Ep010835 Posted December 5, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 5, 2018 What a hoot! While lowering the flag this evening on the CB, the rope broke! It frayed sufficiently that the flag guy couldn’t get it to thread through the pulley. He and another guy yanked and yanked on it but nothing doing. The rope finally broke. The crew tried for two hour before arriving at a temporary solotion. Somone finally decided to lower a rope from above rather that trying to solve the problem totally with a looooong pole from below. Bermuda is proud tonight! The flag is back up. Grand entertainment for all who were aft on 14-17 on the boat during the fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satxdiver Posted December 5, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Nice fix and great thinking on the part of the crew. We were on the CB last cruise. Have a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ep010835 Posted December 5, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted December 5, 2018 2 hours ago, satxdiver said: Nice fix and great thinking on the part of the crew. We were on the CB last cruise. Have a great time. And I followed your posts faithfully. Very, very helpful as this is our first cruise on CB. We appreciate your contributions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted December 6, 2018 #4 Share Posted December 6, 2018 7 hours ago, satxdiver said: Nice fix and great thinking on the part of the crew. We were on the CB last cruise. Have a great time. They graduated MIT with honors. Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satxdiver Posted December 6, 2018 #5 Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Lucky TGO said: They graduated MIT with honors. Tony Let's not get carried away here. a licensed engineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1 Posted December 6, 2018 #6 Share Posted December 6, 2018 10 hours ago, Ep010835 said: Bermuda is proud tonight! The flag is back up. The flag is the Red Ensign (or Red Duster) and is flown on British registered merchant and passenger ships. The Bermudan flag is the Red Ensign with an additional crest - worrying, the crest incorporates a sinking ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFighter115 Posted December 6, 2018 #7 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Omega1 said: The flag is the Red Ensign (or Red Duster) and is flown on British registered merchant and passenger ships. The Bermudan flag is the Red Ensign with an additional crest - worrying, the crest incorporates a sinking ship! Looks like you are an amateur vexillologist. (One of my favorite words!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexillology Edited December 6, 2018 by FireFighter115 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1 Posted December 6, 2018 #8 Share Posted December 6, 2018 21 minutes ago, FireFighter115 said: Looks like you are an amateur vexillologist. (One of my favorite words!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexillology 😂 I’ll remember that for the next trivia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TracieABD Posted December 6, 2018 #9 Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Omega1 said: 😂 I’ll remember that for the next trivia! Good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colorado Coasty Posted December 6, 2018 #10 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) More trivia: it is only rope when it is on the spool and unused. Once used it becomes line. The line used to hoist a flag is a halyard. Edited December 6, 2018 by Colorado Coasty Misspelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bemis12 Posted December 6, 2018 #11 Share Posted December 6, 2018 20 hours ago, Ep010835 said: What a hoot! While lowering the flag this evening on the CB, the rope broke! It frayed sufficiently that the flag guy couldn’t get it to thread through the pulley. He and another guy yanked and yanked on it but nothing doing. The rope finally broke. The crew tried for two hour before arriving at a temporary solotion. Somone finally decided to lower a rope from above rather that trying to solve the problem totally with a looooong pole from below. Bermuda is proud tonight! The flag is back up. Grand entertainment for all who were aft on 14-17 on the boat during the fix. Why should they bother spending so much on entertainment when people would be fascinated with a rope and a flag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ep010835 Posted December 6, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I sure thought there was a lot of time and effort put into something that could easily have been done without. As I got to thinking about it though, I wondered if it might be a requirement when a ship is at sea. I just don’t know about these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ep010835 Posted December 6, 2018 Author #13 Share Posted December 6, 2018 3 hours ago, bemis12 said: Why should they bother spending so much on entertainment when people would be fascinated with a rope and a flag? Guess I’m not totally clear on exactly what you are saying. Would you elaborate lease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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