Spankers & leather shorts

[jimi]

I am assured the the yellow racing mark in the Solent called Spanker is sponsored by Bavaria Yachts, is that true?

Jim

 

[claymore]

Jamesie ma wee mannie
Ye've tarried ower lang in they furrin pairts. Whit wid yer mammie think ef she ken't ye was stairtin sic disgracefu' topics on ra internet?
A this talk o' lethers an spankin - tak a hod o yersel mon.

regards
Claymore

 

[jimi]

Och it wis ma mammie that stertid the hale thing aff. Ah hear yer gang a bittie saft wi' a' this heating , ye'll be aff to the Med next ... onything tae extend the lederhosen season!

Jim

 

[Twister_Ken]

Spanker has been so for a long time, and has a particularly nautical derivation:

A fore-and-aft sail set upon the mizen-mast of a three-masted vessel, and the jigger-mast of a four-masted vessel. There is no spanker in a one- or two-masted vessel of any rig. A “spanker” used to be called a “driver.”

I suspect if Bavaria sponsored a mark it would be called Flog'er

 

[jimi]

Spankers & spanking

Wonder if there is any connection between Spankers (as in the sail) & spanking (as in "brand spanking new")! Could it be that they were not used often and thus looked cleaner and therefor newer than the rest of the set?

Jim

 

[Twister_Ken]

Re: Spankers & spanking

Interesting thought and quite possible the reason.

Think also of 'a spanking breeze', 'setting a spanking pace' and 'spanking along'.