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To: ransomnote
Bonjour y'all! Laissez le bon Trump rouler!!!

Know your Nautical terminology

heave
A vessel's transient, vertical, up-and-down motion.

surge
A vessel's transient motion in a fore and aft direction.

sway
A vessel's lateral motion from side to side.

These are distinct from roll, pitch, and yaw which are rotational movement about an axis rather than along an axis.

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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

31 posted on 12/16/2021 10:39:02 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm

L.P. As applied to the U.S. Ship of State, how would you log our current movements??


58 posted on 12/16/2021 12:01:51 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( (Alas! The Captain left the bridge looking for some strawberry ice cream!!))
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To: LonePalm

Excellent nautical information, as always.

Yes, I’m this far behind on the thread.


473 posted on 12/17/2021 8:36:30 PM PST by meyer (Everything woke turns to poo.)
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