Cog:

"...and another thing, without the relevant paperwork things will get very difficult for everybody, since the new harbour regulations came in we can't have everyone running any old rope up as rigging can we? I mean take the ropes on this boat - just come in have you? - we need to be sure that you've whipped all the ends up, the stevedore unions are getting very tight about this kind of thing - tell you what, I'll sort out the ropework and cordage papers for you if you can just clear the sextant rules - new, regulations you see, the old degrees were too fiddly - too many of them in one circle to be engraved on brass - so we've all had to go back to radians - tell me about it, the extra work this has meant for us, you can image I'm sure, but believe me if you don't do it through all the right channels, and some jacks have tried doing the modifications themselves, well, the Chandlers' Guild is coming down like a barrel of lead. So I'll tell you what I'll do, if I sort out the waterline statistics for you then..."