Nostrodamus
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We have thingies, what do you call its, rope, and other things.
Just because you are on a boat doesn't mean you have to learn another language. We do this for fun, not for a living.
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Just because you are on a boat doesn't mean you have to learn another language. We do this for fun, not for a living.
Nostrodamus
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You mean a she wee for men!
Sandyman
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Its not another language just nautical terminology.
NealB
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There're lots of different things to enjoy about boats.
I'm a bit of a traditionalist myself (wooden boats, gaff rig, traditional ropework, GPS free navigation and so on).
I see absolutely no reason, however, why Nostrodamus shouldn't enjoy his boat in the way that suits him.
Nostrodamus
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Thank you NealB.
Life is all about doing things your way and not how others want you to do them.
I have no problems with others using nautical terms when they want to so why can't I use the terms I want to.
[70521]
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Why does an episode of Porridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porridge_%28TV_series%29) pop into my head?
Barnacle Bill
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Don't do what a friend did ...
She was squatting down over a bucket on the cockpit floor for a poo, boat heeled over, and the bucket, unnoticed, quietly slid off to one side ... Her boyfirend in the cockpit just hear this anguished cry of "OH NO!!!!!"
(Actually I only looked at this thread because I'm trying to potty-train my 2-year-old at the moment - any hints for that??)
She was squatting down over a bucket on the cockpit floor for a poo, boat heeled over, and the bucket, unnoticed, quietly slid off to one side ... Her boyfirend in the cockpit just hear this anguished cry of "OH NO!!!!!"
(Actually I only looked at this thread because I'm trying to potty-train my 2-year-old at the moment - any hints for that??)
Nostrodamus
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No but your two year old could probably give me some.
Do women really go in a bucket?
Mine thinks that what the cork bungs on board are for....
Do women really go in a bucket?
Mine thinks that what the cork bungs on board are for....
Sandyman
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I hope you don't navigate with the same attitude.
Champagne Murphy
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Small bucket is one answer ........ not a 3 gallon builders bucket ..... just a small one that can be held.
Wide necked bottle is another....... I keep one in the car as well now
If using the ship's facilities kneeling is preferable to siting we always found. Does not require removal of so much clothing.
At ALL costs avoid lucozade bottles
Nostrodamus
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of course... what other way is there.
Sandyman
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so your happy to use the correct terminology when your navigating ? You dont call a Mayday, a Juneweek or an Aprilhour 
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Avoid the issue by wearing a dry suit with anti inversion elastic in the legs.
As a young 14 year old lad I was peeing into the heads on a large OYC yacht. As the yacht went over some waves I proceeded to pee all down the leg of my jeans. In those days faded jeans was the norm, so a damp patch stood out like a Belisha Beacon. No amount of tissue work would dry out the stain. I went back up on deck and the first thing a 14 year old girl announced was that I had peed myself. I was mortified and it scarred me deeply!
As a young 14 year old lad I was peeing into the heads on a large OYC yacht. As the yacht went over some waves I proceeded to pee all down the leg of my jeans. In those days faded jeans was the norm, so a damp patch stood out like a Belisha Beacon. No amount of tissue work would dry out the stain. I went back up on deck and the first thing a 14 year old girl announced was that I had peed myself. I was mortified and it scarred me deeply!
Nostrodamus
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so your happy to use the correct terminology when your navigating ? You dont call a Mayday, a Juneweek or an Aprilhour
No we call "pressure cooker, Pressure cooker" and have never had to use a May day thingy what ever that is.
bbg
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Tip for using a bucket for no.2. Use a biodegradeable bin liner. The kind you can get for composting. No need to clean the bucket afterwards. NB this doesn't help if the bucket slips away.
Sandyman
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Your not visiting Boston then ?
Interesting to know what you call a sheet, winch, halyards, sail, deckhead, sole, tiller, rudder, hatch, cleat, charts, boom, etc etc ?
Have you made your own words up to describe them ?
Robin
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I had a small bucket actually a kids beach one on a line tied to the pushpit and useable with or without untying, direct overboard discharge thereafter. All very high tech but effective and safe enough.
DanTribe
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I've sailed on racing boats where a length of 32mm uPVC drain pipe was kept in the cockpit for urinal use.
Braggarts used a 50mm pipe
Braggarts used a 50mm pipe
prv
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How about:
Blue rope
Winch
Red rope
Sail
Ceiling
Floor
Steering handle
[can't see it, don't need a name for it]
Skylight (or door if it's the companionway)
Tying up thingy
Maps
Boom (for some reason non-sailors tend to know this one)
(To be clear, these aren't words I would use. Although among a certain circle of sailing friends we do sometimes have "adjustable rear guyrope", in honour of a certain novice who once needed to refer to the backstay without knowing its proper name, and the phrase stuck.)
Pete
Nostrodamus
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Sandyman.. your boat you call things what you want... my boat, we call things what we want.
It's like sex...call things by the proper name and you would still be a virgin.. call them other things and you end up in the same place.
As Confucius said "Man comes from woman and spends the rest of his life trying to get back in"
It's like sex...call things by the proper name and you would still be a virgin.. call them other things and you end up in the same place.
As Confucius said "Man comes from woman and spends the rest of his life trying to get back in"
