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VE3WBZ > DRAKE 11.05.11 04:52l 105 Lines 4115 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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DT: Tuesday,May 10th.,2011 @2135hrs EST <JPST>
<< Quoting KB2VXA to DRAKE @WW >>
> From : KB2VXA To : DRAKE @WW
> Type/Status : B$ Date/Time : 10-May 13:39
> Bid : 2610_VK6ZRT Message # : 93871
> Title : Re: VE3WBZ > Sir Frances & the worms
>
> Between all this packet discussion and a coincident TV presentation
> I'm approaching the meltdown stage of information overload. (;->)
Hello Warren, and NO ...no TV Production from me, I'd have to be paid
for it, and well someone was kind enough to send me pictures of the
Golden Hinde, also a website, and a correction, that the Queen
was not the only sponsor of the voyages of Francis Drake, as
when he renamed the Pelican, as I follow the email, it was named
for this sponsor and taken from the coat of arms.
From the pictures ... gee one can appreciate the conditions.
No TV show .... BBC did a series on him.
> A mud bottom may help to preserve wood but makes diving difficult
> as the slightest "breeze" tends to raise clouds of silt and cut
> visibility to zero. Then if as you suggest the lead bearing ships
> were sunk atop Drakes coffin it would be like trying to find gold
> in Fort Knox if you get the strange analogy.
I was thinking of that, and then he was dropped off a league
from shore , and of course the description and then these two
ships sunk there < No idea if they were weighted or not..lead or
otherwise >. Fort Knox of the day, but then they have found
other wrecks. I would love a trip there.
> Marine worms may be found in great abundance just about anywhere
> which is why wooden piles are pressure treated with creasote.
> Even so worms eventually win, that's why the railroad bridge here
> had a section replaced a couple of years ago, concrete is a bit
> more durable. Worms aren't found in thick, packed mud so if they
> have the right location the coffin just MAY be intact although
> extremely fragile which poses another problem, how to raise it
> in one piece.
Being a replica sailor, and all...I got a hands on experience
of using pitch and rope fibre to seal a hull. I also was very
interested in restoration of the USS Consitution and what they
were going to do with the bottom, as all the sheathing there
was dissolved, and well our famed worms were doing their best.
They did a lot of bottom work, before slapping a new copper
bottom on the old girl.
The new concrete for the bridge reminds me of old Cleo in Egypt
as she cruised the nile on stone boats. Ferrol cement boats
have been made and funny how unaccepted they are....but no worms.
Agreed ... I think that is why the Admiralty is not going after
the recovery, even if it has permission to do so. Like the
Titanic ...I am in no hurry...but it would be nice to locate.
> Reminds me of why the Monitor is still down but declared a
> protected historical site.
Agreed. Nothing like the CSS Hunley... the Monitor's big
enemy is saltwater and time, and then it will be gone.
They just could not get it up ...YET. Never know, as sooner
or later they might have the technology, and then it is
to a restoration for a few years like the "Mary Rose" which
no one thought they would recover too....until the technology
and an idea came along.
> "Must be another Portobello ..or they like the name."
>
> No and no. I'll let you chew on the mushroom a while before I
> give the answer staring you in the face.
Aaah come on give me a chance? Is it because of the shape
of the harbour? Gee ..I have used Portobello mushrooms for
my homemade Pizza.
> "Sir Francis Drake was also a Member of Parliament."
>
> So why then wasn't he buried in a cigarette box?
I don't know ...it was news to me too!
> Eh, shelve that one for now, you have enough trouble grqappling
> with a mushroom. (;->)
>
> 73 de Warren
>
> [End of Message #93871 from KB2VXA]
Getting too late...I have to move on ... just googling where
Ian lived....looks like Harry Potter country...sorry Ian :)
73 Pete VE3WBZ
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