Do you know what "Mark Twain" really means?

[mwph]

I stumbled upon this while resaerching a different topic on boatsafe.com

I found it interesting so....

http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/marktwain.htm

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page to view the full chart.

 

[Mr Salt]

Interesting

 

[VTSeaRay]

I remember reading about this as a kid, but couldn't remember the exact marked lengths, thanks! Good stuff.

 

[wish2fish]

I thought it meant at least 10 feet deep. I was close.

 

[tmhudson2]

Before he was an author and stand-up comic, Samuel Clemens was a Mississippi riverboat pilot.

 

[Dancin Dave]

He died in Redding, Ct at his estate"Stormfield" and left behind a wonderful library which he built.

 

[Scottzzzy]

Its amazing what you can pick up when you sit next to the smartest kid in class!!:lol:

What an interesting fact. So I have decided that anything less than "Quarter One" and I get nervous in my boat!

Thanks!:thumbsup:

 

[VTSeaRay]

Before he was an author and stand-up comic, Samuel Clemens was a Mississippi riverboat pilot.

I also thought I remember that he started out as a deck hand, working his way up to pilot?

 

[tmhudson2]

I also thought I remember that he started out as a deck hand, working his way up to pilot?

Don't know about the deckhand bit, but he didn't just up and sit for his pilot's license; he apprenticed for several years. Back then a Mississippi pilot's license was a lot harder to come by than a Coast Guard ticket is today.

 

[Larry Lyons]

Its amazing what you can pick up when you sit next to the smartest kid in class!!:lol:

What an interesting fact. So I have decided that anything less than "Quarter One" and I get nervous in my boat!

Thanks!:thumbsup:

I must say you are spoiled! :grin: My 320 is sitting in her berth tonight with 2.4 of water below the sounder. She's a v-drive and the cut going out of the harbor is about 3'. I watch for churned mud when making passage. Sometimes I have to add power to keep both engines on line if churning too much. Once in the channel it will run 9' to 16' max. We don't worry about pirates and hurricanes, but we do worry about wing dams, stumps, water logged trees, etc. Last week I help pull a 6' diameter stump attached to a 25' tree out of the entry to the harbor. It was water loged and all we saw was what we thought was a part of a stump sticking up out of the water. :smt038 The Mississippi is never boring! Larry

 

[Scottzzzy]

I must say you are spoiled! :grin: My 320 is sitting in her berth tonight with 2.4 of water below the sounder. She's a v-drive and the cut going out of the harbor is about 3'. I watch for churned mud when making passage. Sometimes I have to add power to keep both engines on line if churning too much. Once in the channel it will run 9' to 16' max. We don't worry about pirates and hurricanes, but we do worry about wing dams, stumps, water logged trees, etc. Last week I help pull a 6' diameter stump attached to a 25' tree out of the entry to the harbor. It was water loged and all we saw was what we thought was a part of a stump sticking up out of the water. :smt038 The Mississippi is never boring! Larry

You are a brave man!! But I know how it is to get your boat "fix" as my neighbors stare out their windows at me waxing my boat in January!!

I bet you have some beautiful scenery though crusing the ole' Mississipp' !:grin:

 

[Morpheus]

Hmm I remember all this from elementry or jr high school.