Book of Words

[Achillesheel]

When my sister-in-law, with whom we sail regularly, asked where something or other was, i replied "Its in the Lazarette", meaning, of course, the lockers astern of the cockpit.

As she has a birthday coming up I would like to buy her a book of sailing terms; can anyone recommend one - particularly if it has "Lazarette" in it?

 

[BlackJacksGaff]

I have the Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms which is about 20 years old.

I have now lost faith in it. There seems to be some conflict as it does not list 'Lazerette' but 'Lazaretto' refering to a compartment set aside for provisions. But when I google Lazaretto it says its a quarantine stations for maritime travellers. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Apart from that it is a good book

 

[peterb]

The "Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea" gives:
(1) A compartment in smaller ships, often in the stern, set for the stowage of provisions and stores.
(2) An isolation hospital for men who may have infectious or contagious diseases from ships which have been placed in quarantine.

Recommended, but it would take a very big pocket.

 

[silver-fox]

I came back to sailing after a 10-year break to find yacht brokers jargon had been Europeanised

Awnings, gangplanks and stern lockers had been replace by new and exciting biminis, passerelles and lazerettes. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif