Post by Retrovision on Aug 20, 2006 18:38:02 GMT -8
(...And 'No,' I'm not referring to fans of the "cult" band 'The Greatful Dead' 
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'Deadheads' in this case refers to the dangerous nautical-obstacles that are run-away, and relatively-quickly saturated with water, raw logs from the countless booms that deliver them to the mills. Recently while aboard the Queen of Surrey in Howe Sound, we passed one quite close, missing it by only a dozen meters or so. Many of us noticed that something smelt a little fishy as we fairly-abruptly turned to starboard just before, and resumed course just after, we passed the log. This one deadhead in particular caught my nautical eye because it was large and saturated with water enough that you couldn't see the end of it underwater; I'd guess that it was at about a 20 degrees-from-perpendicual angle to the water, very dangerous.
)'Deadheads' in this case refers to the dangerous nautical-obstacles that are run-away, and relatively-quickly saturated with water, raw logs from the countless booms that deliver them to the mills. Recently while aboard the Queen of Surrey in Howe Sound, we passed one quite close, missing it by only a dozen meters or so. Many of us noticed that something smelt a little fishy as we fairly-abruptly turned to starboard just before, and resumed course just after, we passed the log. This one deadhead in particular caught my nautical eye because it was large and saturated with water enough that you couldn't see the end of it underwater; I'd guess that it was at about a 20 degrees-from-perpendicual angle to the water, very dangerous.
