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

[brunians at brunians.org]

There is no doubt that it says that.

I'll be darned.



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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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