Double Dutch translation

[Croftie]

Just trying to tidy up the wiring on my 10m Dutch steel boat.

Above the fuse box and going into it are 12 wires which exit into the bulkhead then totally disappear. They are labelled in I assume Dutch. !0 of them I have managed to translate/identify,

One is described as "Top Light", this I assume should refer to anchor lamp but as there isn't one fitted at the moment not too sure. The other is named as KUIP which according to Google translation means in English "TUB" Now at 10m I do not have a Bath Tub on board..... If I remove all the fuses to the other 11 cables and keep a live to it, it does not make anything obvious work

Any ideas what KUIP could mean.

 

[DavidJ]

My non boaty Dutch friend says it means barrel or tub which gets us no further forward

 

[novanta]

Haha "kuip" means cockpit!

 

[sarabande]

drat, I was hoping it would mean the crow's nest !

 

[Croftie]

Haha "kuip" means cockpit!

Many thanks novanta that makes sense it used to have a light fitting in the wheelhouse that did not work. I fitted a new one and routed a new cable last year.

Just tried Bing Translator
http://www.bing.com/translator/?from=nl&to=en&text=kuip

Why Google gives Kuip >> TUB I do not know

(Thanks David for trying)

 

[DavidJ]

Further information in light of "cockpit" from my Dutch friend
Kuip actually means bowl shaped, I guess cockpit kind of fits
Apparently there is a stadium in Holland called Kuip which I imagine is ........bowl shaped.
Hey ho

 

[novanta]

In Holland we sometimes say "badkuip" instead of only "bad" to a bath. A kuip is indeed a bowl because we say "cementkuip" to a concrete mixing tub.
The stadium of Feyenoord in Rotterdam is called "de Kuip". What else?��