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Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2006 06:38 pm

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I am not a sailing boat person by any measure. However I have a question that maybe someone can help me with. The liner RMS Titanic had 30ft. main lifeboats which were equipped with sails. From photos we know that the were of the single mast standing lug rig type. On the aftmost thwart there were two wooden structure that I'm wondering about. The attached photo shows the top of the thwart and these two structures. I suspect that they are some kind of fairlead or cleat but I just don't know their exact name or function. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Bob Read

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Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2006 12:45 pm

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Here is the photo from which the enlarged cropped area in my previous question was taken. The file is large (1.5 meg) that's why I can't attach it and am providing this link: http://webpages.charter.net/bpread/photos/Lifeboat%2003.jpg

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Bob Read

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