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"Sent boat to haul the line on Sussex Island" It's obviously not the big vessel itself, but one of it's small boats.
Is this going fishing?
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What is the context of the quote?
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it's from a ships log.
October 1st 1835 in Callao harbour
am. Light Wind and thick Haze.
Sent boat to haul the line on Sussex Island. Received fresh beef 275 lbs and vegetables 138 lbs. H G mustered in divisions. Hoisted in the launch, and employed preparing for sail.
Recd on board some old casks, staves and hoops from the North Star for disposal at Valparaiso.
Carpenters fitting up some extra cabins on the - Deck. Sailmakers making a Brig Top Gt Sail, & - Royals & Hammocks
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it's from a ships log.
October 1st 1835 in Callao harbour
am. Light Wind and thick Haze.
Sent boat to haul the line on Sussex Island. Received fresh beef 275 lbs and vegetables 138 lbs. H G mustered in divisions. Hoisted in the launch, and employed preparing for sail.
Recd on board some old casks, staves and hoops from the North Star for disposal at Valparaiso.
Carpenters fitting up some extra cabins on the - Deck. Sailmakers making a Brig Top Gt Sail, & - Royals & Hammocks
A couple of possibilities come to mind.
1. The boat could have been taking in a line to the island so that they could transfer stores on the ship by pulleys.
2. The boat could have been carrying a line in so that the ship could be winched in to a harbour. There is a name for this operation which escapes me at the moment.
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"Capstaning"
Malky
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"Capstaning"
Malky
That would do perfectly, but it's not the word I was thinking of. Must look at my Patrick O'Brian books.
Edit. I knew PO'B wouldn't let me down. Warping.
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"Kedging"
Malky
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"Kedging"
Malky
Yes, same thing.
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Kedging.
That is what poor Australians do when short of money.
Naughty Viktoria( a different person entirely from Viktoria).