stan_deezy
Lieutenant Commander
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- Oct 18, 2003
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Watched a rerun of the George Clooney movie "The Perfect Storm" the other night and was really curious about a bit of equipment they were using. Now rather than just resign myself to living in ignorance for the rest of my days I wondered if any iboaters could identify the equipment and what it is used for?<br /><br />In the movie the crew are packing up and heading for home and Mr Clooney says "ok, put the birds out": they then swing out what looks like anchor flukes on davits either side of the boat as they pick up the longlines.<br /><br />What are "birds" on a sword boat and what do they do ![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)