[PRCo] Re: Feeling a little too hot and humid?

[John Swindler]

Thought I heard somewhere that it referred to "Mark two" being hollered by a 
crew member positioned at the bow to indicate how much draft the boat had.  
But don't' know how that translates into feet.

John




>From: robert netzlof <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Feeling a little too hot and humid?
>Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:48:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
>--- Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Samuel Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain.   Same guy,
> > Boris.   He was a former Mississippi River captain before the Civil
> >
> > War.   The expression Mark Twain was a term meaning an adequate
> > river
> > depth for sailing ... I'm not exactly sure how many fathoms or feet
>
>From "Life on the Mississippi":
>
>Mark twain is two fathoms.
>Quarter twain is 2 1/4 fathoms, 13 1/2 feet.
>Mark three is three fathoms.
>
>
>Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob
>
>
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