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Ahoy!!!</div> --part1_26a74.76992d9f.3d962c4a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Having been away all day (surveying a boat) I come to the discussion rather late but it looks like everything got pretty well covered. I spent the first two years of my seagoing career in the HMS Worcester, which was a full rigged ship moored on the Thames. When royalty passed we manned the yards which entailed going to the Top or cross trees and then walking out along the yards using the foot ropes. For those going to the upper yards it entailed going up the ratlines then climbing outward about 45 degrees to get over the futtocks. There was a lubbers hole to avoid the futtocks but nobody used it. One of the punishments in the ship, in addition to beating, was to be sent to the top to reflect upon ones sins. The discussion brought back many memories. Peter Stow Hubbards In a message dated 27/09/2012 7:10:18 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, pce@accesswave.ca writes: Hi, Jim: Well, according to the "Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea": YARD, (1) a large wooden or metal spar crossing the masts of a ship horizontally or diagonally, from which a sail is set. YARDARM, the outer quarters of a yard, that part which lies outboard of the lifts, on either side of the ship, i.e. the port and starboard yardarms. They were the positions in a square-rigged ship where most of the flag signals were hoisted, and in the older days of sail, when the disciplinary code on board included punishment of death by hanging, were the traditional points from which men were hanged on board. Peter Payzant On 2012-09-27 6:48 PM, James W. Wolford wrote: > what is relationship between a yard and a yard-arm? --part1_26a74.76992d9f.3d962c4a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 9.00.8112.16450"></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" id=3Dro= le_body=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Dro= le_document=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D4 face=3DArial> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Having been away all day (surveying a boat) I come to t= he=20 discussion rather late but it looks like everything got pretty well covered= . I=20 spent the first two years of my seagoing career in the HMS Worcester, which= was=20 a full rigged ship moored on the Thames. When royalty passed we manned the = yards=20 which entailed going to the Top or cross trees and then walking out along t= he=20 yards using the foot ropes. For those going to the upper yards it entailed = going=20 up the ratlines then climbing outward about 45 degrees to get over the futt= ocks.=20 There was a lubbers hole to avoid the futtocks but nobody used it.</FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>One of the punishments in the ship, in addition to beat= ing,=20 was to be sent to the top to reflect upon ones sins. The discussion brought= back=20 many memories.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Peter Stow </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Hubbards</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 27/09/2012 7:10:18 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time,=20 pce@accesswave.ca writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">= <FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=3D#000000 size=3D2 face=3DA= rial>Hi,=20 Jim:<BR><BR>Well, according to the "Oxford Companion to Ships and the=20 Sea":<BR><BR>YARD, (1) a large wooden or metal spar crossing the masts of= a=20 ship <BR>horizontally or diagonally, from which a sail is set.<BR><BR>YAR= DARM,=20 the outer quarters of a yard, that part which lies outboard of <BR>the li= fts,=20 on either side of the ship, i.e. the port and starboard <BR>yardarms. The= y=20 were the positions in a square-rigged ship where most of <BR>the flag sig= nals=20 were hoisted, and in the older days of sail, when the <BR>disciplinary co= de on=20 board included punishment of death by hanging, were <BR>the traditional p= oints=20 from which men were hanged on board.<BR><BR>Peter Payzant<BR><BR><BR>On= =20 2012-09-27 6:48 PM, James W. Wolford wrote:<BR>> what is relationship= =20 between a yard and a=20 yard-arm?<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> --part1_26a74.76992d9f.3d962c4a_boundary--
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