Roger Tulk
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Ran across this a few minutes ago, thought you guys would like it:
"The sails were blown away, men washed from the pumps, and the boats and other things above the deck wrecked by the heavy seas... Two wooden, ten-gallon kegs, containing boiled linseed [flax] oil, were lashed to the quarters of the vessel. The oil was allowed to ooze out through two small holes in the heads of the kegs. The effect was all that could be desired. After the oil had spread, no water came on board, the men returned to the pumps, the vessel was pumped out, and the decks were cleaned up. During the sixteen hours in which the oil was used eight gallons were expended."
I had heard about using oil to calm troubled waters a few times, and thought I would look it up. It works. Maybe I'll take a can of BLO when I go fishing in my canoe.
"The sails were blown away, men washed from the pumps, and the boats and other things above the deck wrecked by the heavy seas... Two wooden, ten-gallon kegs, containing boiled linseed [flax] oil, were lashed to the quarters of the vessel. The oil was allowed to ooze out through two small holes in the heads of the kegs. The effect was all that could be desired. After the oil had spread, no water came on board, the men returned to the pumps, the vessel was pumped out, and the decks were cleaned up. During the sixteen hours in which the oil was used eight gallons were expended."
I had heard about using oil to calm troubled waters a few times, and thought I would look it up. It works. Maybe I'll take a can of BLO when I go fishing in my canoe.