What's on Your Workbench for February 2023

[William Bush]

I just translated your footnote William.
Nothing could be more true of the conflict of war.

"Jeder Krieg, auch der siegreiche, ist ein Unglück für das eigene Volk, denn kein Landerwerb, keine Milliarden können Menschenleben ersetzen und die Trauer der Familien aufwiegen."

Rob.

Indeed.

That is why I chose it. Remarkably, this quote was made by Helmuth von Moltke the elder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut...ltke_the_Elder

Probably the hardest thing for a responsible commander to do is to issue orders of which he knows that some men carrying them out with good faith and trust in him, will die as a consequence.

And yet, alas, there are times in which war must be led. With resoluteness and without "Scholzing".
Evil only prevails if good fails to fight with resolve and in a timely manner.

Lt. Bush

[Bligh]

That certainly rings a bell today, but we must not bring politics into the Anchorage so we have probably said enough William, before we both overstep the line.

Rob.

[Dobbs]

The newly finished Indiaman (with blue and yellow trim) and a sistership sporting the gaff spanker.

On my first Indiaman I swapped fore and mainsails because I thought a merchantman with t'gallants was a little bold. I kept them on the new one.