When does a boat become a ship? NM

[philip_stevens]

Point taken as she is still "in commission". (I only copied and pasted, but you are right.)

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Philip

 

[alant]

Exactly, but the definition can also apply to vessels having 3 masts or more, ie 4, 5 or 6, as long as they are all rigged with square yards.

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[jonT]

Re: byron

"A BOAT CAN BE HOISTED ABOARD A SHIP BUT A SHIP CANNOT BE HOISTED ABOARD A BOAT"

Subs are classed as Boats cant hoist them

hehe



<hr width=100% size=1>24 beers in a case ! 24 hours in a day coincedence???????? i think not

 

[ongolo]

My gaff schooner has a dry exhaust from the wheel house. Is this a funnel?

I carry a BOAT on a davit and another BOAT on deck, does that make mine a ship?

LOA 21m about (deck 16m only) I wonder, I always say boat because I dont like "yacht".

regards ongolo


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[peterb]

I have seen a definition along the lines of "a ship is a vessel with more than one deck above the weather deck". This differentiates between ships and boats, but doesn't say when either becomes a yacht.

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[starman]

If a vessel turns to port, and you fall over the port rail, [pissed or sober] it's a boat, if you fall over the starboard rail, it's a ship.

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[landaftaf]

BOAT owners are happy twice - when they buy a boat and when they sell the boat.
SHIPowners are happy all the time when its making money ............

 

[am2]

I thought it was when it went over the weight threshold of 1000grt?! but maybe I am wrong!!

 

[Ron Dean]

Dotterel

I thought it was when it went over the weight threshold of 1000grt?! but maybe I am wrong!!

All I know is :-

All Ships must have Boats.
just like
Sam's Horse Must Eat Oats!

(Mnemonic for remembering sizes of the Great Lakes)

 

[ferrymaniom]

I don't think there is any correct answer to this, apart from (maybe) the 'you know it when you see it' one.

It is all too muddled. You have container ships but supply boats. Passenger ships but ferry boats and so on and so forth. Then there are tankers, bulk carriers, gas carriers, sloops, schooners, barques, brigs, tugs, barges, ketches, cutters and yawls to name a few.

Boat and ship are just two terms used (sometimes interchangeably) to describe various craft that float.

 

[pau1gray]

Yeah, pics please. Must take quite some planning to go round and pickem up if they fall off?

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Here is the photo of CDR Rob Davies off the back of HMS Newcastle off Dakar in 1989