Wordie: Out to Sea: Comments

Comment by bilby, 4 months ago

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:01:34 +0000

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:08:01 +0000

Hey, c_b, thanks for adding all those boat & ship references from the O'Brian novels you're reading. (It took me this long to figure that out.)

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:37:47 +0000

Great addition--thanks! And I'm sold on hovercraft, too.

Comment by bilby, 9 months ago

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:00:37 +0000

Umiaq. With regards to hovercraft, I crossed the English Channel from Dover to Calais on a giant one of these.

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:17:56 +0000

Not absolutely necessary--I was just curious. And I bracket words I like too.

I like that image of "fishing villages clinging like treacle." :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 9 months ago

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:52:10 +0000

Unfortunately no, there's no further explanation. But I'm still reading the book, so I'll let you know if I find anything. (I knew you had schooner. I was reverting to my old habit of bracketing any words I liked.)

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:22:10 +0000

Thanks, c_b! I had schooner but not bummer or bully boat. Is there any further explanation of what types of boats they are? (Other than that a bummer is a small schooner.)

Either way--go on and add them yourself! I've made you co-owner of the list. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 9 months ago

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:07:12 +0000

Found a paragraph that may be of interest--though I couldn't find if you'd listed these yet, because the "cloud" link went all App Error on me.

"We visited many fishing villages clinging like treacle to the wave-battered cliffs of the Avalon Peninsula and examined a multitude of vessels ranging from small and ancient 'bully boats' to a venerable two-hundred-ton, three-masted schooner. Most were no longer seaworthy, but eventually we found a small schooner of a kind known as a Southern Shore bummer hauled out at the little outport of Admiral's Cove, not far from Fermeuse."
--Farley Mowat, Bay of Spirits, NY: Carroll and Graf, 2006.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:32:06 +0000

Quite a word--thanks! And while I was looking for more information, I found this:

"The Eel Parade has been a notable part of SAIL Amsterdam for a long time. True to tradition, authentic (sailing) ships play the main role in this nautical spectacle. Coming from the north, our own native Dutch ships like boyers, tjotters, small saloon boats, punters, tjalks, smacks, hoogaars, pusher tugs and tugboats will all have the opportunity to show themselves off. All participating ships are affiliated with the Federation of Old Dutch Vessels (Federatie Oud-Nederlandse Vaartuigen--FONV). The cities that will be visited by ships during the Eel Parade will all in turn have the chance to put on a show and promote their harbour activities in the presence of a big fleet of classic ships. Also leading up to SAIL 2005, a fleet of classic ships will once again sail from Friesland in the direction of Amsterdam."

An Eel Parade. Imagine that. :-)

Comment by mollusque, 10 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:47:18 +0000

I was looking up hoodoo (great comments there), and found a strangely derived Dutch sloop: hoogaars.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:14:00 +0000

What a delightfully dessert-like craft. Thanks, mollusque. Bilby, I don't know how I missed your comment, but I've found it now. I don't know that you'd want to take a hovercraft out to sea, but I've added outrigger. Thanks!

Comment by mollusque, 10 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:57:30 +0000

How about caramoussal?

Comment by bilby, 10 months ago

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:29:59 +0000

Is a hovercraft a boat? I'm sure it's not a fruit, however ...

I'm not a nautical boy. Don't know if outrigger is a boat or just a bit of one.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:15:34 +0000

Odd; thought I'd already added airboat and dreadnought, but apparently not. Thanks also for jukung, bilby.

Comment by bilby, 10 months ago

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:42:58 +0000

Jukung. Sometimes spelled jukong, or djukung in the old spelling. I've certainly seen jukung used in articles about Indonesia or the Cocos Islands because it's the most accurate term to describe these boats.

Dreadnought is a frightening word, let along the ship.

Comment by mollusque, 10 months ago

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:17:53 +0000

Good morning, reesetee! You're welcome. How about an Everglades airboat?

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:55:35 +0000

Thanks, m! Keep 'em coming. :-)

Comment by mollusque, 10 months ago

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:54:44 +0000

I just came across three-decker. Turns out there are also two-deckers and four-deckers, but they seem less common (the words, I don't know about the boats).

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:55:29 +0000

Nice! Thanks, mollusque!

Comment by mollusque, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:45:24 +0000

How about sternwheeler?

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:07:41 +0000

Quite well, c_b. Quite well. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:56:47 +0000

Hey! You forgot boat!!! HA HA HAHA!!

I'm trying to be annoying. How am I doing, reesetee? ;)

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:17:11 +0000

Er, uh...yes, palooka, I do. How did you know? ;->

Comment by palooka, 11 months ago

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:12:30 +0000

Educational & comprehensive - typically reesetee! You must live near the Indian Sea or spend a lot of time on it.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:58:35 +0000

Neat! Thanks, c_b. This list could go on forever. I'm amazed at how many names exist for specific types of boats. I'll add your suggestions (and those from vega's list, which I remember seeing ages back). You're right, though--I think vessel might be too generic, and I already have trireme. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:40:46 +0000

Wow. I was thinking for a long time about doing a list of types of vessels, but I always thought it would be too much work! I'm glad there's one here already.

I thought of a bunch more you may or may not want: barque (you have bark already, but this is a cooler spelling :P); brig (ditto, you have brigantine); steamer (you have steamship); sampan; tatara; dredger; tug (you have tugboat already); longship; liberty ship; vessel (might be too generic?); ironclad; trireme; liner; cruiser; battleship; submarine (is that too sub?); carrier as in aircraft carrier; collier; and my favorite, deadrise.

Cool list!

Edit: Some other cool ones from vega's list, "staying afloat": curragh, ship-of-the-line, yawl.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:36:16 +0000

They sure sound like they are. :-)

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:06:54 +0000

I do - they're a lot of fun!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:53:32 +0000

That's odd...thought I'd added both of those already. Thanks, slumry.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:29:16 +0000

sieve? And I just learned that a pink is a small sailing vessel

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:04:26 +0000

I've never seen a Klepper (except in photos)--do you have one?

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:50:48 +0000

True, but sounds much better than folding kayak... Plus, they're great boats!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:00:57 +0000

Hmm...well, it's a brand name, right? But what the heck--I'll add it. Thanks, trivet. :-)

And thanks to you too, slumry.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:24:18 +0000

I second that--nice list; I like the Lyle Lovett quote. In fact, I think I will stop listening to this disturbing news about the nation's infrastructure and listen to some Lyle Lovett.

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:19:28 +0000

Nice list - Klepper?