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7th May 2016, 10:26 PM
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What was or is the only Line, That was never handled aboard ship mechanically or otherwise by any Officer or Rating Terry. Yet every ship could not operate without 
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7th May 2016, 10:34 PM
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Was it the water line Terry?
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7th May 2016, 10:46 PM
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Soz John, This Line was aboard ship, 
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7th May 2016, 11:24 PM
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#1, is it the rhumb line on the compass, deck officers will know if I have correct spelling
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8th May 2016, 01:47 AM
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#4 John, a rhumb line usually refers to a course laid out on a Mercator chart. Never heard it having anything to do with the compass, there again we all go through life sometimes believing the wrong thing. Think you may be thinking of the sometimes called lubber line marking the ships head. Your spelling is correct. Cheers JS
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8th May 2016, 05:30 AM
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8th May 2016, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
#4 John, a rhumb line usually refers to a course laid out on a Mercator chart. Never heard it having anything to do with the compass, there again we all go through life sometimes believing the wrong thing. Think you may be thinking of the sometimes called lubber line marking the ships head. Your spelling is correct. Cheers JS
Dont you believe a word of that! He's having you on again ,it's a RUM LINE,and is pictured here: Line em Up.gif.
Tut,you must think we were born yesterday Capt.Sabourn.
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8th May 2016, 06:01 AM
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Plimsol line
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8th May 2016, 06:31 AM
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A one with WNA on Gulliver would have you think it stands for Winter North Atlantic, when it really stands for Wot No Alcohol. JS.
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8th May 2016, 08:10 AM
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Good one Terry we are all scratching our heads. Will have a guess at Meridian Line.
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