Dictionary of seafaring terms

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Anyone know of an online dictionary of seafaring terms, both current and no longer used??

I know i'm getting on for the "Ancient Mariner" stage in life, but there are some things that are even before my time!


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Jim,

There was something on here about 6 months ago which led to a site of naval expressions, terms and jargon. Try giving it a search - sorry I can't do it myself just at the moment.

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Jim,

There was something on here about 6 months ago which led to a site of naval expressions, terms and jargon. Try giving it a search - sorry I can't do it myself just at the moment.

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Take your pick

http://www.petehat.com/rsmgloss.html
http://www.mainemarinetraining.com/Nautical_Terms/nautical_terms.html

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Thanks for that.

None of them give a definition for a "Bee"

Perhaps thats the question I should have asked in the first place!

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Is it this:

Bee-block -
A wooden Chock on the side of a Boom near its after end, used to take the standing part of a reef pendant.

Entered 'bee nautical term' in Google - first result.

Mind you I don't understand the answer....

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Bee - A ring or hoop of metal.
Bee Blocks - Wooden swells on each side of the after end of a boom, having sheaves through which to lead the leech reefing pendants.
Bees of the Bowsprit - Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of a bowsprit through which are rove the foretopmast stays before they are brought in to the bows and secured.
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.marinewaypoints.com/learn/glossary/glossary.shtml#B> See here </A>

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Estimated Position

Estimated Position - a place you have marked on the chart where you are sure you are not

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Anchor

Anchor - a device designed to bring up mud samples from the bottom at inopportune or unexpected times.



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Thanks Nigel.

I must admit that I haven't sailed on a ship with a foretopmast or wooden swells on the boom which probably explains why I never heard of them.

I have sailed on ships with big masts though -

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navy slang at <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/348.html> this site </A>

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My father's boat - before he committed sacriledge and fitted new alloy mast and boom - had bee blocks on the boom for the reefing pendants.

Very nice they were too. Now all reefing pendants are led through the hollow alloy booms - not easily possible with a wooden boom - so with the wooden ones they were led outside from the aft end to a (wooden) cleat at the forward end of the boom.

Search out some older yachts with a wooden boom and you should see plenty of examples.

Donald

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extracted this quote from Sailorschoice:

b.p. is bow pulpit. In the past ships were measured from stern forward as in "Length. b. p. 213.36 m" b.p. has been replaced by L.O.A. (Length Over All) (thanks Brent Matthews)

interesting how these factoids arise- this definition is complete b******s and sounds more like something from Call My Bluff, but i suppose if repeated often enough will come to be taken as fact.

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