[LonePalm]

Bonjour y'all! Laissez le bon Trump rouler!!!

Know your Nautical Terminology

Baggywrinkle
A soft covering for standing rigging (such as shrouds and stays) that reduces sail chafing.

Coming up on the 26^th of this month we have a big nautical anniversary. It is the 250^th anniversary of something that still affects the US Navy. Let's see if anyone can figure out what it was.

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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[LocDoc]

Rats

[Porkchop]

***Coming up on the 26th of this month we have a big nautical anniversary. It is the 250th anniversary of something that still affects the US Navy.

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Nathaniel Bowditch’s birthday?

(had to study The American Practical Navigator in days gone by...)

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[meadsjn]

Coming up on the 26th of this month we have a big nautical anniversary. It is the 250th anniversary of something that still affects the US Navy. Let's see if anyone can figure out what it was.

the chronometers developed by the Yorkshire carpenter and clock-maker John Harrison. Harrison built five chronometers over more than three decades. This work was supported and rewarded with thousands of pounds from the Board of Longitude,[24] but he fought to receive money up to the top reward of £20,000, finally receiving an additional payment in 1773 after the intervention of parliament

[Spitzensparkin1]

Nathaniel Bowditch was born in Salem, Mass., 26 March 1773

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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, carry on.