Si, claro - OWTW is sailed regularly in the Chesapeake Bay. Maybe it's
not quite "at sea" but the Bay can serve up conditions that will keep
any prudent sailor humble. Even in a Baba, Panda, or Tashiba!

Rick Emerson
S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35

dave # mybajaspot.com wrote:

> I hesitate to enter this discussion, but feel the urge to speak up,
> so… anyhow this has been most enlightening, all this trivia concerning
> hawse pipe and I did not know to refer to them as I thought a hawse
> pipe went through the deck not the bulwark. As far as the comment of
> entering through the hawse pipe one could resort to Spanish and say
> �?La Bufadora” or (blow hole) that is if you interpret all this
> discussion as so much hot air. My chief concern about this site is,
> does anyone do any sailing? Or, are we simply arm chair sailors more
> interested in nautical trivia. Ouch… well any how, thanks for the
> entertainment and hope to see you all at sea enjoying your wonderful
> boats.
>
> Dave
>
> S/V Bella Baba 40
>
> Ensenada, BC, Mexico
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* David Glueck [mailto:davidglueck # earthlink.net]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:41 AM
> *To:* Baba, Panda and Tashiba
> *Subject:* [baba] OED and hawse pipe
>
> I have the OED on my PC. Here is what it says
>
> A cast-iron pipe fitted into a hawse-hole to prevent the cable from
> abrading the wood.
> *1865* /Cornh. Mag./ Apr. 465 The chain attached to the anchor, and
> made fast through a hawse-pipe to the bow or forepart of the vessel,
> acts as a pivot on which it swings. *1888* /Daily News/ 16 Feb. 2/7
> Abbey Home+ left this morning for Dover Harbour, with hawse-pipe broken.
>
> So, what is a "hawse-hole"?
>
> A cylindrical hole, of which there are two in the bows of a vessel,
> for the cable to run through. Phr. */to enter (come, creep, get in) by
> the hawse-holes/*: to enter the service at the lowest grade, to rise
> from before the mast.
>
> *1664* E . B ushnell /Compl. Shipwright/ 8 Provided that the Rails+
> fall not fowl of the halshols. *1748* /Anson's Voy./ iii. iv. 330 We
> made a great quantity of water through our hawse-holes. *1803* /Phil.
> Trans./ XCIII. 321 This+ accident was owing to the hawse-holes being
> extremely large and low, the hawse-plugs not being in, and the holes
> being pressed under water by a crowd of sail on the ship. *1833* M
> arryat /P. Simple/ xvii, Working my way up as regularly as one who
> gets in at the hawsehole and crawls aft to the cabin windows. *1894* C
> . N . R obinson /Brit. Fleet/ 341 Very few captains and flag-officers
> came in at the hawseholes.
>
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Received on Thu Jun 23 08:40:48 2005