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What is it with all this nautical talk thing. In the real world it is called a rope but in boaty world it is a sheet or line Most people have those on their bed.

A head is a place to put your hat

Port is a drink or a place ships tie up at.
etc etc

is it all just a snob thing
 
Ever heard of maritime heritage? It's to stop confusion when on board a vessel.
Port side is always the port side no matter if you are looking forward or aft. But the left side to somebody looking aft is the right side to somebody looking forward.
Not sure why the toilet is called the heads though?
 
Ever heard of maritime heritage? It's to stop confusion when on board a vessel.
Port side is always the port side no matter if you are looking forward or aft. But the left side to somebody looking aft is the right side to somebody looking forward.
Not sure why the toilet is called the heads though?

yes but if you have a normal soul on board they know nowt about port and starboard better just to say right and left assuming you are facing the front. Simples.

you could of course say bow but then they might just bend down in homage
 
if you are on board and don't know what port and starboard mean , you are a passenger and don't need to know what they mean!!

Right or left depends on which way you are facing , Port and starboard always mean the same sides of the boat.

Go into any sport and they have words for things.
"Love all" means no ones scored in tennis.

"Of side rule" means there is a player nearer the oppositions goal, than the ten non goal keeping players of the opposition, without the ball... what has that to do with sides?

"Silly mid off" is a somewhat dangerous fielding position in Cricket..

As for Rugby with "hookers, "Loose head Props", Tight head Props" you never know what they are up to :D

Are you suggesting all sports are snobs?
 
if you are on board and don't know what port and starboard mean , you are a passenger and don't need to know what they mean!!

Right or left depends on which way you are facing , Port and starboard always mean the same sides of the boat.

Go into any sport and they have words for things.
"Love all" means no ones scored in tennis.

"Of side rule" means there is a player nearer the oppositions goal, than the ten non goal keeping players of the opposition, without the ball... what has that to do with sides?

"Silly mid off" is a somewhat dangerous fielding position in Cricket..

As for Rugby with "hookers, "Loose head Props", Tight head Props" you never know what they are up to :D

Are you suggesting all sports are snobs?
Good answer but not right on the off side
 
What is it with all this nautical talk thing. In the real world it is called a rope but in boaty world it is a sheet or line Most people have those on their bed.

A head is a place to put your hat

Port is a drink or a place ships tie up at.
etc etc

is it all just a snob thing
If you was young , a head can be a pleasure.
 
if you are on board and don't know what port and starboard mean , you are a passenger and don't need to know what they mean!!

Right or left depends on which way you are facing , Port and starboard always mean the same sides of the boat.

Yup I covered that one if you read the Post

Go into any sport and they have words for things.
"Love all" means no ones scored in tennis.

Boating isn't a Sport in the way most people do it. Anyway not got any interest in Sport or what people now think is Sport

"Of side rule" means there is a player nearer the oppositions goal, than the ten non goal keeping players of the opposition, without the ball... what has that to do with sides?

"Silly mid off" is a somewhat dangerous fielding position in Cricket..

As for Rugby with "hookers, "Loose head Props", Tight head Props" you never know what they are up to :D

Are you suggesting all sports are snobs?



Probably

 
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Technical terms have their uses. I would prefer to be asked to adjust the Genoa sheet rather than “the rope that’s a bit thicker than the green one” just as I might find it more useful to describe an issue with an exhaust manifold rather than “the bit that joins the engine block to the long pipe”.
But if anyone doesn’t find that sort of thing helpful, so be it. :) :)
 
Technical terms have their uses. I would prefer to be asked to adjust the Genoa sheet rather than “the rope that’s a bit thicker than the green one” just as I might find it more useful to describe an issue with an exhaust manifold rather than “the bit that joins the engine block to the long pipe”.
But if anyone doesn’t find that sort of thing helpful, so be it. :) :)

Well is is more about naming things with different names than those that are used generally in normal life. You examples had nowt to do with that
 
Being on the water is like stepping off into a different dimension of the world, it‘s a whole other place.
People on ships in the old days lived and died together, so it’s not surprising that sailors came up with different words for everyday things because they were in a different context … the fact you knew the right names identified you as a sailor vs a landlubber.
If you suggested to a hairy Matelot that this was anything to do with snobbery, they would fall overboard laughing.

In leisure boating, we are mostly trying to give the impression we know what we are doing by using nautical terminology. It’s also about using names that everyone understands to have the same meaning.

e.g. on my motorboat, I will say “Splice the Mainbrace” every now and again :ROFLMAO:
 
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Being on the water is like stepping off into a different dimension of the world, it‘s a whole other place.
People on ships in the old days lived and died together, so it’s not surprising that sailors came up with different words for everyday things because they were in a different context … the fact you knew the right names identified you as a sailor vs a landlubber.
If you suggested to a hairy Matelot that this was anything to do with snobbery, they would fall overboard laughing.

In leisure boating, we are mostly trying to give the impression we know what we are doing by using nautical terminology. It’s also about using names that everyone understands to have the same meaning.

e.g. on my motorboat, I will say “Splice the Mainbrace” every now and again :ROFLMAO:

Full ahead both Mr Christian - is what gets shouted on ours.
 
Well is is more about naming things with different names than those that are used generally in normal life. You examples had nowt to do with that
And I would have sworn that sheets and ropes were mentioned in your original post in this thread. :)
 
What is it with all this nautical talk thing. In the real world it is called a rope but in boaty world it is a sheet or line Most people have those on their bed.

A head is a place to put your hat

Port is a drink or a place ships tie up at.
etc etc

is it all just a snob thing
I was looking on one of your threads , and you mention keel boards and sib, are you a snob. Just saying
 
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