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Thread #149560 Message #3479994
Posted By: GUEST,SPB at work
15-Feb-13 - 10:05 AM
Thread Name: 'Donkeyman' calling Shanty nerds
Subject: RE: 'Donkeyman' calling Shanty nerds
The Shanty Donkey Riding would have been used for General Purpose capstan for jobs like hoisting up cargo from the quay, to drop through the cargo hatches. For timber stowing vessels had a cargo hatch in the bow so that the timber could be hoisted to the right level an slotted in lengthwise to the hold.
On another note - I think the Pommern and Mariehamn still has a working donkey engine