i don't think you've read my posts. I said I avoid nautical jargon ONLY where there is a perfectly good landlubber word, but otherwise I said I use nautical jargon. I said I call the back corner of a sail a clew, and that I use port and starboard sometimes. But I don't use "heads" because it adds nothing. Seriously, can you tell me how "heads" is better or more "precise" than loo/toilet/kahzee?
Yup, exactly. Boating newbie guest arrives on boat and wants to know where cabin is. "Downstairs 2nd door on the right" is much more effective than the nautically "precise" version. For an uber boater you might of course tell them they have the starboard quarter cabin accessed thru the transom door and their heads are directly athwartships across the companionway. If you have a lot of time on your hands.
Ive watched those old war movies on channel 5 and I can say with total certainty that's American sub-mariners say turn left/right on their boats.
if it's good enough for delta force.......
LOL, I'd love to have similar guests onboard.
