Re: Man Overboard

oldbandito@citlink.net
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:17:42 -0700


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Back when I worked for a living, I was a high rise window cleaner,
and as such would on a daily basis haul all 200 lbs of myself in a
bos'n chair up to sometimes six stories with a four part tackle. Of
course the blocks were big wooden guys with about four inch
sheaves, and the line was 7/8". A lot different than the small gear
we use on these boats, I know that the numbers stay the same,
but I also know I couldn't do it with a four part 3/8" boom vang
tackle either . . . .
Dik Richardson
Hamada HMS 18 #11
LosBarbas Ranger 29 #60
Vas Kora Islander 33 #363