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Post by sarah on Apr 30, 2014 7:23:54 GMT
Hello All,
For a few days I have been tourmented by a memory of " feathering a sail". After a battle the ship has been holed in the hull, and Hornblower has the ship's sailmaster "feather a sail" to be placed on the hole as a temporary measure till she can be beached. Does anyone remember the scene? The book? I have started searching for it but haven't got it right yet.. Please help!!
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Post by Sharpiefan on Apr 30, 2014 14:13:10 GMT
'Fothering' a sail; it's in the very very first episode (The Even Chance or The Duel - title varies depending on whether you're British or American.) I think it's somewhere at or after the halfway mark; it's definitely after he's transferred to the Indy and Pellew puts him in charge of sailing the Marie Gallante back to "England - it's a big damp foggy island nor'nor'east of Ushant. Think you can find it, boy?"
SF
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Post by QueueMistressMags on Apr 30, 2014 16:25:26 GMT
"Come on ladies! You're not sewing your petticoats!" - Matthews <3
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Post by sarah on May 1, 2014 3:38:02 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by DianeGretnaGreen on May 12, 2014 15:09:36 GMT
15 years of Hornblower and I'm still learning things!
Thanks for taking note of this, Sarah.
Yours Aye,
Diane
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Post by vixie on May 21, 2014 10:10:22 GMT
While we're on sails, does anyone remember the scene where they drop a sail into the water to slow the ship? I remember one scene in the film series where they turn the ship with a dropped anchor, but perhaps what I am thinking of is in the books?
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Post by Phizz on May 21, 2014 12:31:05 GMT
I think that's in one of the books ... don't remember which one!
~Phizz
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Post by Sharpiefan on Jul 18, 2014 20:36:28 GMT
Hello All, For a few days I have been tourmented by a memory of " feathering a sail". After a battle the ship has been holed in the hull, and Hornblower has the ship's sailmaster "feather a sail" to be placed on the hole as a temporary measure till she can be beached. Does anyone remember the scene? The book? I have started searching for it but haven't got it right yet.. Please help!! It's about 55 minutes into the very first Hornblower TV movie, The Even Chance/The Duel. (Am watching and screencapping - you want to start watching from about the 53 minute mark, I think, though.) SF |
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Post by DianeGretnaGreen on Jul 19, 2014 14:34:46 GMT
Is that the scene where they use a sail to cover the hole in the MARIA GALANTE? Will look again in the meantime.
Yours Aye,
Diane
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Post by Phizz on Jul 19, 2014 15:33:20 GMT
Yes.
~Phizz
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Post by vixie on Aug 2, 2014 19:05:30 GMT
The first, yes, but the sail I meant - I meant the lowering of a spread sail into the water to make enough drag at the stern to turn it quickly....
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Post by Sharpiefan on Aug 2, 2014 21:28:50 GMT
There's a different technical term for that, though I can't remember what it is. I think it's in the book Hornblower and the Hotspur somewhere, though doubtless someone will correct me if I'm wrong? Fothering a sail is preparing a sail in order to patch a hole, which is why I thought you'd meant that bit in the very first episode.
The incident or something similar, though not this actual solution, is shown in Loyalty - I don't think they show anywhere onscreen a sea-anchor (which is what this mounts to) or any other form of drag being applied in this way.
SF
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Post by merrysailor on Oct 9, 2015 2:59:01 GMT
Are you referring to a 'sea anchor' (using a sail underwater to slow or turn the ship)
or the method of 'club hauling' (in which an anchor is dropped over one side to rapidly turn the ship, then is cut away)?
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