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Sorry not that easy. Take your time but we need a question!
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Sorry for taking so long to reply but I can't seem to think of anything worthy of asking therefore if anyone else would like to take the baton, please feel free to do so.
I should have made sure I had the next puzzle before answering. That's the same image I saw when I searched to confirm my guess. Once again, sorry.
http://david-j-ross.smugmug.com/
You've got it, Dave. Ask the next question.
A bosun's whistle?
This device consists of a narrow tube (the gun) which directs air over a metal sphere (the buoy) with a hole in the top. The rest of the device consists of a 'keel', a flat piece of metal beneath the gun that holds the device together, and the 'shackle', a keyring that connects a long silver or brass chain that sits around the collar.
What the heck am I describing?
You've got it. There was a large line or cable that wrapped around the capstan, wrapped around a horizontal paddle wheel axle on one side, passed around a vertical roller at the stem, back down the deck and around another horizontal paddle wheel axle on the other side, in the opposite sense, and back to the capstan. There was a lighter line like a messenger that went around the outer tips of the capstan bars, I guess lashed and unlashed as it came around, then up to the bows and around the bridle posts, back down to the capstan. Long lines of sailors pulled on the thing, I would assume marching up and down in a big loop.
How this worked is beyond me, but it would be a silly dio to do.
It was a paddlewheel contraption that utilized a capstan system hauled by sailors for power. It was said to be able to make 3-5 knots.
I know this, but am waiting for someone else to answer.
OK HINT NO. 1.
The propulsion system ran on human power.
USS Constitution was the test bed for a propulsion system designed to be used when becalmed in deep water. What was it?
You nailed it, G-Mo! And extra credit for finding the picture of her after the conversion.
You're up.
PHM-6 USS Gemini. Last of the class of six Pegasus fast attack patrol boats.
2 quad RGM-84 harpoon launchers, 1 76mm gun.
Currently rotting in Brunswick, MO.
Better looking Navy boat than yacht...
Hydrofoil, correct?
Awwright I am going to roll up my sleeves and get this thing...
Sorry, no. The boat that I am referring to has three engines, two of them are Rolls Royces and one is made by General Electric, so a German boat is out of the question.
subfixer The one operational survivor of this class of patrol boats, numbering six examples, was converted into a yacht capable of doing over 48 knots when utilizing only one of its three engines. What is the name of this boat?
The one operational survivor of this class of patrol boats, numbering six examples, was converted into a yacht capable of doing over 48 knots when utilizing only one of its three engines. What is the name of this boat?
E-boat, e.g., Schellboot, aka:
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YUK YUK YUK..... no.
PT-73
Thank you, G-Mo.
Your turn Lee
Oh that's good! LOL!
Trick question!! The answer is none, America used a tiller for steering.
How many spokes on the wheel of the 1851 yacht "America"?
alumni72 TomZ2 Yes, from “F.P.1 (Floating [or Flying] Platform Number One) Doesn't Respond”. Next, subfixer. Any more information on this movie? I've never heard of it and I couldn't find anything by that name on IMDB.
TomZ2 Yes, from “F.P.1 (Floating [or Flying] Platform Number One) Doesn't Respond”. Next, subfixer.
Yes, from “F.P.1 (Floating [or Flying] Platform Number One) Doesn't Respond”. Next, subfixer.
Any more information on this movie? I've never heard of it and I couldn't find anything by that name on IMDB.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023996/
You are correct, Sir! It goes to you, G-Mo.
The Thief knot resembles the reef knot except that the free, or bitter ends are on opposite sides. It is said that sailors would secure their belongings in a ditty bag using the thief knot, often with the ends hidden. If another sailor went through the bag, the odds were high the thief would tie the bag back using the more common reef knot, revealing the tampering, hence the name. It is difficult to tie by mistake, unlike the granny knot. The thief knot is much less secure than the already insecure reef knot. It unties itself if the lines are pulled when the same action would seize a reef knot.
subfixer Sorry, G-Mo, but you are wrong.
Sorry, G-Mo, but you are wrong.
That's a thief knot, used for tying up the ends of seabags.
Square Knot | Reef Knot
www.netknots.com/.../square-knot
en.wikipedia.org/.../Reef_knot
www.123rf.com/photo_7699163_two-different-ropes-tied-together-with-a-reef-knot-or-square-knot--on-a-white-background.html
www.animatedknots.com/.../index.php
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