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[JoeP]

In the case of the Cal 20 the aft lowers are taking a lot of abuse they were not originally intended to take. Class rules allow a rocking mast step which allows the mast to move forward when running in order to allow slack in the forestay so the jib can project out further away from the main sail (no chutes allowed for class racing). This means the aft lowers are rigged really really slack. Scary slack when I first saw it. Coming around the weather mark the backstay is released and the mast falls forward and is brought up short by the lowers. In any type of light wind with slop the rig slams forward quite a bit so the aft lowers need to be tied into the hull to help absorb the extra loading.

How'd we drift so far from books?

[Blackbird]

It's delivery time and I've been looking for some reading ideas. Thanks, gents! I'm certain that people of such impeccable taste won't steer me wrong, literarily.
I might add another from Farley Mowat: The Serpent's Coil, about a deep sea salvage tug. Excellent read.
I have a bunch of Conrad cued up to re-read.
Melanie Neale's (Tom's daughter) new book is on my list, too.
I'll be going through and downloading a bunch of your suggestions, too.
I have a nice library at home, and I love books. But the best purchase I've made in the last few years is an iPad. Not only do I use it for navigation, but it saves me packing about 50 lbs of books when I go on a delivery.

[Cherie320]

I was reading a bit of pulp and the plot had a group of sailors who had been shanghied into service facing the possibility of hanging if they escaped because leaving the ship was mutiny. Now, does any one know if this is just a good story line or the true state of maritime law in the 1800s. Pat

[cavelamb]

I was reading a bit of pulp and the plot had a group of sailors who had been shanghied into service facing the possibility of hanging if they escaped because leaving the ship was mutiny. Now, does any one know if this is just a good story line or the true state of maritime law in the 1800s. Pat

Mutiny almost always carried a death sentence.
As did most nautical crimes...
death or such punishment as dictated by the laws and traditions of the sea.



Preamble to the 1749 revision

That, for the regulating and better government of his Majesty's navies, ships of war, and forces by sea, whereon, under the good providence of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of this kingdom chiefly depend; be it enacted by the king's most excellent Majesty that from and after the 25th day of December, 1749, the articles herein following, as well in time of peace as in time of war, shall be duly observed and put in execution, in manner herein after mentioned.

Article 1
All commanders, captains, and officers shall cause the public worship of Almighty God according to the liturgy of the Church of England established by law to be solemnly, orderly, and reverently performed in their respective ships; and shall take care that prayers and preaching be performed diligently by a chaplain in holy orders, and that the Lord's Day be observed according to law.

Article 2
All flag officers and all persons belong to His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, being guilty of profane oaths, cursing, excretions, drunkenness, uncleanness, or other scandalous actions, in derogation of God's honour, and corruption of good manners shall incur such punishment as a court martial shall think fit to impose, and as the nature and degree of their offence shall deserve.

Article 3
If any officer, mariner, soldier, or other person of the fleet, shall give, hold, or entertain intelligence to or with any enemy or rebel, without leave from the king's majesty, or the lord high admiral, or the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral, Commander-in-Chief, or his commanding officer, every such person so offending, and being thereof convicted by the sentence of a court martial, shall be punished with death.

Article 4
If any letter of message from any enemy or rebel, be conveyed to any officer, mariner, or soldier or other in the fleet, and the said officer, mariner, or soldier, or other as aforesaid, shall not, within twelve hours, having opportunity so to do, acquaint his superior or a commanding officer, or if any superior officer being acquainted therewith, shall not in convenient time reveal the same to the commander in chief of the squadron, every such person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall be punished with death, or such other punishment as the nature and degree of the offence shall deserve, and the court martial shall impose.

Article 5
All spies, and all persons whatsoever, who shall come, or be found, in the nature of spies, to bring or deliver any seducing letters or messages from any enemy or rebel, or endeavor to corrupt any captain, officer, mariner, or other in the fleet, to betray his trust, being convicted of any such offence by the sentence of the court martial, shall be punished with death, or such other punishment, as the nature and degree of the offence shall deserve, and the court martial shall impose.

Article 6
No person in the fleet shall give an enemy or rebel money, victuals, powder, shot, arms, ammunition, or any other supplies, directly or indirectly, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as the court martial shall think fit to impose, and as the nature and degree of the crime shall deserve.

Article 7
All the papers, charter parties, bills of lading, passports, and other writings whatsoever, that shall be taken, seized, or found aboard any ship or ships which shall be surprised or taken as prize, shall be duly preserved, and the very originals shall by the commanding officer of the ship which shall take such prize, be sent entirely, and without fraud, to the court of the admiralty, who will be authorized to determine whether such prize be lawful capture, there to be viewed, made use of, and proceeded upon according to law, upon pain that every person offending herein, shall forfeit and lose his share of the capture, and shall suffer such further punishment, as the nature and degree of his offence shall be found to deserve, and the court martial shall impose.

Article 8
No person in or belonging to the fleet shall take out of any prize, or ship seized for prize, any money, plate, or goods, unless it shall be necessary for the better securing thereof, or for the necessary use and service of any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, before the same be adjudged lawful prize in some admiralty court; but the full and entire account of the whole, without embezzlement, shall be brought in, and judgment passed entirely upon the whole without fraud, upon pain that every person offending herein shall forfeit and lose his share of the capture, and suffer such further punishment as shall be imposed by a court martial, or such court of admiralty, according to the nature and degree of the offence.

Article 9
If any ship or vessel be taken as prize, none of the officers, mariners, or other persons on board her, shall be stripped of their clothes, or in any sort pillaged, beaten, or evil-entreated, upon the pain that the person or persons so offending, shall be liable to such punishment as a court martial shall think fit to inflict.

Article 10
Every flag officer, captain and commander in the fleet, who, upon signal or order of fight, or sight of any ship or ships which it may be his duty to engage, or who, upon likelihood of engagement, shall not make the necessary preparations for fight, and shall not in his own person, and according to his place, encourage the inferior officers and men to fight courageously, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as from the nature and degree of the offence a court martial shall deem him to deserve; and if any person in the fleet shall treacherously or cowardly yield or cry for quarter, every person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 11
Every person in the fleet, who shall not duly observe the orders of the admiral, flag officer, commander of any squadron or division, or other superior officer, for assailing, joining battle with, or making defence against any fleet, squadron, or ship, or shall not obey the orders of his superior officer as aforesaid in the time of action, to the best of his power, or shall not use all possible endeavors to put the same effectually into execution, every person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as from the nature and degree of the offence a court martial shall deem him to deserve.

Article 12
Every person in the fleet, who through cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall in time of action withdraw or keep back, or not come into the fight or engagement, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every ship which it shall be his duty to engage, and to assist and relieve all of His Majesty's ships, or those of his allies, which it shall be his duty to assist and relieve, every such person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 13
Every person in the fleet, who though cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall forbear to pursue the chase of any enemy, pirate or rebel, beaten or flying; or shall not relieve or assist a known friend in view to the utmost of his power; being convicted of any such offence by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 14
If when action, or any service shall be commanded, any person in the fleet shall presume or to delay or discourage the said action or service, upon pretence of arrears of wages, or upon any pretence whatsoever, every person so offending, being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as from the nature and degree of the offence a court martial shall deem him to deserve.

Article 15
Every person in or belonging to the fleet, who shall desert to the enemy, pirate, or rebel, or run away with any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, or any ordnance, ammunition, stores, or provision belonging thereto, to the weakening of the service, or yield up the same cowardly or treacherously to the enemy, pirate, or rebel, being convicted of any such offence by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 16
Every person in or belonging to the fleet, who shall desert or entice others so to do, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as the circumstances of the offence shall deserve, and a court martial shall judge fit. If any commanding officer of any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war shall receive or entertain a deserter from any other of His Majesty's ships or vessels, after discovering him to be such deserter, and shall not with all convenient speed give notice to the captain of the ship or vessel to which such deserter belongs; or if the said ships or vessels are at any considerable distance from each other, to the secretary of the admiralty, or to the commander in chief; every person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall be cashiered.

Article 17
The officers and seamen of all ships appointed for convoy and guard of merchant ships, shall diligently attend upon that charge, without delay, according to their instructions; and whosoever shall be faulty therein, and shall not faithfully perform their duty, and defend the ships and goods in their convoy, without either diverting to other parts or occasions, or refusing or neglecting to fight in their defence, if they be assailed, or running away cowardly, and submitting the ships in their convoy to peril and hazard; or shall demand or exact any money or other reward from any merchant or master for convoying any ships or vessels entrusted to their care, or shall misuse the masters or mariners thereof; shall be condemned to make reparation of the damage to the merchants, owners, and others, as the court of admiralty shall adjudge, and also be punished criminally according to the quality of their offences, be it by pains of death, or other punishment, according as shall be judged fit by the court martial.

Article 18
If any captain, commander, or other officer of any of His Majesty's ships or vessels, shall receive on board, or permit to be received on board such ship or vessel, any goods or merchandise whatsoever, other than for the sole use of the ship or vessel, except gold, silver, or jewels, and except the goods and merchandise belonging to any merchant, or other ship or vessel which may be shipwrecked, or in imminent danger of being shipwrecked, either on the high seas, or in any port, creek, or harbor, in order to the preserving them for their proper owners, and except such goods or merchandise as he shall at any time be ordered to take or receive on board by order of the lord high admiral of Great Britain, or the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral for the time being; every person so offending, being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial shall be cashiered, and be for ever afterwards rendered incapable to serve in any place or office in the naval service of His Majesty, his heirs and successors.

Article 19
If any person in or belonging to the fleet shall make or endeavor to make any mutinous assembly upon any pretence whatsoever, every person offending herein, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death. If any person in or belonging to the fleet shall utter any words of sedition or mutiny, he shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court martial shall deem him to deserve. If any officer, mariner, or soldier on or belonging to the fleet, shall behave himself with contempt to his superior officer, being in the execution of his office, he shall be punished according to the nature of his offence by the judgment of a court martial.

Article 20
If any person in the fleet shall conceal any traitorous or mutinous practice or design, being convicted thereof by the sentence of a court martial, he shall suffer death, or any other punishment as a court martial shall think fit; and if any person, in or belonging to the fleet, shall conceal any traitorous or mutinous words spoken by any, to the prejudice of His Majesty or government, or any words, practice, or design, tending to the hindrance of the service, and shall not forthwith reveal the same to the commanding officer, or being present at any mutiny or sedition, shall not use his utmost endeavours to suppress the same, he shall be punished as a court martial shall think he deserves.

Article 21
If any person in the fleet shall find cause of complaint of the unwholesomeness of the victual, or upon other just ground, he shall quietly make the same known to his superior, as the occasion may deserve, that such present remedy may be had as the matter may require; and the said superior, shall, as far as he is able, cause the same to be presently remedied; and no person in the fleet, upon any such or other pretence, shall attempt to stir up any disturbance, upon pain of such punishment, as a court martial shall think fit to inflict, according to the degree of the offence.

Article 22
If any officer, mariner, soldier or other person in the fleet, shall strike any of his superior officers, or draw, or offer to draw, or lift up any weapon against him, being in the execution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, every such person being convicted of any such offence, by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death. If any officer, mariner, soldier or other person in the fleet, shall presume to quarrel with any of his superior officers, being in the execution of his office, or shall disobey any lawful command of any of his superior officers; every such person being convicted of any such offence, by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as shall, according to the nature and degree of his offence, be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court martial.

Article 23
If any person in the fleet shall quarrel or fight with any other person in the fleet, or use reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures, tending to make any quarrel or disturbance, he shall, upon being convicted thereof, suffer such punishment as the offence shall deserve, and a court martial shall impose.

Article 24
There shall be no wasteful expense of any powder, shot, ammunition, or other stores in the fleet, nor any embezzlement thereof, but the stores and provisions shall be carefully preserved, upon pain of such punishment to be inflicted upon the offenders, abettors, buyers and receivers (being persons subject to naval discipline) as shall be by a court martial found just in that behalf.

Article 25
Every person in the fleet, who shall unlawfully burn or set fire to any magazine or store of powder, or ship, boat, ketch, hoy, or vessel, or tackle or furniture thereunto belonging, not then appertaining to an enemy, pirate, or rebel, being convicted of any such offence, by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 26
Care shall be taken in the conducting and steering of any of His Majesty's ships, that through willfulness, negligence, or other defaults, no ship be stranded, or run upon any rocks or sands, or split or hazarded, upon pain, that such as shall be found guilty therein, be punished by death, or such other punishment, as the offence by a court martial shall be judged to deserve.

Article 27
No person in or belonging to the fleet shall sleep on his watch, or negligently perform the duty imposed on him, or forsake his station, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as a court martial shall think fit to impose, and as the circumstances of the case shall require.

Article 28
All murders committed by any person in the fleet, shall be punished with death by the sentence of a court martial.

Article 29
If any person in the fleet shall commit the unnatural and detestable sin of buggery and sodomy with man or beast, he shall be punished with death by the sentence of a court martial.

Article 30
All robbery committed by any person in the fleet, shall be punished with death, or otherwise, as a court martial, upon consideration of the circumstances, shall find meet.

Article 31
Every officer or other person in the fleet, who shall knowingly make or sign a false muster or muster book, or who shall command, counsel, or procure the making or signing thereof, or who shall aid or abet any other person in the making or signing thereof, shall, upon proof of any such offence being made before a court martial, be cashiered, and rendered incapable of further employment in His Majesty's naval service.

Article 32
No Provost Marshal belonging to the fleet shall refuse to apprehend any criminal, whom he shall be authorized by legal warrant to apprehend, or to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge, or willfully suffer him to escape, being once in his custody, or dismiss him without lawful order, upon pain of such punishment as a court martial shall deem him fit to deserve; and all captains, officers, and others in the fleet, shall do their endeavour to detect, apprehend, and bring to punishment all offenders, and shall assist the officers appointed for that purpose therein, upon pain of being proceeded against, and punished by a court martial, according to the nature and degree of the offence.

Article 33
If any flag officer, captain, or commander, or lieutenant belonging to the fleet, shall be convicted before a court martial of behaving in a scandalous, infamous, cruel, oppressive, or fraudulent manner, unbecoming the character of an officer, he shall be dismissed from His Majesty's service.

Article 34
Every person being in actual service and full pay, and part of the crew in or belonging to any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, who shall be guilty of mutiny, desertion, or disobedience to any lawful command, in any part of His Majesty's dominions on shore, when in actual service relative to the fleet, shall be liable to be tried by a court martial, and suffer the like punishment for every such offence, as if the same had been committed at sea on board any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war.

Article 35
If any person who shall be in the actual service and full pay of His Majesty' ships and vessels of war, shall commit upon the shore, in any place or places out of His Majesty's dominions, any of the crimes punishable by these articles and orders, the person so offending shall be liable to be tried and punished for the same, in like manner, to all intents and purposes, as if the same crimes had been committed at sea, on board any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war.

Article 36
All other crimes not capital committed by any person or persons in the fleet, which are not mentioned in this act, or for which no punishment is hereby directed to be inflicted, shall be punished by the laws and customs in such cases used at sea.

[Cherie320]

Cavelamb - that detail well covers the military aspect, but what about non-military vessels? The concept of a military press gang is similar to a military draft for the public good, maybe. The concept of being Shanghaied is more along the lines of kidnapping, for the good of only the merchant ship owner or captain. Did maritime law not differentiate? I'm wondering if folks, once off shore, were faced with signing on or swimming home. And once they had signed, leaving was mutiny. Pat

[JoeP]

I think that on commercial vessels at that time crew signed on voluntarily in most cases and were free to leave at any port the ship touched. There were undoubtedly unscrupulous captains or ship owners who shanghaied crew but I don't know the legal ramifications of that practice. It's an interesting question though.

[cavelamb]

Pat,
That's a tougher subject to research.
The word itself, Shanghai", is a euphemism for kidnapping, usually with the use of liquor or drugs.
The "press gang" (or modern draft for that matter) is done under blessing of national law.

Without such law to give these kidnapping "legality", it looks an awful lot like, well, kidnapping.

My impression from all I read is that such activities are still happening today, but not in the
maritime industry (see end of below) but for forced labor in mostly garment and sex trades
(where it is highly illegal).

Anyway, best I can turn up on this...

quote:
Unfortunately, European law from the Middle Ages up to the 1800s allowed for men to be virtually
enslaved to businesses and the military. Financial slavery was the most common form: by not paying
sailors until the voyage’s end, and forcing them to “borrow” money to buy necessities, captains kept
their crews in debt and thus in servitude.

“Impressment” was the military version. “Press gangs” of thugs intimidated men on the street into
joining the military. The British navy’s impressment of American sailors was a major justification
for the War of 1812. (Pat, again military but pressing sailors of another nation!)

As impressments waned, shanghaiing began, with its glory days running from about 1850 to 1920.

Kidnappers known as “crimps” could earn $30 or more per head for providing men (sailors or not)
for merchant ship crews. The practice was so called because many West Coast ships indeed headed
for Shanghai in the booming days of the Asian trade; plus, it sounded remote. (East Coast victims
were more likely to wind up on a local oyster boat.)

Crimps of both sexes and all ethnicities ran saloons, casinos, boarding houses and similar businesses
that provided lots of victims. Typically, shanghaiing involved drugging (usually with opium-laced liquor)
and/or cold-cocking the victim before dragging him onto a ship, where he would wake up too late.

Portland, Oregon and San Francisco were the shanghai capitals of the US. Portland has a network of
tunnels form the period that were used, in part, to transport shanghaied victims to ships from
trapdoors in saloon floors. (There’s now a tunnel tour that exaggerates the lurid aspects.)

San Francisco boasted James “Shanghai” Kelly, the “King of the Crimps,” who reportedly staged an
open party with free (opium-laced) booze, thus shanghaiing 100 sailors. Super-crimp James Laflin,
who bought victims from other crimps, actually kept an account book. It shows that in only four years
of his 50-year career, he bought and sold more than 6,000 men.

Despite the scale and infamy of this hideous business, corrupt politicians looked the other way.
(Some crimps even became California state legislators.) Meanwhile, naïve and desperate men
continued to flood the waterfronts.

Shanghaied men usually served at least a year aboard ship. They might then be paid. Or they might
be handed back to a crimp for a cut of the profit.

Shanghaiing indeed generated desertions and mutinies galore, though many of them were stopped
by violence. The law generally favored the captain, not the crew.

Unions and federal legislation attacked shanghaiing, but most historians of the subject agree it was
killed mostly by the rise of the steamship, which required a specially trained crew.


Some further information:
http://www.greatwestbooks.com/shapage.htm

[Cherie320]

Cave - very interesting reading. Thank you very much for the information. I had never heard of the tunnel tour. That's one to add to the list, although I may have to take it without the Admiral. Pat

[BeauV]

Well, this isn't a "Book", but in this era of reading books on iPads and Kindels and watching movies on 'em too I think it goes here.

A couple of nights ago we watched "Chasing Mavericks", a surf movie that is sort of a combination of the Karate Kid and Endless Summer. It's about Jay Moriarty (SP?), a legend around Santa Cruz, who was one of the first to really tame the gigantic waves at Mavericks.

For those of you who aren't surfers, Santa Cruz has a long history of bending the limits on bigger and bigger waves and building surfboards that can ride them. Much of what pushed the move to ULDB sailboats in the '70s in Santa Cruz was the serendipitous combination of a lot of surfers who had amazing skills with foam and fiberglass, a couple of great boat designers in Lee, Olson, Schumacher who were interested in pushing the limits, and a population of locals who would buy any crazy boat as long as it would carve waves and really SURF!

This movie is no Academy Award Winner, but it's a good watch and give a pretty accurate feel for the place. The shots of the waves and the various locations, like Lighthouse Pt., Pleasure Pt., the Hook, Mavericks, 3-mile beach and many others are the way it really looks and reminded the Admiral and me of why we live here. Quite the scenery for sailing, bike riding, sitting on one's ass, all the important things in life.

BV

[kimbottles]

Beau, how deep is Santa Cruz Harbor?

I want to have a back up plan when things get too cold up here.

[BeauV]

Beau, how deep is Santa Cruz Harbor?

I want to have a back up plan when things get too cold up here.

Kim,

Iside the harbor it's at least 14' at MLW in almost every place. There are some shallow bits but you could avoid them easily. The issue is the bar that forms at the entrance. As each big storm moves through in the winter it takes sand from the NW of the harbor and builds a bar across the entrance. The dredge crew then starts digging and moving the sand to the beach to the SE of the harbor. As a result, if we get two or three storms in a row the entrance might only have 5-6 feet at MLW for a couple of weeks. More importantly, when a storm arrives while the entrance is shallow it'll break pretty big (kids surf right across the entrance).

If you need to get in/out at all times, which most of us don't in the winter, Monterey Marina has room and is deeper. But the sailing is much better in Santa Cruz

Chart, Santa Cruz Harbor is in the upper right: http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/18685.shtml

[Tigger]

Modern Day Regulations, from the Current Canadian National Defense Act ...

Misconduct of Commanders in Presence of Enemy
Marginal note:Offences by commanders when in action

73. Every officer in command of a vessel, aircraft, defence establishment, unit or other element of the Canadian Forces who

(a) when under orders to carry out an operation of war or on coming into contact with an enemy that it is the duty of the officer to engage, does not use his utmost exertion to bring the officers and non-commissioned members under his command or his vessel, aircraft or other materiel into action,

(b) being in action, does not, during the action, in the officer’s own person and according to the rank of the officer, encourage his officers and non-commissioned members to fight courageously,

(c) when capable of making a successful defence, surrenders his vessel, aircraft, defence establishment, materiel, unit or other element of the Canadian Forces to the enemy,

(d) being in action, improperly withdraws from the action,

(e) improperly fails to pursue an enemy or to consolidate a position gained,

(f) improperly fails to relieve or assist a known friend to the utmost of his power, or

(g) when in action, improperly forsakes his station,

is guilty of an offence and on conviction, if the officer acted traitorously, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life, if the officer acted from cowardice, is liable to imprisonment for life or less punishment, and in any other case, is liable to dismissal with disgrace from Her Majesty’s service or to less punishment.

[cavelamb]

"Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and arms I fly.

True, a new mistress now I chase,
The first foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith embrace
A sword, a horse, a shield.

Yet this inconstancy is such
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
Loved I not Honour more."

~ Richard Lovelace, "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars"

[cap10ed]

I was reading a bit of pulp and the plot had a group of sailors who had been shanghied into service facing the possibility of hanging if they escaped because leaving the ship was mutiny. Now, does any one know if this is just a good story line or the true state of maritime law in the 1800s. Pat

Don’t give any more ideas to Kim. He should find his crew the old fashioned way.At the bar.LOL


Mutiny almost always carried a death sentence.
As did most nautical crimes...
death or such punishment as dictated by the laws and traditions of the sea.



Preamble to the 1749 revision

That, for the regulating and better government of his Majesty's navies, ships of war, and forces by sea, whereon, under the good providence of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of this kingdom chiefly depend; be it enacted by the king's most excellent Majesty that from and after the 25th day of December, 1749, the articles herein following, as well in time of peace as in time of war, shall be duly observed and put in execution, in manner herein after mentioned.

Article 1
All commanders, captains, and officers shall cause the public worship of Almighty God according to the liturgy of the Church of England established by law to be solemnly, orderly, and reverently performed in their respective ships; and shall take care that prayers and preaching be performed diligently by a chaplain in holy orders, and that the Lord's Day be observed according to law.

Article 2
All flag officers and all persons belong to His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, being guilty of profane oaths, cursing, excretions, drunkenness, uncleanness, or other scandalous actions, in derogation of God's honour, and corruption of good manners shall incur such punishment as a court martial shall think fit to impose, and as the nature and degree of their offence shall deserve.

Article 3
If any officer, mariner, soldier, or other person of the fleet, shall give, hold, or entertain intelligence to or with any enemy or rebel, without leave from the king's majesty, or the lord high admiral, or the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral, Commander-in-Chief, or his commanding officer, every such person so offending, and being thereof convicted by the sentence of a court martial, shall be punished with death.

Article 4
If any letter of message from any enemy or rebel, be conveyed to any officer, mariner, or soldier or other in the fleet, and the said officer, mariner, or soldier, or other as aforesaid, shall not, within twelve hours, having opportunity so to do, acquaint his superior or a commanding officer, or if any superior officer being acquainted therewith, shall not in convenient time reveal the same to the commander in chief of the squadron, every such person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall be punished with death, or such other punishment as the nature and degree of the offence shall deserve, and the court martial shall impose.

Article 5
All spies, and all persons whatsoever, who shall come, or be found, in the nature of spies, to bring or deliver any seducing letters or messages from any enemy or rebel, or endeavor to corrupt any captain, officer, mariner, or other in the fleet, to betray his trust, being convicted of any such offence by the sentence of the court martial, shall be punished with death, or such other punishment, as the nature and degree of the offence shall deserve, and the court martial shall impose.

Article 6
No person in the fleet shall give an enemy or rebel money, victuals, powder, shot, arms, ammunition, or any other supplies, directly or indirectly, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as the court martial shall think fit to impose, and as the nature and degree of the crime shall deserve.

Article 7
All the papers, charter parties, bills of lading, passports, and other writings whatsoever, that shall be taken, seized, or found aboard any ship or ships which shall be surprised or taken as prize, shall be duly preserved, and the very originals shall by the commanding officer of the ship which shall take such prize, be sent entirely, and without fraud, to the court of the admiralty, who will be authorized to determine whether such prize be lawful capture, there to be viewed, made use of, and proceeded upon according to law, upon pain that every person offending herein, shall forfeit and lose his share of the capture, and shall suffer such further punishment, as the nature and degree of his offence shall be found to deserve, and the court martial shall impose.

Article 8
No person in or belonging to the fleet shall take out of any prize, or ship seized for prize, any money, plate, or goods, unless it shall be necessary for the better securing thereof, or for the necessary use and service of any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, before the same be adjudged lawful prize in some admiralty court; but the full and entire account of the whole, without embezzlement, shall be brought in, and judgment passed entirely upon the whole without fraud, upon pain that every person offending herein shall forfeit and lose his share of the capture, and suffer such further punishment as shall be imposed by a court martial, or such court of admiralty, according to the nature and degree of the offence.

Article 9
If any ship or vessel be taken as prize, none of the officers, mariners, or other persons on board her, shall be stripped of their clothes, or in any sort pillaged, beaten, or evil-entreated, upon the pain that the person or persons so offending, shall be liable to such punishment as a court martial shall think fit to inflict.

Article 10
Every flag officer, captain and commander in the fleet, who, upon signal or order of fight, or sight of any ship or ships which it may be his duty to engage, or who, upon likelihood of engagement, shall not make the necessary preparations for fight, and shall not in his own person, and according to his place, encourage the inferior officers and men to fight courageously, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as from the nature and degree of the offence a court martial shall deem him to deserve; and if any person in the fleet shall treacherously or cowardly yield or cry for quarter, every person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 11
Every person in the fleet, who shall not duly observe the orders of the admiral, flag officer, commander of any squadron or division, or other superior officer, for assailing, joining battle with, or making defence against any fleet, squadron, or ship, or shall not obey the orders of his superior officer as aforesaid in the time of action, to the best of his power, or shall not use all possible endeavors to put the same effectually into execution, every person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as from the nature and degree of the offence a court martial shall deem him to deserve.

Article 12
Every person in the fleet, who through cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall in time of action withdraw or keep back, or not come into the fight or engagement, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every ship which it shall be his duty to engage, and to assist and relieve all of His Majesty's ships, or those of his allies, which it shall be his duty to assist and relieve, every such person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 13
Every person in the fleet, who though cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall forbear to pursue the chase of any enemy, pirate or rebel, beaten or flying; or shall not relieve or assist a known friend in view to the utmost of his power; being convicted of any such offence by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 14
If when action, or any service shall be commanded, any person in the fleet shall presume or to delay or discourage the said action or service, upon pretence of arrears of wages, or upon any pretence whatsoever, every person so offending, being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as from the nature and degree of the offence a court martial shall deem him to deserve.

Article 15
Every person in or belonging to the fleet, who shall desert to the enemy, pirate, or rebel, or run away with any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, or any ordnance, ammunition, stores, or provision belonging thereto, to the weakening of the service, or yield up the same cowardly or treacherously to the enemy, pirate, or rebel, being convicted of any such offence by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 16
Every person in or belonging to the fleet, who shall desert or entice others so to do, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as the circumstances of the offence shall deserve, and a court martial shall judge fit. If any commanding officer of any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war shall receive or entertain a deserter from any other of His Majesty's ships or vessels, after discovering him to be such deserter, and shall not with all convenient speed give notice to the captain of the ship or vessel to which such deserter belongs; or if the said ships or vessels are at any considerable distance from each other, to the secretary of the admiralty, or to the commander in chief; every person so offending, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall be cashiered.

Article 17
The officers and seamen of all ships appointed for convoy and guard of merchant ships, shall diligently attend upon that charge, without delay, according to their instructions; and whosoever shall be faulty therein, and shall not faithfully perform their duty, and defend the ships and goods in their convoy, without either diverting to other parts or occasions, or refusing or neglecting to fight in their defence, if they be assailed, or running away cowardly, and submitting the ships in their convoy to peril and hazard; or shall demand or exact any money or other reward from any merchant or master for convoying any ships or vessels entrusted to their care, or shall misuse the masters or mariners thereof; shall be condemned to make reparation of the damage to the merchants, owners, and others, as the court of admiralty shall adjudge, and also be punished criminally according to the quality of their offences, be it by pains of death, or other punishment, according as shall be judged fit by the court martial.

Article 18
If any captain, commander, or other officer of any of His Majesty's ships or vessels, shall receive on board, or permit to be received on board such ship or vessel, any goods or merchandise whatsoever, other than for the sole use of the ship or vessel, except gold, silver, or jewels, and except the goods and merchandise belonging to any merchant, or other ship or vessel which may be shipwrecked, or in imminent danger of being shipwrecked, either on the high seas, or in any port, creek, or harbor, in order to the preserving them for their proper owners, and except such goods or merchandise as he shall at any time be ordered to take or receive on board by order of the lord high admiral of Great Britain, or the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral for the time being; every person so offending, being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial shall be cashiered, and be for ever afterwards rendered incapable to serve in any place or office in the naval service of His Majesty, his heirs and successors.

Article 19
If any person in or belonging to the fleet shall make or endeavor to make any mutinous assembly upon any pretence whatsoever, every person offending herein, and being convicted thereof by the sentence of the court martial, shall suffer death. If any person in or belonging to the fleet shall utter any words of sedition or mutiny, he shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court martial shall deem him to deserve. If any officer, mariner, or soldier on or belonging to the fleet, shall behave himself with contempt to his superior officer, being in the execution of his office, he shall be punished according to the nature of his offence by the judgment of a court martial.

Article 20
If any person in the fleet shall conceal any traitorous or mutinous practice or design, being convicted thereof by the sentence of a court martial, he shall suffer death, or any other punishment as a court martial shall think fit; and if any person, in or belonging to the fleet, shall conceal any traitorous or mutinous words spoken by any, to the prejudice of His Majesty or government, or any words, practice, or design, tending to the hindrance of the service, and shall not forthwith reveal the same to the commanding officer, or being present at any mutiny or sedition, shall not use his utmost endeavours to suppress the same, he shall be punished as a court martial shall think he deserves.

Article 21
If any person in the fleet shall find cause of complaint of the unwholesomeness of the victual, or upon other just ground, he shall quietly make the same known to his superior, as the occasion may deserve, that such present remedy may be had as the matter may require; and the said superior, shall, as far as he is able, cause the same to be presently remedied; and no person in the fleet, upon any such or other pretence, shall attempt to stir up any disturbance, upon pain of such punishment, as a court martial shall think fit to inflict, according to the degree of the offence.

Article 22
If any officer, mariner, soldier or other person in the fleet, shall strike any of his superior officers, or draw, or offer to draw, or lift up any weapon against him, being in the execution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, every such person being convicted of any such offence, by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death. If any officer, mariner, soldier or other person in the fleet, shall presume to quarrel with any of his superior officers, being in the execution of his office, or shall disobey any lawful command of any of his superior officers; every such person being convicted of any such offence, by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as shall, according to the nature and degree of his offence, be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court martial.

Article 23
If any person in the fleet shall quarrel or fight with any other person in the fleet, or use reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures, tending to make any quarrel or disturbance, he shall, upon being convicted thereof, suffer such punishment as the offence shall deserve, and a court martial shall impose.

Article 24
There shall be no wasteful expense of any powder, shot, ammunition, or other stores in the fleet, nor any embezzlement thereof, but the stores and provisions shall be carefully preserved, upon pain of such punishment to be inflicted upon the offenders, abettors, buyers and receivers (being persons subject to naval discipline) as shall be by a court martial found just in that behalf.

Article 25
Every person in the fleet, who shall unlawfully burn or set fire to any magazine or store of powder, or ship, boat, ketch, hoy, or vessel, or tackle or furniture thereunto belonging, not then appertaining to an enemy, pirate, or rebel, being convicted of any such offence, by the sentence of a court martial, shall suffer death.

Article 26
Care shall be taken in the conducting and steering of any of His Majesty's ships, that through willfulness, negligence, or other defaults, no ship be stranded, or run upon any rocks or sands, or split or hazarded, upon pain, that such as shall be found guilty therein, be punished by death, or such other punishment, as the offence by a court martial shall be judged to deserve.

Article 27
No person in or belonging to the fleet shall sleep on his watch, or negligently perform the duty imposed on him, or forsake his station, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as a court martial shall think fit to impose, and as the circumstances of the case shall require.

Article 28
All murders committed by any person in the fleet, shall be punished with death by the sentence of a court martial.

Article 29
If any person in the fleet shall commit the unnatural and detestable sin of buggery and sodomy with man or beast, he shall be punished with death by the sentence of a court martial.

Article 30
All robbery committed by any person in the fleet, shall be punished with death, or otherwise, as a court martial, upon consideration of the circumstances, shall find meet.

Article 31
Every officer or other person in the fleet, who shall knowingly make or sign a false muster or muster book, or who shall command, counsel, or procure the making or signing thereof, or who shall aid or abet any other person in the making or signing thereof, shall, upon proof of any such offence being made before a court martial, be cashiered, and rendered incapable of further employment in His Majesty's naval service.

Article 32
No Provost Marshal belonging to the fleet shall refuse to apprehend any criminal, whom he shall be authorized by legal warrant to apprehend, or to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge, or willfully suffer him to escape, being once in his custody, or dismiss him without lawful order, upon pain of such punishment as a court martial shall deem him fit to deserve; and all captains, officers, and others in the fleet, shall do their endeavour to detect, apprehend, and bring to punishment all offenders, and shall assist the officers appointed for that purpose therein, upon pain of being proceeded against, and punished by a court martial, according to the nature and degree of the offence.

Article 33
If any flag officer, captain, or commander, or lieutenant belonging to the fleet, shall be convicted before a court martial of behaving in a scandalous, infamous, cruel, oppressive, or fraudulent manner, unbecoming the character of an officer, he shall be dismissed from His Majesty's service.

Article 34
Every person being in actual service and full pay, and part of the crew in or belonging to any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, who shall be guilty of mutiny, desertion, or disobedience to any lawful command, in any part of His Majesty's dominions on shore, when in actual service relative to the fleet, shall be liable to be tried by a court martial, and suffer the like punishment for every such offence, as if the same had been committed at sea on board any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war.

Article 35
If any person who shall be in the actual service and full pay of His Majesty' ships and vessels of war, shall commit upon the shore, in any place or places out of His Majesty's dominions, any of the crimes punishable by these articles and orders, the person so offending shall be liable to be tried and punished for the same, in like manner, to all intents and purposes, as if the same crimes had been committed at sea, on board any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war.

Article 36
All other crimes not capital committed by any person or persons in the fleet, which are not mentioned in this act, or for which no punishment is hereby directed to be inflicted, shall be punished by the laws and customs in such cases used at sea.

[Jamie]

That, for the regulating and better government of his Majesty's navies, ships of war, and forces by sea, whereon, under the good providence of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of this kingdom chiefly depend; be it enacted by the king's most excellent Majesty that from and after the 25th day of December, 1749, the articles herein following, as well in time of peace as in time of war, shall be duly observed and put in execution, in manner herein after mentioned....

Thanks. I always wondered what exactly Hornblower was reading when he read the Articles of War on Sundays. When we hold service on our own quarterdeck, rolling downwind in the trades, I guess we won't be cribbing from those, eh?

[Cherie320]

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Force 12 by James Thayer - Rich guy from High Tech startup has set up a winter time high latitude sailboat race to make lots of publicity so he can sell a high end control system to the world and save his billion doller empire. Side themes include programmer girl friend, first responder team, a fisherman who is about to lose his boat, and all the competition the rich guy needs. Did I mention that the rich guy loses his Colorado family ranch when the sheriff forcloses. Oh, and he makes the fordeck team obsolete with a robot that can catch an egg without breaking it. I'm about 30% through now and the race is about to start. Pat

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http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FForce-12-James-Thayer%2Fdp%2F0684862859&ei=u4RDUfqrCsqLrAGjr4F4&usg=AFQjCNGShnGBqPiLrfuFumuGwW0j3nukiQ&bvm=bv.43828540,d.aWM

Force 12 by James Thayer - Rich guy from High Tech startup has set up a winter time high latitude sailboat race to make lots of publicity so he can sell a high end control system to the world and save his billion doller empire. Side themes include programmer girl friend, first responder team, a fisherman who is about to lose his boat, and all the competition the rich guy needs. Did I mention that the rich guy loses his Colorado family ranch when the sheriff forcloses. Oh, and he makes the fordeck team obsolete with a robot that can catch an egg without breaking it. I'm about 30% through now and the race is about to start. Pat

Was that the Coles notes Cherie There was a book I read years ago were some sailor gets run down by a ship and he survives and vows to track the ship down and blow it up. His replacement boat was a Swan 37.Not sure if that boat makes a good weapons platform. Now when I’m on a ship I have this innate fear every time a Swan of any size appears on the horizon.

[Lin]

Some great book ideas in here. I've looked up many of the titles that I was unfamiliar, and read reviews and synopsis of several.
I ordered two books this past week thru Amazon. (I've not yet converted to an E-reader. I will cave eventually, but I enjoy the feel of books). I enjoy biographies and adventure, so The River Of Doubt is one of the two I picked. I finally ordered Courtney's book, Jaden Baker, as I have read so many great reviews of it. I look forward to their arrival on my doorstep
As for Swallows and Amazons, I look forward to the BBC updated movie undertaking of this classic.

[Cherie320]

Ed - That was "Ship Killer" and the hero had to convince the old salt he knew enough about how to properly care for a boat and was worthy to own that Swan. It was an interesting read. Pat

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Ed - That was "Ship Killer" and the hero had to convince the old salt he knew enough about how to properly care for a boat and was worthy to own that Swan. It was an interesting read. Pat

Dam you have a good memory Cherie. It was a good book to take you away fantasy sailing on a cold winters night in Canada. Found this review of that boat. Sounds like the reviewer knows some thing about suspenders and boats.Makes me want to buy one after reading the review.

In 1973, when the Swan 38 was conceived, the offshore racing conventions had shifted from the wholesome but doughty designs of the CCA period to the more modern concepts of the IOR. Yet, the edges of performance that were to later mar IOR designs and make them less than comfortable or safe offshore cruising boats were yet to be reached. In the early part of the decade, the idea of designing a boat specifically around movable crew ballast had not yet affected offshore boats. The 38 has Rod Stephens' fingerprints all over it. No comfy bungalo of a cruiser, the 38 is more a cabin in the woods from which one can really enjoy the outdoor sport of sailing. Like most of the cruiser-racers that Olin Stephens designed during this period and he drew many from the 38 to the Swan 431, 47 and 57, to the Tartan 37, the 38 is a moderate-displacement sloop with a high ballast-to-displacement ratio and a massive rig. Nautor Swan has traditionally specified tree-trunk aluminum sections for the their masts and then rigged them with belt-and-suspenders standing rigs. Looking down the floats of a large marina, one can usually pick out the Swans from their masts they're the ones that are taller and larger than the rest, and the one's not bobbing to and fro with every passing wake. The underbody of the 38 is an "Intrepid" (12-meter) mix of a moderately high-aspect wing-shaped fin with a skeg-hung, barn-door rudder. The keel was state of the art when it was drawn and first built and gives the 38 significant lift when sailing to weather. Fall in behind one of these boats while beating in a good breeze and, as you watch it claw away to windward, you see the whole rationale for the design. The rudder, on the other hand, still has one foot in the past, for it adds little lift, while the skeg creates a steady drag. All of that said, the racer-cruiser of the mid-1970s, can make the capable offshore and world cruiser of the 1990s, particularly for a couple who are looking for a classic. As a cruiser, the full underbody, which provides volume for comfort and stowage, the moderate fin and the protected rudder add up to a design that will be wholesome, seaworthy, and comfortable in a seaway. Perry Design Review

[Cherie320]

Voyage of the DevilFish by Michael DiMercurio is a fast pace thriller with some similarity to the technicity of Clancy's Hunt for Red October, but with a set of darker plot lines. Pat

[Cherie320]

----- snip ----- Makes me want to buy one after reading the review. In 1973, when the Swan 38 was conceived, -------snip ------ the moderate fin and the protected rudder add up to a design that will be wholesome, seaworthy, and comfortable in a seaway. Perry Design Review

Ed - Thanks for posting the review. For a long time after reading that book, I had the "I'll buy a Swan 38 when I can afford it" feeling so I get it. Pat

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----- snip ----- Makes me want to buy one after reading the review. In 1973, when the Swan 38 was conceived, -------snip ------ the moderate fin and the protected rudder add up to a design that will be wholesome, seaworthy, and comfortable in a seaway. Perry Design Review

Ed - Thanks for posting the review. For a long time after reading that book, I had the "I'll buy a Swan 38 when I can afford it" feeling so I get it. Pat

Pat the book did the same thing for me. In fact it almost came true for me to buy one. River Bend Marina in Fort Lauderdale had a Swan 38 for sale on a bailiffs sale. Boat sailed over from Germany and the sailors obviously were sea sick the whole way over. They parked the boat and walked away. Sheldon the marina owner called me and asked if I wanted her. I said anything wrong with it. Yeah she smells like shit and puke from bow to stern and has been shut up tight for a year. She was also deep draft and that doesn’t work well for the Great Lakes. Especially these days. I’ll check out that other book you mentioned. Ed

[Cherie320]

So, if you like SF and found interest in the Ewok Star Wars story, you might trying reading "Fuzzy Nation" by John Scalzi. It is identified as a restart of a prior SF theme, but not intended to be a replacement. This is one in a series of books that Mr. Scalzi has written about the Fuzzys. It is a people story and the tech of SF takes a back seat to a line of engaging legal intrigue. Pat

Edit - it appears that I got it wrong. In a quick search, I'm not finding a series of Fuzzy world stories. My appology for the misqueue.
Edit - What he did write is a set of books on how earth coped with alien aggressors. Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, and Zoe's Tale are the series that was originally referenced. My son got me the first three for my birthday this year. Sending me Old Man's War might be considered unnecessary roughness.

[Cherie320]

So - is anyone else a Dirk Pitt fan. Clive Cussler has a series of books based on a fictional character that is supposed to be his alter ego. Dirk is a marine engineer mystery solver who saves the world in every book while collecting an inventory of classic autos and planes. List includes "Raise the Titanic", "Night Probe", "Sahara", "Vixen 03", and a host of others. Pat

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So - is anyone else a Dirk Pitt fan. Clive Cussler has a series of books based on a fictional character that is supposed to be his alter ego. Dirk is a marine engineer mystery solver who saves the world in every book while collecting an inventory of classic autos and planes. List includes "Raise the Titanic", "Night Probe", "Sahara", "Vixen 03", and a host of others. Pat

I have read some of his stuff. Fun escapist reading on a long boring ship ride.

[Orestes Munn]

Just finished listening to Barbara Tuchman's biography of Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell/history of the US in China through WWII. Fascinating story, very well written. Now on to Jeffrey Frank's Ike & Dick.

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Author Carl Hiaasen writes about a cast of characters in and around Florida. The antics are a belly Laff and keep you entertained to the last page. His books are great to leave on your boat for the off watch. Currently 1/3 way through the 100 year old man as recommended on Scants. So far an engaging plot

[Ish]

Author Carl Hiaasen writes about a cast of characters in and around Florida. The antics are a belly Laff and keep you entertained to the last page. His books are great to leave on your boat for the off watch. Currently 1/3 way through the 100 year old man as recommended on Scants. So far an engaging plot

I usually have a Dave Barry or two on board, for those quiet times when the Yanmar 3GM30F manual or its ilk aren't holding my attention and it's pissing rain outside.

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Author Carl Hiaasen writes about a cast of characters in and around Florida. The antics are a belly Laff and keep you entertained to the last page. His books are great to leave on your boat for the off watch. Currently 1/3 way through the 100 year old man as recommended on Scants. So far an engaging plot

I usually have a Dave Barry or two on board, for those quiet times when the Yanmar 3GM30F manual or its ilk aren't holding my attention and it's pissing rain outside.

Ish which one of his books would you recommend. He’s a prolific writer.