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Hold Fast" across the knuckles was a charm to help deckhands and boatswain’s mates keep a firm grip on the rigging. [52] Religious tattoos such as crucifixes have also served as protective symbols for sailors. [52] [53] In a superstition dating back to at least the 1840s, crosses on the feet were meant to prevent shark attacks if a sailor ...
Port Townsend is located at the northeastern tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and developed beginning about 1850 as a strategically placed well-sheltered deep-harbor port at the junction of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet, which provide access to Puget Sound. It grew as a major customs point, and as a shipment point for ...
Port Townsend is located on the Quimper Peninsula which extends out of the extreme northeastern end of the Olympic Peninsula, on the north end of a large, semi-protected bay. Port Townsend is adjacent to the Admiralty Inlet and a trio of state parks built on retired artillery installations (Fort Worden, Fort Casey, and Fort Flagler).
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The state park occupies a third of the site of the original Fort Townsend built in 1856. The park includes 3,960 feet (1,210 m) of shoreline on Port Townsend Bay , picnicking and camping areas, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) of hiking trails, and facilities for boating, fishing, and crabbing.
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Hold Fast, the motto of the Clan MacLeod; Holdfast, a common name in the South of England for Sellotape; Holdfast (artillery), a plinth or pedestal to which an anti-aircraft or coastal battery gun was fitted; Codename for the 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt