or starboard
side one was used.
john
In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
> Tony Priestman wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2 May 2000, Mr L F Braun (<390F2DCB.AD21EEF5@pilot.msu.edu>)
> > wrote at 19:34:35
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> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Campbell wrote:
> > >
> > > I discovered last
> > > > night that the "wings" from a 6493 Flying Time Vessel make a really nice
> > > > bowsprit area (don't know the official term or even if there is one.)
> > >
> > > Prow?
> >
> > It's called the beak, or beak-head, and I'd love to see some pictures of
> > a late 18th/ early 19th century one.
>
> <Zinger from left field (1)>
> Or just plain "head". Which is where that particular term for the place
> you go to get rid of those beers.
>
> One thing though, on real ships, it's rarely actually a solid deck, but
> rather a framework with netting. I think the original purpose was just
> to brace the bowsprit, and the netting is just to make it a little safer
> for people who need to be out there for sailing tasks. Of course someone
> figured out that it also made a dandy place to relieve oneself.
>
> (1) I'm ghoing back over lugnet.pirates and processing all the messages
> I left unread for later processing.
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| (...) <Zinger from left field (1)> Or just plain "head". Which is where that particular term for the place you go to get rid of those beers. One thing though, on real ships, it's rarely actually a solid deck, but rather a framework with netting. I (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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