Cut and run - eh!!

At 07:37 AM 6/19/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Alan and Harry,
>
>By some accounts the continental navy might have wreaked havoc if it hadn’t
>been for crew's fondness for a drop of British rum; here is a BBC link to
>the event
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2005/06/21/coast05_stage2_feat
>ure.shtml
>Harry I have thought about fitting a rope cutter to Lady Stardust, but had
>the naive idea that the long keel and enclosed prop would offer a lot of
>protection, now you have me thinking. I just got back from Kinsale down in
>Co Cork, the Baba is sitting there and on Monday we sail down to Portugal,
>where I believe there are many pots and nets awaiting me.
>Still I'm glad you made it back ok, that must have been scary.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Paul C
>S/V Lady Stardust, Liverpool UK
>www.lady-stardust.co.uk
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-l@ballreich.net] On
>Behalf Of Alan Sugarman
>Sent: 15 June 2006 14:31
>To: baba-l@ballreich.net
>Subject: Re: [Baba-L] propeller protector
>
>April 23, 1778
>
>Captain John Paul Jones of the Continental Navy
>raided Whitehaven spiking the guns in two
>batteries and burning a collier. This was the
>first raid on an English seaport since 1667.
>
>Luckily, Jones avoided the crab pots, but, then
>again, his ship had no proprietor.
>
>Alan
>
>At 08:42 AM 6/15/2006, you wrote:
>
> >Hello Shipmates,
> >
> >Anyone fitted a propeller protector to a Baba 30.
> >
> >I have just obtained a Stripper made by
> >Ambassador Marine in Hampshire England it is of
> >3 rotor blades fixed to the propshaft and one
> >stator blade held to the sterntube, cost a bit £400 but has very good
>reports.
> >
> >I fouled up a crabpot line including pot and
> >marker flag on entering Whitehaven Harbour in a
> >strong on shore wind I got in ok under headsail
> >but this could have had harsh consequences I was
> >motorsailing at the time and it was a darknight
> >with quite a heavy sea running.Black flags lying
> >in the water are not easy to see at night!.
> >
> >Regards Harry (LYDIA B )
>
>
>
>
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