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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.

A ship at dock in GTMO

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:40:22 +0000

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The U.S.S. Iowa, BB-61

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:41:50 +0000

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Two months later, she would fire one of her 16-inch guns, sending its projectile a record distance of almost 27 miles; five months later her number two turret would explode, killing 47 sailors. The explosion has yet to be definitively explained. It was the Navy's worst loss of crew during peacetime operations.

What makes GTMO useful

nobody@ipernity.com (depscribe) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:42:59 +0000

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It is generally thought that GTMO is maintained simply because it is a thorn in the side of the island's communist regime. This is not so. It is a warm-water base that is very close to deep water, making it indispensible for training. That is a battleship, close to shore.