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Nope... sorry try again..BTW, when I whale on someone, they usually deserve it and I'm usually smiling because I get to give them what they deserve. 
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To Whale on someone is to beat or thrash them. Or just plain thump them a good one.
Here is an easy one:
Jettisoning weight from topside_______________.
A. returns the vessel to an even keel
B. reduces free surface effect
C. lowers the center of gravity
D. raises the center buoyancy
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Boasun—
My question is why is the phrase for beating or thrashing someone "To whale" on them?? Which you haven't answered.
BTW, C Weight from higher in the boat being dropped into the water lowers the Center of Gravity. If it is done unevenly it may not return the vessel to an even keel. Free surface effects are caused by large volumes of liquid sloshing about in the boat...and dumping stuff from he top of the boat in the water doesn't affect teh center of buoyancy.
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To Whale on someone is to beat or thrash them. Or just plain thump them a good one.
Here is an easy one:
Jettisoning weight from topside_______________.
A. returns the vessel to an even keel
B. reduces free surface effect
C. lowers the center of gravity
D. raises the center buoyancy
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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The Dictionary didn't go into the history of that phrasing. Sorry
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Dictionary?!? Who uses a dictionary?
"Here's an odd one... Where did the phrase "To whale on someone" which means to beat or thrash someone, come from? Its origin is remotely nautically related in origin." I suspect SD might be referring to the wallopping a whaling boat's crew (and their whaleboat) might get if they got too close to a whale's tail during a chase..
In that case, "to whale on someone" would be the equivalent of pounding them to little pieces with a large flat object.  
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Nope... I'll give you a hint, in the old days, you'd whale on someone with a horse whip or riding crop.
If no one figures this out by the morning, I'll post the answer.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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Then I'd say that the riding crops were made out of whale bone and leather, using whale bone as the stiff core.
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Charlie-
I'm gonna give it to ya...actually, the riding crops and horse whips were made of Baleen, which is gotten from baleen whales, like the right whale and humpback whale.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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I'll let someone else jump in with a question if they want, as I don't have one right now.
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A Navigation Problem:
Departing at 0916 from your position and you noted that you have 20.1 NM to go at 12.3 Knots, what is your ETA?
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