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From: phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: wooden ships
Keywords: Magellan
Message-ID: <1990May24.182228.14427@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
Date: 24 May 90 18:22:28 GMT
References: <1990May16.053143.4156@utzoo.uucp> <1990May21.155840.6288@cs.wayne.edu> <1990May22.041549.6888@utzoo.uucp>
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In article <1990May22.041549.6888@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>It wasn't uncommon for wooden ships to last only one major voyage, or for
>that matter for an expedition to come back with fewer ships than it started
>with, because of things like shipworm.


In fact, in Magellan's case only one ship of a small fleet made it home.
The saying among those who maintain historic wooden vessels [_Constitution_,
Victory_, etc.] is "After a hundred years you have either a replica or
a wreck."

I can sorta justify this comment in this group because so many shuttles
are named after historic exploration vessels.  I hope we eventually
have a _Fram_.
				phil

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