"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
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"J. Clarke" fired this volley in
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xcept when working a wire-to-rope splice.

Yep... cept the racing sailors probably don't know the diff between a fid
and a marlinspike.

LLoyd

Ah, yes we do. But not many of them can make a nice-looking long splice.
d8-)

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Ed Huntress