Clockwise from top-left: The Swatter's Carr, The Highland Laddie, The
Plimsoll Line and The Thomas Sheraton
Every type of ship has a different level of floating and the
Plimsoll line on a ship generally varies from one vessel to another.
I recall that my old gym master at school had his own definition of The
Plimsoll Line.
In setting forth the scope of the Himalaya Clause, Judge Brown would not only relate that the Himalaya was not the vessel involved with the legal principles associated with the clause, (14) but add the comments "Scaling the Himalaya" and "it takes many Sherpas to carry away the Himalaya." (15) He would relate that a trial court's finding of fact "was well above the
Plimsoll Line" (16) for the purpose of appellate scrutiny pursuant to Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Readers will already have spotted the holes that lie below the
Plimsoll line of the good ship Urban Capacity.
This absolute optimal scale of load is recognized in the maritime institution of the
Plimsoll line. When the watermark hits the
Plimsoll line the boat is full, it has reached its safe carrying capacity.
If 19th-century shipowners were so concerned about the risks they were running as to be prepared to accept the
Plimsoll line to get insurance, what risk reduction measures might they have taken had there been no insurance available?
Yet, as an issue, it has become a
Plimsoll line, testing the seaworthiness of a political party.
Teesside has nine Wetherspoon pubs - The Resolution, The Swatters Carr, The Highland Laddie, The Half Moon Inn, The Thomas Sheraton, The
Plimsoll Line, The Ironstone Miner, The King Johns Tavern, and The Ward Jackson.
Two years on, the brute is said to have got his revenge during a chance encounter at the
Plimsoll Line pub in Redcar, Yorkshire, last month.
Sports gear may include a leotard (worn by Jules Leotard, 1839-1870, French trapeze artist) and plimsolls (because the join between top and sole looked like a
plimsoll line).
He campaigned for Gladstone to lead the Liberals, championed Irish Home Rule, backed the
Plimsoll line on ships and he successfully fought off a charge of criminal libel in 1905 after he had accused the licensing magistrates of being in the pockets of the breweries - a verdict that still rings today as a step in legal press freedom.
Or that a black
plimsoll line was painted on the royal bath at Windsor Castle under the orders of the King, to ensure only three inches of water was allowed in an attempt to impose water rationing?
1 Remus; 2 Christchurch; 3 Perfect Day; 4 Dephlogisticated air; 5 Mongooses; 6 As You Like It; 7 Morocco; 8 The Equestrain Three-Day Event; 9 Hampshire; 10 The
Plimsoll line.
