The 1805 Dispatches #21.05 October 2021 4 of 6 FORTHCOMING EVENTS Date Event 9October Visit to The RAG 13October TTW Talk at Royal Lymington Yacht Club 6November TTW Prize-Giving 6November Pickle Night Supper & Arty Auction Admiral Hawke: Britain's Greatest Forgotten Naval Commander, by Ruddock F. Mackay, 1965 (new Kindle Edition from Amazon) Edward Hawke’s naval victories were matched only by Horatio Nelson, but few remember him today. So who was this naval genius and what was his contribution to the history of the Royal Navy? Ruddock F. Mackay uncovers the life of this much-forgotten maritime hero, whose victory at Quiberon Bay can only be compared to Trafalgar or the defeat of the Spanish Armada. This should be essential reading for all interested in the history of the Age of Sail. The Shanty Book - Part 1 (Lyric Legacy Historic Edition): A Classic Collection of Sailor Sea Songs, Chanteys, and Work Tunes Paperback – 2021 A collection of 30 sea songs from Richard Runciman Terry first published in 1921. Some of the most famous as well as lesser known sea song titles, which were often also used as popular pub and drinking songs. Includes multipart harmony and lyrics for each piece, which are essential for a rhythmic work song! In this volume, Terry provides a brief synopsis on the included shanty tunes, along with a description of shanties in general, the history of the genre, and the methods on how he collected the tunes for this volume. Printed in full 8.5 x 11” format, 30 different sea songs are included, which sample popular windlass, capstan, halliard, fore-sheet or sweating-up, and bunt shanties of the age. NAVAL TERMS THAT HAVE ‘COME ASHORE’ Cat – The cat o’ nine tails was an instrument of punishment comprising nine rope ‘tails’ on a handle, with which recalcitrants were flogged. If knotted it was called a thieves cat. Two expressions came ashore, the first from the practice of storing the cat in a red baize bag – when the cat was let out of the bag painwas imminent. The other expression to come ashore is the expression that there is hardly room to swing a cat, in a cramped space. Parbuckle, curable, caulker, buckler, plucker, backup, buckra, burlap, apercu, pleura, buckle, ruckle, pucker, baulk, burka, lubra, caulk, pelau, pareu, kapur, bluer, ruble, cupel, lucre, ulcer, pluck, pluke, ubac, beau, bapu, caul, pacu, urea, kula, kapu, puka, raku, pula, cube, buck, club, curb, blue, lube, pube, rube, bulk, burk, blur, burl, burp, clue, luce, puce, cure, ecru, luck, puck, ruck, curl, puke, pule, lure, rule, pure, lurk, purl. 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