Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Opening a submarine Date: 24 Sep 2025 23:31:45 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <10a6nt3$1c65i$1@dont-email.me> <10a9qlq$25h61$1@dont-email.me> <10ac80j$2nuve$1@dont-email.me> <10ac8lq$2nkob$2@dont-email.me> <68d087a6@news.ausics.net> <10ar9d9$2a86g$1@dont-email.me> <10asa68$2je86$1@dont-email.me> <10asous$2mkn5$1@dont-email.me> <10atvvo$2v8aa$1@dont-email.me> <10au4b4$2tidd$33@dont-email.me> <10avdur$3b9pk$5@dont-email.me> <10b1r71$3v1j4$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net va0p2Dsins75TohT5Tg/5AfawbhpiotC8AIO7Rx0cpX6LsWnmw Cancel-Lock: sha1:NXqa2iiXpv9DGCi99BmE3EZ6N6Q= sha256:sfdbjozy5MX9xlAK9Q+8AO/IKb+KH3i/PzQ5+6MmA0E= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75139 alt.comp.os.windows-11:24522 On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:26:39 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > Msjor Drydock work! Careening was done in the days of wooden ships and > iron men. It involved getting the ship up on the beach to scrape off > the barnacle and repair any damage. It's still done by the lobster fishermen and others in Maine. You don't get the boat on the beach. You run it in as far as you can at high tide and wait for the tide to go out. The further north in Maine you go, the greater the tidal range. The Bay of Fundy has a range of 50' but most of the Maine coast is 20 to 25'. As the tide goes out you prop the boat so the side you want to work on is exposed. It's a lot quicker and cheaper than hauling the boat out. The tide is dramatic. we tied up at a pier on Grand Manan got out to take a walk. My friend stayed aboard to tend the lines. It was high tide so it was no problem stepping onto the pier. By the time I returned the tide was out and I was looking at the top of the mast. There are ladders inset into the side of the pier but I elected to wait for the tide to come in again. It was torture. They were smoking fish in the smokehouses around the harbor but they weren't ready for sale.