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Sincere thank you to all who have recently listened to the Splice the Main Brace Podcast and have followed the STMB FB Page !!! If you’re so inclined, please like and follow the podcast on your favorite podcast app. Also, liking the episodes will help the podcast get visibility. Spotify Link Apple Podcasts Link Please
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Very excited to share today’s episode with you all. Last week I had the opportunity to sit down with Harvey Morgan and spend almost two hours talking about his seven decades of sailing. As a charter member of the Ware River Yacht Club (www.wryc.org), Harvey grew up sailing his brother’s homemade dingy in the waters
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As I sit in our den writing this, I can’t help but feel both excited and apprehensive at the same time. It’s been a relatively quiet weekend, surprisingly. Tropical Storm Ophelia, or what was left of it, passed by our area yesterday and overnight. On Thursday the forecast sounded ominous. We were looking at the
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The passing of time onboard ship is marked by ringing of the ship’s bell. The bell is struck one time for each 30 minutes. Thus, the end of a standard four-hour watch is signified by the ringing of the ship’s bell eight times. Traditionally, the term eight bells has also come to represent the passing
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After a two-month delay, Episode 01 of the Splice the Main Brace Podcast has been posted to Spotify. Please visit this link to check it out. I’d love to hear back with feedback. Email Scott here. In this episode, Scott, Kevin and Chris spent four glorious days sailing from the Ware River Yacht Club (WRYC),
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Houston, Tranquility Base here, The Eagle has landed The very first episode of the Splice The Main Brace Podcast is up on Spotify! Follow the link here. Join Scott as he introduces the podcast, sort of introduces himself, sort of talks about where the podcast is going, and generally rambles for a while. Once again,
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Back in the days of square-rigged ships, splicing the main brace was a job so dangerous that only volunteers would be accepted for the work. The main brace was the largest of all lines used in rigging the ships. In battle, the main brace was sometimes shot out, putting the afflicted ship in mortal danger.
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