BLUEMOMENT

....that Behemoth was a land animal. Reference to our fine vessel as 'the green behemoth' thus betrays a lack of scholarship. Leviathan, in the biblical rather than the Hobbesian usage is more nearly appropriate, given that 'Behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair.' (Job 41:33) Indeed that describes her windward performance quite well. Even before the new main was acquired we regularly achieve 7kts for short periods in the right conditions. That rarely translates into a rhumb line passage speed even close to that however.

Green Boat wrote:....that Behemoth was a land animal. Reference to our fine vessel as 'the green behemoth' thus betrays a lack of scholarship. Leviathan, in the biblical rather than the Hobbesian usage is more nearly appropriate, given that 'Behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair.' (Job 41:33) Indeed that describes her windward performance quite well. Even before the new main was acquired we regularly achieve 7kts for short periods in the right conditions. That rarely translates into a rhumb line passage speed even close to that however.

Phew! That's a relief - I thought you weren't biting.

According to Wiki "Since the 17th century CE there have been many attempts to identify Behemoth. Some scholars have seen him as a real creature, usually the hippopotamus, occasionally the elephant, crocodile, or water buffalo." Any of which seems appropriate.
Even Job 40 seems to endow an aquatic nature ..
"21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth."

So now that you admit to a subsonic 7kts would you care to revise your "It's more than two hours from Dallens Bay to Oban in the most favourable conditions" self-deprecation?

The last leviathan is a fine song

marisca wrote:

Green Boat wrote:....that Behemoth was a land animal. Reference to our fine vessel as 'the green behemoth' thus betrays a lack of scholarship. Leviathan, in the biblical rather than the Hobbesian usage is more nearly appropriate, given that 'Behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair.' (Job 41:33) Indeed that describes her windward performance quite well. Even before the new main was acquired we regularly achieve 7kts for short periods in the right conditions. That rarely translates into a rhumb line passage speed even close to that however.

Phew! That's a relief - I thought you weren't biting.

According to Wiki "Since the 17th century CE there have been many attempts to identify Behemoth. Some scholars have seen him as a real creature, usually the hippopotamus, occasionally the elephant, crocodile, or water buffalo." Any of which seems appropriate.
Even Job 40 seems to endow an aquatic nature ..
"21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth."

So now that you admit to a subsonic 7kts would you care to revise your "It's more than two hours from Dallens Bay to Oban in the most favourable conditions self-deprecation?

I'm reminded of a favourite Douglas Adams quote:
'It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had finally realized that the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smart-ass.'