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Thread #94585   Message #1832959
Posted By: Charley Noble
12-Sep-06 - 05:40 PM
Thread Name: Maui: stuns'l booms
Subject: RE: Maui: stuns'l booms
"I'm sure we've pumped this bit before!"

Thanks to Tony Goodenough.

I'm really not convinced that whalers would ever use stun'ls. That was more a clipper ship affectation and according to some captains hardly worth the pain and suffering.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, safe ashore in his armchair