Do you set sail, when casting off a motor boat..?
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Priceless! bridgdav said:
Seriously, is there a specific verb which describes the activity of powering a motor driven boat..?
Any vessel is broadly speaking in one (or more) of three states1, here with rough definitions:Made fast = Tied to something solid (moored or anchored)
Underway = Not tied to anything solid
Making way = Propelling herself through the water, be it by motor, sail or oar
A vessel can be underway and making way
There are important legal differences and consequences depending on what state a vessel is in
1-Yes, there's more, I know...
Edited by the_lone_wolf on Sunday 26th October 21:04
king about lingo anyway.
"Getting in the way/making lots of noise/ignoring the colregs/creating lots of wash" can all be used to describe the actual act of operating a motorboat at sea.
"Undoing the string from the comically tiny Fisher-Price cleats" is the equivalent of slipping lines and "using both 200hp engines and a ludicrously noisy bowthruster an awful lot whilst shouting at the wife from the steering balcony" is the act if manoeuvring a 26' boat in a marina.
Hope this helps...
(Runs for cover...)
"Undoing the string from the comically tiny Fisher-Price cleats" is the equivalent of slipping lines and "using both 200hp engines and a ludicrously noisy bowthruster an awful lot whilst shouting at the wife from the steering balcony" is the act if manoeuvring a 26' boat in a marina.
Hope this helps...
(Runs for cover...)
Simpo Two said:
Hard-Drive said:
"using both 200hp engines and a ludicrously noisy bowthruster an awful lot whilst shouting at the wife from the steering balcony" is the act if manoeuvring a 26' boat in a marina.
One shouldn't need a bow-thruster AND a wife!
Marcellus said:
Simpo Two said:
Hard-Drive said:
"using both 200hp engines and a ludicrously noisy bowthruster an awful lot whilst shouting at the wife from the steering balcony" is the act if manoeuvring a 26' boat in a marina.
One shouldn't need a bow-thruster AND a wife!
I will hold my hands up and say it was a hopeless gybe and how the hell we stayed the right way up, I don't know! There was some video being shot yesterday...let's hope that one ends up on the cutting room floor!
Hard-Drive said:
Cheeky barsteward! Of course when one is coordinating two extra sails and another body, sailing a proper boat, compared to your sailing school kid's boat, there is a lot more to go wrong...
I will hold my hands up and say it was a hopeless gybe and how the hell we stayed the right way up, I don't know! There was some video being shot yesterday...let's hope that one ends up on the cutting room floor!
lol....... Your interesting gybe certainly woke me up, came flyint round to be face with a bloody great furball almost on it's side in front of me.... Have you thought about a mast head float? I will hold my hands up and say it was a hopeless gybe and how the hell we stayed the right way up, I don't know! There was some video being shot yesterday...let's hope that one ends up on the cutting room floor!
you can usually borrow one from the bosuns. I think Andy only went out to film your 2nd race
Marcellus said:
Hard-Drive said:
Cheeky barsteward! Of course when one is coordinating two extra sails and another body, sailing a proper boat, compared to your sailing school kid's boat, there is a lot more to go wrong...
I will hold my hands up and say it was a hopeless gybe and how the hell we stayed the right way up, I don't know! There was some video being shot yesterday...let's hope that one ends up on the cutting room floor!
lol....... Your interesting gybe certainly woke me up, came flyint round to be face with a bloody great furball almost on it's side in front of me.... Have you thought about a mast head float? I will hold my hands up and say it was a hopeless gybe and how the hell we stayed the right way up, I don't know! There was some video being shot yesterday...let's hope that one ends up on the cutting room floor!
you can usually borrow one from the bosuns. I think Andy only went out to film your 2nd race
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