Fluther: Whats a capston? what does it do?

Whats a capston? what does it do?

Asked by frigate1985 (927

) July 6th, 2008
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I was just watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and there was a part where a guy says “man the capston” what is it and what does it do?

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A capstan is a rotating machine used to apply force to another element, notably used on board ship and on dock walls, for heaving-in or veering ropes, cables, and hawsers.

(Cut and pasted right out of wikipedia)

Lightlyseared (34652

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whikiwhat? it seems a lot of our users still don’t know of the existence of the site, maybe it’s an idea to add a “check on wikipedia” button on the question form…

iwamoto (5277

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Or a Google button.

Google knows. Google always knows.

Lightlyseared (34652

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yeah so true

frigate1985 (927

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if you know it’s true, why didn’t you just search yourself ?

iwamoto (5277

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ooh yeah I am SO SORRY FOR NOT CHECKING THE WIKI OR GOOGLE COZ I DONT KNOW THE SPELLING SINCE I HEARD I IN A MOVIE CALLE POTC3!!!!!SATISFACTORY ENOUGH???THOUGHT THAT PPL HERE MIGHT UNDERSTAND ME!!!

frigate1985 (927

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no need to shout

Lightlyseared (34652

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yeah

frigate1985 (927

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no one understands me either but you don’t hear me shouting like a little girl…