The Wisdom of Navy Supply

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The rule of thumb for keeping a vessel equipped, I have read from two sources, is to keep two in reserve. When the replacement is tapped, get another.

Last week’s hard weather is the first time I’ve had cause genuinely to rejoice in rationally-stocked shelves. From time to time, the double reserve has been a fleeting convenience, but last week I was really stuck, and I had a taste of the wisdom of maritime culture. With luck, lessons like this will return to being mere theory and with luck, I’ll retain enough anxiety to realize that such theory is probably the result of hard lessons learned over millennia.

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