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Re: The Weather Channel's Moon is "Wrong"
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2006 Jun 28, 19:59 -0700
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2006 Jun 28, 19:59 -0700
Frank Reed wrote: > Lu Abel wrote: > "Interestingly, it looks as if both schooners have their fore topmasts > removed." > > Yeah, I don't know why. I'll ask among the schooner bums next time I'm in > Mystic and see if anyone knows a reason. > It's very likely that they had them down for exactly the reason given later in my post: heavier weather in the winter and spring (the photo was taken in March, if I recollect). These modern schooners may be more stable than those a century ago so maybe the shipping of these spars is more for authenticity than actual need. Anyway, I'll be interested in hearing the reason you get from their crews or other folks close to them. Lu Abel
