Pompous Boat Terminology and Boat Owners

[Bristolfashion]

I try not to be too fussy about these things.

As long as you remember to salute when you come onto my quarterdeck, I'm happy.

I've got a whole deck on my boat!

 

[lustyd]

Its not their language - they speak a dialect of English every bit as much as what is spoken in India, Ireland or Scotland.

Whose language do you think it is then? Certainly the British don’t have any claim at this point, US English is the global version that has comprehensively won the race thanks to the Internet and pop culture. We can either accept global culture is a thing or stand to be corrected by everyone else.

 

[Bouba]

Whose language do you think it is then? Certainly the British don’t have any claim at this point, US English is the global version that has comprehensively won the race thanks to the Internet and pop culture. We can either accept global culture is a thing or stand to be corrected by everyone else.

I would be happy if we could get rid of some of the more ridiculous accents to be found around the UK & NI.....

 

[Bristolfashion]

I would be happy if we could get rid of some of the more ridiculous accents to be found around the UK & NI.....

Any in mind?

And where, out of interest, do you hail from?

 

[lustyd]

I would be happy if we could get rid of some of the more ridiculous accents to be found around the UK & NI.....

I won’t have you talking that way about his majesty…

 

[Bouba]

Any in mind?

And where, out of interest, do you hail from?

Obviously I have one of those ‘don’t you speak nice’ accents......or London to those in the know

 

[lustyd]

Those in the know, know there isn’t a “London” accent

 

[LittleSister]

I like...and use...the term...sailboat. It is both accurate and not insulting.

But so tasteless!

'Sailing boat' meets your criteria without the offence to aesthetic sensibilities.

 

[Bouba]

But so tasteless!

.....and a darn sight easier to spell than yacht

 

[rotrax]

You need to get out more. These are just terms from other places. In the US a cabin is quite commonly called a stateroom and in the UK anything with a sail is a yacht.

Quite right, the sales brochure for our boat, an American model describes the front walk round double as the 'Owners Stateroom' and the two large singles in the other cabin as the 'Guest Stateroom'.

Bragging rights...................................

 

[laika]

I disagree - in the US to use the title Captain you are/were required to hold a Master's Licence.

What about charter skippers with a “6 pack license” (sic)? Don’t they tend to like to be addressed as “Captain Steve” (obviously not if their name is actually Barry)?

 

[Bouba]

So a Master’s License gets you the title of Master...but a Masters Degree gets you nothing

 

[laika]

So a Master’s License gets you the title of Master...but a Masters Degree gets you nothing

Fortunately a dog licence makes you a master

 

[KevinV]

Fortunately a dog licence makes you a master

And about 8 foot of rope makes you a skipper

 

[capnsensible]

Just to pick you up, I think you meant that clarity matters for vessel safety. Ambiguity is the problem.

OK fair one.

Example given.

As a Ship Control Officer Of The Watch.....on a Boat......

One of the myriad of instructions I would learn by heart was ' shut the induction mast drain back up valve to two turns open' which was clarity on high to those involved in getting a snort on.

As you do.

 

[WoodyP]

So a Master’s License gets you the title of Master...but a Masters Degree gets you nothing

A colleague who was very highly qualified in a narrow field told me that BSc meant bullsh1t, MSc meant more sh1t, and PhD was just piled higher and deeper. He knew more and more about less and less until he knew everything about nothing.

 

[rogerthebodger]

A colleague who was very highly qualified in a narrow field told me that BSc meant bullsh1t, MSc meant more sh1t, and PhD was just piled higher and deeper. He knew more and more about less and less until he knew everything about nothing.

You need to look up Dunning Kruger effect

Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

But there are lots of people who have a degree but coupled with experience have the best of both worlds

 

[Chiara’s slave]

The second most pompous sailing organisation in the world famously said that our pleasure boat was ‘not a yacht’. So we never refer to her as such. In proper nautical speak, anything with less than 3 masts or 3 funnels is a boat. More and it’s a ship. Unless one or more of your ‘masts’ is a periscope, in which case it’s still a boat.

 

[Roberto]

Tupperware having just filed for Chapter 11, I need a new proper name to refer to my "boat"

 

[Bouba]

Tupperware having just filed for Chapter 11, I need a new proper name to refer to my "boat"

No longer the Tupperware Tart Trap