... Don't worry. That was only a teaser. If there are any theories about Noah's choice of name, especially the used baptism ceremony (they didn't have a bottle...
There is some info in Wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_launching_and_naming but it doesn't get to what you're asking. I get the feeling it evolved...
I'd be surprised if it doesn't go waaaaay back, at least with warships. They'd name it after something really fierce and destructive, much like the way we...
I think all important things got named. On a hunch I looked for how swords got named and found the following: The earliest writings tell of sword names. The...
... Human beings were probably animists for much longer than they have been theists, so it would be natural to give a name to just about anything that played a...
I thought so many where named after women because nothing can be as sly, fierce or distructive a critter. A guy spends a year at sea hits shore and calls his...
Jon: I thought that my designs went together so quickly because they are such simple designs: only one chine, no strongback, use triple layer of sealer/primer...
when you got the only boat left floating its's "DA BOAT" Dave ... Don't worry. That was only a teaser. If there are any theories about Noah's choice of name,...
Look up on the net what grade stamps mean and look at the stamps on the ply at HD it would scare you for boat building. They don't carry CVG fir the Oak is Red...
Jon: Because the nearest Home Depot is a couple of towns away, I don't get there that often. It looks like things have changed since I last looked for wood...
Number of counter points all embedded within your post. nutty_boats <nutty_boats@...> wrote: But when you add a mechanical component, e.g. fiberglass,...
Carlos you sound like you know how to build a boat the right way. As T stated he built a one sheeter and a 15' boat with not much in them or gold plateing on...
If you can sell your system to a boat maker building boats with say 1000# displacement that has to take the liabilaty I will eat my words if not enough said. ...
Canvas covered wood construction goes back about 100 years, mainly but not completely with canoes. It is perhaps the first composite construction technique...
... The original statement was saying that the studies I had referenced were wrong because they didn't take into account a glass/epoxy vs. paint comparison,...
If that was logic we live in different worlds! It was not a leson in Vapor Barriers it was on teaching kids good sound methods of building a good boat with...
Your coments on canvis life span is close to what I have been around. Commonly on boat tops there is also a lot of dry rot repair and costs too. Most older...
... Well, houses didn't get named. ... Right. Thank you, that is a good hint. Nevertheless, a sword might be something special, as it brings death. In fact,...
... Actually, yes they did. Most often, the named homes were those of the rich and powerful (Versailles, Alhambra) but in English tradition farmhouses got ...
Welcome back Lew ,old friend ! Even the city blocks of older (pre-1800) US cities have names. I live on the NW corner of Queen's Sq. according to a 1790 era...
I must disagree with you. To your knowledge houses didn't get named, but that does not make it so. A trip to North East England will reveal that my mothers...
Lew, most of what you write, is giving a description: Wall-street, Broad-way, ... When it comes to farms, we have names in Germany, but those are the names of...
... It may have been an open space back then, a "square." NYC used to have a lot of squares, it's down to just a few these days - Times, Duffy, Union,...
... Regarding farms: See what I wrote in my last post. ... Pubs: Yes. I seem to remember that I read already why/when this tradition started. Had to look it up...
Hi Jon, Try to not take T too seriously. He's been around these Yahoo thingies for years making unsupported, blanket statements about boats and still, we have...
... I recently read a fascinating book by Tim Severin about the provenance of _Moby Dick_, the Melville novel set abaord a whaler, and in one Indonesian...
Carlos, Well put. You clearly articulated the impression that has been forming in my mind for a while. So - T and my buddy, fellow Ol' Coot Jon, ought to get...
