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Flemished lines

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:27:48 +0000

When ropes are laid out in this fashion, they're said to be "flemished." Of course, ropes that have anything to do with boats are not called ropes -- they're "lines." And when the boat is big, it is called a ship. Unless it is a submarine, in which case it remains a boat no matter how big it is.

A Navy vessel was in port

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:27:30 +0000

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Undersea cable, the way it was meant to be seen

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:26:21 +0000

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Special cable boats would lay it down.

It's called the Plimsoll line . . .

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:25:27 +0000

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. . . and it shows how heavily laden a ship is. Though usually it's located amidships, not on the bow, so maybe I do not know what this is. Never mind.

It looks anatomical . . .

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:26:37 +0000

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. . . but it's undersea cable. Who knows what signals it was designed to carry.

And as we began . . .

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:24:30 +0000

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. . . we end, with Flemished lines.

Drawbridge up

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:24:51 +0000

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A sailboat enters the inner harbor, under power.

All you see . . .

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:25:08 +0000

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. . . is the guy's butt. Right?

There are sailboats at Port Everglades, too

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:25:47 +0000

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Port Everglades is near Fort Lauderdale International Airport

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:26:04 +0000

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I liked the shape and shades

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:26:55 +0000

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There's a famous poster of the Normandie . . .

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:27:13 +0000

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. . . which ultimately caught fire and capsized at dock in New York, which inspired this picture.