And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Somali pirates training exercise? Haitian sailing team tryouts? Sub-Saharan Africans self- deporting? Dude's waiting in line to be Captain? Jamaican prison break? WhoopWhoopWhoop !
It works the same as a cunningham on a mainsheet. It decreases the draft of the mainsail (flattens it) and moves it forward. An interesting choice, the skipper thinks this gives him more drive than putting the crew on the starboard rail to reduce the heel of the boat.
A change of tack could prove interesting
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DeleteI keep looking at that first one and wondering where in Africa...
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ReplyDeleteLooks like Indians. they do the same shit on trains.
ReplyDeleteSneakin' into Miami from Haiti. There's a Coast Guard cutter on the right out of the picture.
ReplyDeleteBelow decks was already full. No worries, most will make it to market.
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ReplyDeleteI wonder if this is simply a black culture thing?
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ReplyDeleteHaitian sailing team tryouts?
Sub-Saharan Africans self- deporting?
Dude's waiting in line to be Captain?
Jamaican prison break?
WhoopWhoopWhoop !
How now, brown Dhow?
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It works the same as a cunningham on a mainsheet. It decreases the draft of the mainsail (flattens it) and moves it forward. An interesting choice, the skipper thinks this gives him more drive than putting the crew on the starboard rail to reduce the heel of the boat.
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