Your Favourite Boaty Words....

[Jimmy20V]

I'm going for "thwart"

Good word, much meligned and under-used.

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[Johnjo]

Very similar to yours only omiting a couple of letters

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[Jimmy20V]

Hardly boaty tho is it?

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[Johnjo]

No but use it quite a lot on the boat, especially when speedboats are passing close
to boats in crowded anchorages!

Favourite word " Deadwood "

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[snooks]

Rowlocks!

But these were all in with a good chance...

Baggywrinkle
Barber Hauler
Bobstay
Butt Strap
Bulwark
Catspaw
Cutlass Bearing
Dirty Wind
Following Wind
Grommet
Gudgeon
Handy Billy
Sacrifical Anode
Sag
Scandalise
Scupper
Sponson
Taffraill
Whisker Pole


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[jimi]

Hunky Dory

Honkidori was apparently the name of a street in the Yokohama, Japan, waterfront district where a sailor on leave could find anything his heart desired.


However my personal favourite is "pooped" ... cos it usually means you're in the shit!

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[Neraida]

vang

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[StephenSails]

weeping sturn gland, stuffing box, cludgy,

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[Aeolus_IV]

Tumblehome or Tumbleholm

... but don't know what it is, thought it is something similar to Sheer, sort of, ish, maybe.

Jeff.

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[Spacewaist]

Omitting \"HW\" or\"HR\"?

We need to know.

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[jimi]

Re: Omitting \"HW\" or\"HR\"?

or "TH"?

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[rusty_nail]

I'll raise your vang with a kicker!

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[Johnjo]

Re: Omitting \"HW\" or\"HR\"?

Definately the H and R ,
But in days long past and a few beers to many have woken up with a thick head and what
could be only called a bit of a tart,
And felt a bit of a t--t !............
Hope this answers your question

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[john_morris_uk]

meaning?

what does 'cludgy' mean or what is is one please?

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[StephenSails]

Re: meaning?

the heads

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[Neal]

Re: Tumblehome or Tumbleholm

Easier to draw than to describe.

A boat with tumblehome (eg Carter 33) has its maximum beam (in a vertical plane)some way below deck level.

ie from the waterline working up to the sheerline, she starts out narrow, gets beamier, then slightly narrower again.

A boat without tumblehome keeps getting beamier

Errr...if know what I mean.

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[Neal]

What a load of rowlocks........

I like cranse iron, too.

Sad that many of the best words are redundant nowadays for the majority of boat owners..........

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[surekandoo]

Cranse Iron??

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[max_power]

HORIZONTULAR !

The Skipper and the passenger went sailing hand in hand
They wept like anything because they could not see the land
“If we knew where we were “ said they,
“Then sailing would be grand “

The skipper said the cosines were very much agar,
And the angles of the tangents were HORIZONTULAR,
“It’s really very odd” said he,
“We don’t know where we are !

Both Mate and Cook and Passenger bewailed their fearful plight,
They worked out calculations thro’ both the day and the night.
“When you know where you are”, said they
“There is no need for fright”,

Said Passenger to Skipper. “ It’s very clear to me
Our course is ESW by N, as nearly as may be,
With deviation for a drink,
Of stronger stuff than tea”

And then they lifted up their eyes, the land appeared ahead,
They thought that it was Berry; it was really Durlestone Head!
It didn’t matter in the least,
They went to Poole instead.


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[DanTribe]

Futtock shroud.
Very difficult to work into everyday conversation though.

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