On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 20:53:56 -0700, D Lee <snorkler_at_juno.com> wrote: >In the movie "Perfect Storm," I was surprised to see >the Andrea Gail rigged with apparent trawler booms >when it was fishing as a longliner. The booms were not for trawling. Linda Greenlaw (captain of the sister vessel to the Andrea Gail) explains in her book, "The Hungry Ocean," the swordboats deploy these booms to increase stability. Junger probably discusses this in his book, too, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. The scene involving these booms in the movie is pretty gripping! Craig Hicks Arlington, Virginia who does not plan to paddle in *any* storm *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 06 2000 - 14:17:16 PDT
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