Talk:3013: Kedging Cannon

First? PRR (talk) 02:05, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Good essay on real-life (or this-world) kedging-- http://www.sailmagazine.com/cruising/cruising-tips/the-lost-art-of-kedging-how-to-set-a-kedge-anchor/ PRR (talk) 02:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Nice. I think I managed to somehow get in first (before I logged in); first time I've done so, so apologies for not knowing all the conventions. I think the title text is the main non-obvious thing, since the simile between a windmill's mechanical function and that of tacking seems clearly intentional,but I'm sure that could be edited to be clearer than my hasty writup. Mneme (talk) 02:10, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

For a brief, brief, moment, my brain failed to swap in and dredge up the memory of what kedging was, and I wondered if they were trying to use the aft cannon as a weak propulsion mechanism (hey, if it was a spacecraft…). And then I remembered what kedigng was and—DUH! JohnHawkinson (talk) 02:29, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

If it wasn't for kedging, I probably wouldn't be able to make it all the way through November. 108.162.245.133 04:25, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Ha ha now exactly what you mean. The three longest month of the year are November November November... :-) --Kynde (talk) 10:05, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Wow, whoever wrote the Speed and Economic Analysis section, you are amazing! 172.71.98.135 05:13, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Sadly is was done by an anonymous IP address... But cool analysis. Have no idea what he actually calculates or if it is correct though ;-) --Kynde (talk) 10:05, 19 November 2024 (UTC)