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Met the owner of a 1912 sailing ship (85 foot on deck), anchored in Margarita. Fantastic atmospere sitting on deck with rum punch - you can walk round on the caprail - BUT:
- Pumps out 1500 gallons worth of leaks every day (about seven tons)
- Cockroaches the size of mice (he reckons the result of three circumnavigations and multi-species interbreeding).
Other minor impracticalities include half-ton anchor (try hoisting that when the windlass jammed) and a week's work to take down the mainmast (necessary for hauling out as no hoist can take him masts up).
Fifty grand just to make her watertight...
Met the owner of a 1912 sailing ship (85 foot on deck), anchored in Margarita. Fantastic atmospere sitting on deck with rum punch - you can walk round on the caprail - BUT:
- Pumps out 1500 gallons worth of leaks every day (about seven tons)
- Cockroaches the size of mice (he reckons the result of three circumnavigations and multi-species interbreeding).
Other minor impracticalities include half-ton anchor (try hoisting that when the windlass jammed) and a week's work to take down the mainmast (necessary for hauling out as no hoist can take him masts up).
Fifty grand just to make her watertight...
