"Goodbye Old Buddy" -- Pirate Freedom murder mystery, take two

Allan Anderson · 04 Dec 2008, 15:49 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: rubel at goosemoon.org (Allan Anderson)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:49:02 -0800
Subject: (urth) "Goodbye Old Buddy" -- Pirate Freedom murder mystery,
 take two
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brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>> The first trip of Chris to the past resulted in the early invention of
>> the jib sail. Perhaps the changes brought about by Chris and his
>> descendants pushed technology along faster than in our world.
>>     
>
> I am extremely skeptical of the jib sail being invented as late as the
> late eighteenth century. It just pegs my BS detector.
>
>   
Well, this site ( 
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/sail-sails.htm ) 
says "Until the jib was invented in the 18th century,..."

It's an interesting read, with some descriptions of ship designs which 
remind me a bit of Chris's. With all the mentions of Fr. Chris looking 
up internet sites on pirates, I imagine Wolfe did a bit of the same.

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