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Re: The shrinking St Michel III

From: <LHCommun~at~aol.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:44:35 EDT
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il

Jean-Jules Verne reports in his biography of JV that in 1879 the Saint-Michel
III "was almost lost when a three-master collided with her in a gale while at
anchor off Saint-Nazaire. The bowsprit and the bow were smashed...." But a
few lines later he says: "Fortunately, however, the damage was not serious."
In any event, this seems to pre-date the various measurements you've
discovered.

Larry Hughes
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Received on Tue 08 Jul 2003 - 16:46:14 IDT

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