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Re: Re(3) Cat-heads...

To: Tom Tweed <ak627@dayton.wright.edu>
Subject: Re: Re(3) Cat-heads...
From: Sholtes IV <joeiv@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 21:18:25 -0700
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <9610232309.AA28470@dayton.wright.edu>
Tom,


    Taken in that context(nautical) a "Cat's Head" is like a bowsprit,
in that it is a forward projecting beam, located at the bow. Unlike a
bowsprit, however, in that its primary function is for supporting the
anchor while under weigh, ye landlubber, ye....





                             JOE IV
                             TR 250
                      WALLINGFORD, CT. USA


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