oldbilbo
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I'm puzzled by an insurer's request for info on 'Shell openings and shell fittings'....
Can anyone enlighten me?
Can anyone enlighten me?
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sarabande
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voice dictation for 'vessel's hull fittings' ?
Seajet
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I'd imagine ' shell ' means hull & deck taken as a single entity, but it doesn't engender any confidence in the insurer knowing a boat from a barnacle !
mjcoon
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prv
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"Shell openings" is ship speak for any holes in the hull plating. The nearest yacht equivalent is the seacocks - and the shaft and rudder glands I suppose.
Pete
Pete
trapezeartist
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Could it be a translation issue? "Casco" in Spanish can mean both "hull" and "shell". Probably something similar in other Latin languages too.
prv
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Makes sense - but "shell" is a standard term for the big commercial folk, not an accidental translation glitch. They also have "shell plating" and, on some types of ship, "shell doors".
Pete
oldbilbo
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I've gone with 'prv's suggestion, indicating what's what - but also indicating my confusion with the terms.
That reminds me of a one-time friend who, while encouraging a young lady during her first attempt at steering a fair-sized sailboat, shouted repeatedly at her to "Meet her! Meet her!"
I hadn't a clue wot he was on about, perhaps 'cos I was never invited to RNC Dartmouth, but eventually sussed his unhelpful bawling related to reducing the tiller/rudder command and even reversing it a bit...... quite unnecessary in the circumstances.
Of course, she never came sailing again.
That reminds me of a one-time friend who, while encouraging a young lady during her first attempt at steering a fair-sized sailboat, shouted repeatedly at her to "Meet her! Meet her!"
I hadn't a clue wot he was on about, perhaps 'cos I was never invited to RNC Dartmouth, but eventually sussed his unhelpful bawling related to reducing the tiller/rudder command and even reversing it a bit...... quite unnecessary in the circumstances.
Of course, she never came sailing again.
mjcoon
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And in English, "to hull" is used to mean removing the shell from some foodstuffs.
Mike.
prv
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I think it's in Jill Dickin-Schinas's book about kids on boats, where she talks about teaching young children to sail. She points out that even the apparently obvious things (like, the fact that the wind is what propels the boat) need to be explained, and offers as example her dad repeatedly telling her to "watch the burgee!". Thing is, she had no idea that the burgee was there to indicate the wind direction, or that the wind direction had any particular significance anyway. So she dutifully peered at the pretty flag, and kept steering the wrong way
Pete
Seajet
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Which English is that then, it's a new one on me !
sarabande
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to "hull" peas in Somerset, but when I was in Canada it was to "shuck" peas.
oldbilbo
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Speaking of which..... there was a RTC 'bump' on the blind bend outside here today - a frequent occurrence. Some time later, I happened to peer out through the driving rain and espied several drenched coppers ( I include PCSOs as 'generic' ) directing traffic, so I rustled up 4 mugs of otswete tea.
Some time later, there was a knock on the door. One constable bearing tea-tray, and with a plaintive "Do you have an outside loo, or something....?"
Of course, honour was satisfied, as was the Keeper of the Peace, by pointing him at the porcelain upstairs. "Made a friend there," I thought, as he retreated back into the spray at the roadside, his eyes now uncrossed.
A little later, another knock, another strained Public Face of the Law.
Then another.....
All told, we had all 4 of West Wilts' Duty Crew this morning pass this way, and I reckon we now appear on their Local Resource Management map as a Pee Stop as well as a Tea Stop.
Noblesse oblige.....
Plomong
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Your hospitality may yield a payback sometime in the future, you never know.
Lady Plomong was stopped some years back and caught with an out of date MOT certificate -- nearly a year overdue !!!!
Hefty ticket duly issued, warning politely issued, Lady Plomong suitably contrite, arrived back at Plomong Towers with a ticket for the correct "offense", wrong car brand and model -- totally different in shape and size.
And the clincher: ticket said the car colour was: white. Hers was bright red at that time, and just 2 feet in front of the Ertzaina (Basque policeman) issueing the ticket. And those guys are not known for being either blind or stupid.
Later we heard the guys mate in the squad car was . . . . . (and the rest shall remain as it should, private).
Plomong
PD: Lady Plomong did the honourable thing and paid the fine within the "discount" period.
Lady Plomong was stopped some years back and caught with an out of date MOT certificate -- nearly a year overdue !!!!
Hefty ticket duly issued, warning politely issued, Lady Plomong suitably contrite, arrived back at Plomong Towers with a ticket for the correct "offense", wrong car brand and model -- totally different in shape and size.
And the clincher: ticket said the car colour was: white. Hers was bright red at that time, and just 2 feet in front of the Ertzaina (Basque policeman) issueing the ticket. And those guys are not known for being either blind or stupid.
Later we heard the guys mate in the squad car was . . . . . (and the rest shall remain as it should, private).
Plomong
PD: Lady Plomong did the honourable thing and paid the fine within the "discount" period.
