Nothing worse than admitting to a mistake and finding out you were right!

At 04:21 PM 6/21/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea says the opening in the ship's=
 
>bulwarks where an anchor rode passes through, in the bow, is a hawse hole=
 
>and the metal "collar" is a hawse pipe. Chock, as a verb, is the process=
 
>of keeping something from shifting and "taking charge" (OCSS'
>term). Neither chock (as a noun) or chain pipe is defined in OCSS but
>I'll gladly tread where even the OCSS won't [LOL]. I take a chock to be=
 
>something to keep a line from sliding around loose as it comes aboard to=
 
>be made off to a cleat, etc. - sort of a "C" on its side or back, if you=
 
>will. So far as I know, if you want to buy something to pass chain or
>rope rode through the deck, ask for a chain pipe. I'm quite content with=
 
>"hole for the chain pipe" when discussing where it's mounted.
>Arrrrh, mateys! [wink]
>Rick Emerson
>S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
>
>DAVID GLUECK wrote:
>
>>Sterve,
>>I agree. Even as I was writing "hawse", I knew I was wrong (actually the=
 
>>hawse is the hole in the deck). Chock makes sense if it is open at the
>>top, but I am sure, given sailing precise but arcane language, there is a=
 
>>correct name.
>>[...]
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Received on Tue Jun 21 15:23:19 2005