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Little man !
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2020, 02:06:08 PM »
This is said to be a true story. Warship was a sailing ship.

The warship was on station in the far east. It anchored at an island on a courtesy visit.
Later one of the ships crew, noticed the vessel had moved towards the rocks. Then one
sailor noticed, the anchor rope was slack. Pulling the rope out of the water, rope frayed.
The captain with his senior officer`s, discussed the sending back to England, for another
anchor, as the harbour was over 200 feet deep. They had no hard hat diving gear.
Just then a little old man passing, heard all this. He approached to Captain ` I get your
anchor ` he said `get me rope `. He discussed the price, for retrieving the anchor.
The captain thought `the cost of sending a ship to England, to return with an anchor.
The court marshal that must come after the news gets out. The shame, no promotion.

The captain agreed and humoured the little man, He ordered his sailor`s to get some rope.
` No, thin rope ` he indicated. Sailor fetched several thinner ropes. the little man tied them
together, then he went the the bow, tied one end around his waist, then he jumped over-
board, second moved into minutes, they were getting worried, when the man re-appeared.
`Tie big rope & pull `. The captain ordered the sailor`s to pull the thinner rope, the bigger
rope, soon appeared. The crew realised what the little old man had done. The anchor was
tied to the bigger rope, with the windlass the bigger rope, pulled, then secured to the deck.
soon. The little old man got his reward. It turned out, he had been, a pearl diver.