dylanwinter
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I wondered if any of you creative types could help me nail down a few definitions and maybe provide links to images that might help to illuminate the condition.
Nauticus vulgaris
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Seagreen
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Easy. Keen amateur welds up his own motor cruiser, omitting ANY curved surfaces. Also installs B&Q patio sliding doors in the wheelhouse. Seen in A) Riversway Marina, Preston, and B) Humphrey's yard, river Teign.
Tony Cross
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Does this qualify?
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Nauticus Vulgaris = "The Ordinary Naval".
I'm confused.
I'm confused.
Keen_Ed
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Anything involving acres of white plastic.
Any boat where the skipper is staff.
Anything where the crew wear a uniform involving epaulettes, unless the boat is grey and has guns.
Any boat where the skipper is staff.
Anything where the crew wear a uniform involving epaulettes, unless the boat is grey and has guns.
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Can I nominate "pontoon boats" as the abomination of the motor boat world.
Fortunately, these things are not often seen outside of the USA lakes, which is their natural habitat.
Fortunately, these things are not often seen outside of the USA lakes, which is their natural habitat.
FishyInverness
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And in a yard in Aalsmeer, IIRC?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...ocId=CNG.119dce549e17f03a274f45d06a3a7874.611
Bobc
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Can I nominate "pontoon boats" as the abomination of the motor boat world.
Fortunately, these things are not often seen outside of the USA lakes, which is their natural habitat.
I don't find that un-pleasing on the eye at all. Now if it had a bunch of hairy-arsed blokes on it, that would be different.
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Ye Gods, what is that, a cake???
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Your eye is drawn to the ladies, in order to distract you from the "bumper car" that is the rest of the boat.
dylanwinter
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couple of other possibles
plastic boat with a trad rig with wooden spars
name with a terrible pun
I can feel a self deprecating SCA column coming on here
yours
the owner of Katie L - gunter rigged and plastic
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Bobc
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FishyInverness
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FishyInverness
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What, Why, How? And....is it odd that I actually quite like it? It has a certain Steampunk appeal!
dylanwinter
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that is a fine working vessel
I have used one in anger
it is for pushing logs around
absolutely amazing bits of kit
v8 detroit diesel - 360 degree drive
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Nerissa
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I was thinking of getting one of these now I'm moving to Gosport.
dylanwinter
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jwilson
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The mega-tat-yacht "Tits" in Brunei, with two tenders called Nipple 1 & 2 = http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2007/11/tits.jpg - saw it when I was there. Not sure if it's still there....
Woodlouse
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I actually quite like that. A modern take on WWI dazzle camouflage.
