Your Favourite Boaty Words....

[polarity]

no its knot

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[oilyrag]

Got to be 'snotter'

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[chippie]

I was going to post 'Futtock' What is it?

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[chippie]

I was going to post 'Futtock' What is it? Futtocked if I know.

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[bob_tyler]

"Bugger" Usually heard at great volume when kicking a cleat with bare feet.

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[ghostwriter]

Bachi-Bouzouk !!!! nm

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[scottnewcombe]

Mine is cleat.

A young guy who helps out on our boat at the end of a day of me saying 'take a turn rount that cleat ..etc' asked with a very serious face

'So what is a clit anyway?'

after I stopped laughing I told him he would have to find out for himself when he got a bit older.

Still makes me smile

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[suse]

I usually get 'midships cleat' vowels transposed - baaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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[qsiv]

the point where the shrouds go out and over the 'top' (or grating) on a square riggers mast (or maybe even a gaffer at apinch). The topmast then carried on above the top - which is why I was always brought up that the cap shrouds went to the top of the mast - the shrouds above were topmast shrouds.

But we've also missed (or maybe I've missed)
gammon irons
breasthooks
buttocks
dolphin strikers
garboards
covering boards
bulwarks
handy billy's
nutty (chocolate from naval slang)
tot (as in rum, please)
awning (also as in a pastry crust on a pie)


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[DanTribe]

No idea, but as nobody else is likely to know what it means, you can use it to refer to anything you like. E.g." I say madam, your futtocks look slack, shall I frap them for you?"
The dictionary refers to a particular bit of ships timber but it's incomprehensible to me.

Why has nobody claimed "rowlocks"

Dan

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[MADFISH]

I don't know but I am just off to apply some grease to my seacock.

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[Aeolus_IV]

Re: Tumblehome or Tumbleholm

Ah, know what you mean - topsides which curve in at the top giving maximum beam below the level of the deck.

Thanks, Jeff.

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[milltech]

Not bad, I like Dana in Two Years before the mast describing vessels crossing in front of him as "getting athwart our hawze pipe"

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[SloopJohnB]

Dont forget "fendoffforchissakes!"

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[wooslehunter]

How about "brass monkey". Only uttered by real sailors. And yes it really is a genuine nautical term.

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[Cornishman]

Old Gaffers probably know that every wooden block has an arse, and some have a tail, but not many riggers these days know that the groove between the strands of cable laid rope is properly called the cont. Look at it closely next time and you will see why. Sailmakers are a funny lot, too, with a sailmaker's whipping!

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[Solitaire]

And so is "freezing the balls off" /forums/images/icons/wink.gif. Its where it came from.

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[Bobingabout]

I like "Rowlocks".....you can shout it at your disobedient crew!

I also Like to shout "Hey you......anchor", at powerboats who charge at a high rate of knots through a busy anchorage!!

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[jeanne]

Was going to post futtocks...but pipped at the post; how about Cutch?

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[rickwat]

Swashbuckling - NM

No Message

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