Mizzen deck ??

[Plomong]

A friend who is an avid builder of wooden models (and also makes beautiful wood carvings) showed me an ad for a model of a sailing ship "main deck and mizzen deck". It seemed to be referring to the waist of the ship and the poop deck at the stern.

Is that "mizzen deck" really the poop deck ??

Is this an inventive use of English by the supplier of the model ?? Or is the term "mizzen deck" an americanisation of the English language ???

Plomong

 

[johnalison]

I have googled this on your behalf, and the use of the term seems to be entirely confined to the sellers of model ships.

 

[prv]

I’ve not heard of “mizzen deck”. Possibly just made up by the model maker, thinking of mainmast and mizzenmast?

I’m a bit hazy about the precise definitions, but I think the poop deck would only be the very aft end, if raised. More likely you’re looking at the quarterdeck?

Pete

 

[Prasutigus]

Greetings..
In my personal opinion, on British vessels, there is no such thing as the "mizzen deck".
Mizzen defines a mast, and in English it is aft of, and shorter than, the main mast.
The French say mizzen for the shorter mast, even if it is forward of the main mast;
And schooners are a different kettle of fish entirely..
But yes, in a direct answer to ye OP, its a load of yarbles.

 

[Plomong]

Thanks all for your opinions.

I concur !! It seemed to me to be an invention of the seller, maybe influenced by the use of that name on some cruise liners (got that from Google!!! So I had looked it up before asking on here, you might say. To which I answer: Of course.).

Plomong