[Rhodes22-list] furling sails

[Bill Effros]

Very well done.  Thanks.

Bill Effros

Mark Metzler wrote:

>Hi folks,
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>This was passed on to me recently and I thought the list might find it
>amusing:
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>"And on the eighth day God created roller furling, and
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>He saw that it was
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>good." So begins the Book of Jib, a little known book
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>in the Bible, in
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>which God cast His gaze down from the heavens and
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>beheld the labours of
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>the many sailors as they raised and lowered and, with
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>great difficulty,
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>flaked their headsails, always in a grassy area which
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>was supposed to be
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>free of the droppings left by the dogs of Hell but
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>never was found to be
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>so.
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>"God then took pity on the humble workers of the
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>foredeck and inspired
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>His prophets Harken, Schaefer, Hood, and Profurl." To
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>these He gave
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>insight so that they might develop a device which
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>would lessen the
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>burden. For many years did the men of the sea rejoice
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>at their newfound
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>innovation. But soon they forgot that the miracle of
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>roller furling was a
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>gift from God and instead began to believe it of their
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>own making. They
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>added automatic motors, and applied it to the mainsail
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>as well, which
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>constituted a breech of ancient law, the manual
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>hoisting and lowering of
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>the mainsail being a sacrament. They furled sails
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>hither and yon, inside
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>the mast or the boom, trying to hide the shameful
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>practice from the eyes
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>of God.
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> 
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>God, being then displeased with the arrogance of man,
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>jammed the furling
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>units, leaving the sails exposed to the gales, which
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>tore at them and
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>made the sailors cry and gnash their teeth. The
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>sailors brought down
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>their tattered rags from aloft, and with heads hung
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>low did take them to
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>the sail maker, whose prices soared higher than the
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>stars in the
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>firmament. And with a mighty shout their checking
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>accounts were laid to
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>waste. The sailors did then beseech redemption. "From
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>this day forward we
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>shall flake our mainsails and mizzens about the boom
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>like men!" And God
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>saw that it was good
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>
>
>Mark Metzler
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>(your friendly neighborhood lurker)
>
>**still looking for a good Rhodes22 for sale in or near the mid-Atlantic states**
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