Dhan buoys, Dahn buoys or Dan buoys ?
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mcframe
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That's 'cos they're *dahrn* sarf.
AntarcticPilot
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A junior stoker (of engines).
Not someone who stokes babies
Pete
I'd have thought a baby stoker must be a devotee of Moloch.
Greenheart
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As in, Abraham Stoker?
Mariner69
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Could always be Bram Stoker.
A real pain in the neck.
A real pain in the neck.
Greenheart
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Cape St Vincent Price?
Sorry, I'm thinking too far sideways now. Not sure Vinnie Price ever played Dracula. I'm sure he wore a cape though.
Sorry, I'm thinking too far sideways now. Not sure Vinnie Price ever played Dracula. I'm sure he wore a cape though.
maxi77
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Clearly you are a young thing then
rainbowgirl
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Hey,
I'm studying oceanographic terminology and I've just discovered that Dhan buoys and dan buoys/danbuoys are actually two different things.
A danbuoy is a "buoyant weighted pole with flag and light, thrown overboard to mark the position of a Man Overboard".
A Dhan buoy is a round buoy around a flag pole, used in fishing and oceanographic studies to attach a mooring or (I think) a net.
So the name sounds the same, they both have a flag, but their use is completely different!
danbuoy:
Dhan buoy:
I'm studying oceanographic terminology and I've just discovered that Dhan buoys and dan buoys/danbuoys are actually two different things.
A danbuoy is a "buoyant weighted pole with flag and light, thrown overboard to mark the position of a Man Overboard".
A Dhan buoy is a round buoy around a flag pole, used in fishing and oceanographic studies to attach a mooring or (I think) a net.
So the name sounds the same, they both have a flag, but their use is completely different!
danbuoy:
Dhan buoy:
Greenheart
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Perhaps your investigation of marine terminology, can explain why so few people seem to know how to spell "buoyancy"...or "buoyant"...or "buoy".
Many Americans, and persons who cannot spell, switch the vowels around and even pronounce the word "boo-ey". Not good.
Many Americans, and persons who cannot spell, switch the vowels around and even pronounce the word "boo-ey". Not good.
electrosys
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You may want to continue looking for other applications ....
such as in the command instructions for Operation Overlord (which most of us know as the 'D-Day landings'.
Dan Buoys were to be used to mark those areas which had been swept for mines, and were thus safe to use. Mind you, those instructions were written by the US Navy ...
savageseadog
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Dan boy was a character in the Waltons, wasn't he?
It's also an unofficial Irish anthem.........Oh Danny Boy.............
It's also an unofficial Irish anthem.........Oh Danny Boy.............
electrosys
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I always thought most sailors refer to them as those 'damned buoys'.
maxi77
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Hey,
I'm studying oceanographic terminology and I've just discovered that Dhan buoys and dan buoys/danbuoys are actually two different things.
A danbuoy is a "buoyant weighted pole with flag and light, thrown overboard to mark the position of a Man Overboard".
A Dhan buoy is a round buoy around a flag pole, used in fishing and oceanographic studies to attach a mooring or (I think) a net.
So the name sounds the same, they both have a flag, but their use is completely different!
danbuoy:
Dhan buoy:
Mind you the RN who have a fair understanding of marine terminology have for all of my lifetime and I suspect several centuries exclusively used the term Danbouy for the things you want to call a Dhan bouy. I would put my money on RN terminology though I realy cant be that bothered about it.
Old Troll
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Dhanbuoy
Old Troll thinks that the name is from the Danish seine net method of fishing. The marker being called the Dhanleno or such name. Methinks a Danish name.
Old Troll thinks that the name is from the Danish seine net method of fishing. The marker being called the Dhanleno or such name. Methinks a Danish name.
Kukri
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Old Troll
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Dhan Buoy
Old Troll has had another wee sip of the Bowmore and thinks that the Danish seine net was called the Dhan leno and the net end marker was the Dan Leno buoy or Dan buoy.
Old Troll has had another wee sip of the Bowmore and thinks that the Danish seine net was called the Dhan leno and the net end marker was the Dan Leno buoy or Dan buoy.
Nigel_Ward
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No.
A dan leno bobbin is something comletely different. Some say named after Dan Leno, but it is a bobbin that rolls on the seabed on the wing of a trawl.
Old Troll
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Dan Buoy
The marker buoy and pole on end of the seine net are called the dhan buoy and the name is from danish. I promise.
The marker buoy and pole on end of the seine net are called the dhan buoy and the name is from danish. I promise.
ChattingLil
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any chance of a pic here? I want to make one too. What did you use for the weight?
thanks
Mariner69
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Sorry guys & gals, I kept stumn since my earlier injection.
Deployable Aid to Navigation buoy.
Anybody take the hint?
They were used to mark the swept lanes after a mine clearance operation they were also rigged so that they could be used as Man Overboard Markers when the recovery of a MOB was maybe possible.... else tough luck.... life in a blue suit.
Deployable Aid to Navigation buoy.
Anybody take the hint?
They were used to mark the swept lanes after a mine clearance operation they were also rigged so that they could be used as Man Overboard Markers when the recovery of a MOB was maybe possible.... else tough luck.... life in a blue suit.