Holy Pea Pods Batman... the Compression Crowned Dinghy ! So whos idea whar it to turns it upsides'n downwards o' stretch strings across its belly then matey ? argh argh argh.. curious ponderer. Ron Nossaman wrote: > > The defining moment came when a daring and innovative young shipwright's > apprentice built a small boat (against the better judgement of his boss) > using edge joined planking, thoroughly dried in a large kiln, and glued on > one side to thin flat ribs with a crowned keel on the opposite side, > perpendicular to the ribs. As the evening fog crept in, the assembly curved > into a rather convincing hull shape, to the accompaniment of much > celebration all around. When they tested it in the bay the next morning, > the thing continued curling until the gunwales met and it rolled over, > filling with water, and went straight to the bottom with it's crew, who > were unable to escape the rough equivalent of a large pea pod full of water. > > The newly unemployed apprentice shortly found work at a nearby piano > factory where his ideas were better received, and no lives were lost in the > implementation. > > To this day, there remains no documented instance of loss of life in the > utilization of this method of constructing piano soundboards, though the > cumulative aggravation backlog continues to mount. > > At any rate, that's the way I heard it. > --Ron N _______________________________________________ Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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