# The academy will no longer allow cannons on campus **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [September 26, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827 "2019-09-26T20:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/1 "2019-09-26T20:52:52Z")
[Referee Shot with Cannon During Maine Maritime Football Game](https://gcaptain.com/referee-shot-with-cannon-during-maine-maritime-football-game/) > A Maine Maritime Academy alumnus could be facing criminal charges for accidentally shooting a referee with a cannon during a MMA football game. > > The incident took place Saturday, September 21, during MMA’s homecoming game against rival Massachusetts Maritime. ---
**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/2 "2019-09-26T23:30:45Z")
Black powder plus wad sounds like the definition of a blank to me. And it should be news to nobody, certainly not a cannon owner, that wads are dangerous within their range. ---
**Author:** ![KPChief](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kpchief/32/26_2.png) [@KPChief](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/KPChief)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/3 "2019-09-26T23:40:16Z")
I had heard Maine had some of the loosest cannon control laws in the country. But cannon balls don’t hurt people, people do. ---
**Author:** ![DamnYankee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/damnyankee/32/514_2.png) [@DamnYankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DamnYankee)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/4 "2019-09-26T23:50:13Z")
> [@dbeierl](#): > > certainly not a cannon owner What about a (possibly drunken) Mainer cannon owner? ---
**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/5 "2019-09-26T23:55:32Z")
> [@DamnYankee](#): > > What about a (possibly drunken) Mainer cannon owner? Ah yes, dat old debbil alcohol, makes you invincible and always right. Funny how the universe gangs up on you sometimes. I remember once a long time ago being extremely irritated with a car that seemed to be deliberately trying to thwart me in terms of going down the road and not hitting things. I woke up in terror the next morning but there was fortunately no blood on the bumper. ---
**Author:** ![cape\_cod\_night](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@cape\_cod\_night](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cape_cod_night)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/6 "2019-09-27T00:00:41Z")
The only thing better then a Florida man story is a Maine man story. ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/7 "2019-09-28T15:59:05Z")
Split this topic on September 28, 2019, 3:59pm UTC 19 posts were split to a new topic: [Ways of Knowing Maine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ways-of-knowing-maine/52843) ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/9 "2019-09-27T11:13:19Z")
If cannons are outlawed only outlaws will have cannons. ---
**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/10 "2019-09-27T11:16:51Z")
Surprised to learn of the loose cannon in Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Doggy\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Doggy\_Daddy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Doggy_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/11 "2019-10-10T11:05:46Z")
Many years and lifetimes ago I worked a season on a day sail schooner on northern Lake Michigan. It was a long standing tradition on this boat to fire off a small cannon at sunset. As the season wore on, boredom and youthful inexperience combined to gradually increase the powder load we put in the cannon. Eventually, Mr. Murphy had his day. After lighting the fuse and stepping clear, an unexpected gust of wind heeled us over, causing the cannon barrel to tilt upward, thus changing its point of aim. The wadding in the charge took out a chunk of the main boom the size of a man’s fist from 12 feet away. That was the end of the evening sunset salute for the rest of the season. ---
**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/12 "2019-10-10T11:48:16Z")
> [@Doggy\_Daddy](#): > > The wadding in the charge Were you using the special cast iron wadding, or just the regular stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Doggy\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Doggy\_Daddy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Doggy_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/13 "2019-10-10T11:56:43Z")
Just the regular wadding. ---
**Author:** ![SeaBase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/seabase/32/8576_2.png) [@SeaBase](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/SeaBase)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/14 "2019-10-10T16:40:03Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/b/b3b1b86982dbfdc05c9ded614feff72bb214394a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Boebert1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/earl_boebert1/32/116_2.png) [@Earl\_Boebert1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Earl_Boebert1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/15 "2019-10-10T18:09:07Z")
This was the start gun for the free sail races at the 100th Anniversary celebration of the Christchurch Model Yacht Club (NZ) in 1998. When they fired that sucker I think half the birds on South Island went airborne. ![day7](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/7/7bd1e53ee0c215cb5930a9e7a03346a5cb925cb5.jpeg) Here’s what free sailing looks like. Poling around on the tack. ![day2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/d/d6efb966bdf42cc4e7b161fa5646317c497545bd.jpeg) Cheers, Earl ---
**Author:** ![Doggy\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Doggy\_Daddy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Doggy_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/16 "2019-10-10T21:34:31Z")
Just found this on Wikipedia under “Wadding”: “The father of [Robert Morris](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_(financier)), “Financier of the American Revolution,” died as the result of being wounded by flying wadding from a ship’s gun that was fired in his honor.[[2]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadding#cite_note-2)” ---
**Author:** ![johnny.dollar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@johnny.dollar](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/johnny.dollar)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/17 "2019-10-11T08:47:31Z")
> [@Hogsnort](#): > > Surprised to learn of the loose cannon in Maine. So a single loose cannon in Maine fired off and got some referee’s panties in a wad? ---
**Author:** ![Chipster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/chipster/32/10140_2.png) [@Chipster](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Chipster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-academy-will-no-longer-allow-cannons-on-campus/52827/18 "2019-10-11T20:54:54Z")
Blanks aren’t harmless. Actor Jon-Erik Hexum died on the set of a TV show he was filming after shooting himself in the head, as a joke, with a 44 mag pistol loaded with blanks. Ironically, his character was supposed to be a weapons expert.