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Thread #41496 Message #599219
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
28-Nov-01 - 05:37 AM
Thread Name: In bed with the captain's daughter
Subject: RE: In bed with the captain's daughter
Did naval captains really have starters? I only know of bosuns' starters, pieces of rope to enforce velocity with the deck hands, but not for punishment. Punishment was handed out with the nine tailed cat, only at the captain's orders.