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• boatswain@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  As long as we’re being pedantic, when you pay out pitch, you’re not covering the deck with it. You’re making lines of it that go in between the deck planks. It’s basically caulking. You actually have to be careful to not get it everywhere (not least because pitch is really hot when you’re paying it out), so just like when you’re paying out a line, there’s a sense of careful control and easing out the pitch.

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  • uninvitedguest@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is the level of pedantry I can get behind.

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  • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Username checks out.

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  • Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Also, If I understand it correctly it’s also called this because caulking requires jamming pitch soaked rope into the joints so it’s still about rope!

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    • boatswain@infosec.pub ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Pretty close! It’s tar-soaked hemp fibers (rope traditionally being hemp), called oakum. Sometimes cotton under that for filling if needed. To me it still feels more about carefully easing out, particularly since paying out also has other uses that aren’t rope related, like falling off to leeward after a tack.

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