what are you talking about?
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Newbies always get stuck on the relative and absolute terms we use for direction. No LEFT or RIGHT
Boat on PORT or STARBOARD
Turn UP or DOWN
EASE or TRIM that jib
HEAT up or SOAK down with the breeze
Weight FORE or AFT
Boat on PORT or STARBOARD
Turn UP or DOWN
EASE or TRIM that jib
HEAT up or SOAK down with the breeze
Weight FORE or AFT
flemish flake. a snake like coil of the rope that is flush to the deck. used to allow the rope to dry faster. also makes the coil less likely to trip someone
Unfortunately @jssailem
Had a photographic memory which was never developed.
Gets too big for his britches but will be exposed in the end
His dead house batteries were given out free of charge.
Jim...
Had a photographic memory which was never developed.
Gets too big for his britches but will be exposed in the end
His dead house batteries were given out free of charge.
Jim...
Nope...not even close. It was much earlier...and besides, the toilets on the Titanic weren't/aren't marine toilets.
I'll wait a bit to see if anyone comes up with the right answer before posting it.
Yes, they’re different. Just like they’re and their and there. And to and too and two.
I don't know about you, but I drive on a parkway because it's faster than walking.
In my neck o' the woods, a driveway is what we use to get our vehicles from the road to up close to the house. We park on the lawn.
I'd guess one of the British Royal Yachts. If I had to guess further, the HMY Victoria and Albert.
A flemished line is coiled flat with the end in the middle. The advantages are: “all the line is in one place; you know right where the end is, and it looks shipshape.” (Quoting Senior Chief Bo’sunsmate Jeffcote! Expletives deleted.)
Not quite, the "seat of ease" a board with a hole in it was on the "Cathead" the cross wise beam at the bow to which the anchor was "catted". If you look closely at about 22 seconds you can see a sailor sitting on the "Head" in a blow facing outboard.
tun
tən/
noun
- 1.
a large beer or wine cask
- store (wine or other alcoholic drinks) in a tun.
HULL SPEED: as a hull goes thru the water it creates a bow wave. behind the bow wave there is a trough. behind the bow wave trough is a second wave. the distance between the crest of these two waves is determined by the speed of the waves. the faster a wave , the farther apart the crests. examples: 9' = 4 knots
14'= 5
20'= 6
28' = 7
37' = 8
47' = 9
58' = 10
so, as a vessel of a certain length pushes the bow wave to a speed such that the distance between crests becomes wider then the length of the vessel, the stern of the vessel falls off the crest of the number 2 wave ( stern wave ). the stern lowers in the water because it is no longer supported level by wave number 2. the boat now has to effectively start sailing uphill. a much harder task.
easy peezy
14'= 5
20'= 6
28' = 7
37' = 8
47' = 9
58' = 10
so, as a vessel of a certain length pushes the bow wave to a speed such that the distance between crests becomes wider then the length of the vessel, the stern of the vessel falls off the crest of the number 2 wave ( stern wave ). the stern lowers in the water because it is no longer supported level by wave number 2. the boat now has to effectively start sailing uphill. a much harder task.
easy peezy
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in a race , you can catch a ride from a much longer boat on wave number three or four . five feet off their transom knowing you won't hit them. oh that really pisses them off and gets some of their minds out of the game. he he he 