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(4) Baton Down the Hatches 🏴‍☠️ Multi-Cache

Hidden : 9/14/2023
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


Baton Down the Hatches - from the practice aboard a ship of sealing hatches to prevent water getting below-decks in a storm by using covers secured by strips of material, called battens, firmly attached to the frame of the hatch opening.

The cache:
At the listed coordinates there is a milestone.
let ABC/D equal the miles to Leeds and EF the miles to Liverpool.
The cache can be found at:
N53° 3D.AD(D+E) W002° 4D.C(B-C)(F-C)

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VERY IMPORTANT - PLEASE BRING A TOWEL WITH YOU
You don’t want to get those log books wet!


This is a pole cache - we used a 10m flagpole - but not fully extended
This cache has a TEAMWORK attribute - one person to row the boat and another to retrieve it
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIVORCES, BROKEN BROMANCES OR ANY DOMESTICS ON THE CANAL!

Please bring your own pen.
Remember, to claim a find you must sign the logbook.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf vf n cbyr pnpur - ybbx hc . Qba’g sbetrg gb ybbx sbe obahf yrggref

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)