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Re:  The shrinking St Michel III

From: <Rfbagby~at~aol.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 09:02:25 -0400
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il (Jules Verne Forum)

Perhaps Verne stumbled on the opposite to the sailor's legend of "a sea where the ship grows like a man!" mentioned by Poe in MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE! ;-)
RF Bagby
In a message dated 7/8/2003 3:26:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, ithompson~at~geog.gla.ac.uk writes:

>When Verne bought the St Michel III in 1877 he insured it with
>Lloyd of London. In the 1880 Yacht Register of Lloyd's Register of
>British and Foreign Shipping, she is recorded as having a length of
>107.3 feet. The 1884 Register gives a length of 101.3 feet and in
>1887, by which time ownership had passed to the Prince of
>Montenegro with a home port of Cattaro, the registered length was
>only 98.5 feet. It is known that in 1881 the bowsprit was dismantled
>to pass through the Kiel Canal (presumably a temporary measure)
>but one wonders how the vessel managed to shrink by nearly 8%
>in 7 years.
>Ian Thompson.
>
Received on Tue 08 Jul 2003 - 16:05:40 IDT

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