Boat Speak / Land Speak
Photo Courtesy Al Trojanowicz
| Boat-speak: Keel Land-speak: A boat's backbone Boat-speak: Clean port Land-speak: A harbor with water filthy enough to kill marine organisms on a hull. New York is no longer a clean port. Boat-speak: Dock Land-speak: Area where a boat lies when made fast  Boat-speak: Leeward Land-speak: Away from the wind (pronounced "lou-ward") Boat-speak: Bilge Land-speak: Basement Boat-speak: Sea chest Land-speak: Below-water opening for drawing in water. John J. Harvey has four large ones (for pumps) and seven small ones (for engines). Boat-speak: Grounding Land-speak: To be avoided Boat-speak: Overhead Land-speak: Ceiling Boat-speak: Scupper Land-speak: Drains along the deck Boat-speak: Dry-dock Land-speak: Expensive Boat-speak: Colors Land-speak: Flags Boat-speak: Buoys Land-speak: Floating markers that keep us from grounding Boat-speak: Deck Land-speak: Floor Boat-speak: Forecastle Land-speak: Forward-most compartment (pronounced "Folk-sil") Boat-speak: Captain Land-speak: God Boat-speak: Freeboard Land-speak: Height of the lowest portion of the main deck above the water Boat-speak: Hull Land-speak: Keeps the water out (which is the point of it all) Boat-speak: Galley Land-speak: Kitchen Boat-speak: Port, Starboard, Bow and Stern Land-speak: Left, right front and back of the boat -- but not directions. The boat still turns to the left and right and moves forward and aft. Boat-speak: LWL Land-speak: Length at the waterline Boat-speak: LOA Land-speak: Length Overall Boat-speak: Saloon Land-speak: Living room (Pronounced "sal-on") Boat-speak: John J. Harvey Land-speak: Never "The John J. Harvey". Boats, like people, do not take articles. Boat-speak: Small craft Land-speak: Not John J. Harvey Boat-speak: Ship Land-speak: Not John J. Harvey Boat-speak: Sail Land-speak: Not on John J. Harvey Boat-speak: Bulkhead Land-speak: Wall Boat-speak: Displacement Land-speak: Weight of a boat (equal to the weight of water displaced by the boat). |
Boat-speak: Signals Land-speak: One long blast: Getting underway. One short blast: "I intend to leave you to my port". Two short blasts: "I intend to leave you to my starboard". Three short blasts: "I'm in reverse". Five short blasts: "You should not be at the helm of a boat". Boat-speak: Knot Land-speak: One nautical mile per hour. Originally a knotted line was thrown off the stern and the number of knots carried overboard in a set time was counted. Boat-speak: Wheel Land-speak: Propeller (as opposed to the ship's wheel, which is a steering wheel). Boat-speak: Screw Land-speak: Propeller  Boat-speak: Bearing Land-speak: Relative direction of something Boat-speak: Cabin Land-speak: Room Boat-speak: Line Land-speak: Rope (there are no ropes on a boat unless they are in storage) Boat-speak: Rode Land-speak: Rope and/or chain attached to an anchor Boat-speak: Weather Land-speak: Sailor's term for Windward Boat-speak: Boat Land-speak: Smaller than a ship, except for submarines which are always boats. Boat-speak: Companionway Land-speak: Staircase Boat-speak: Wharf or Pier Land-speak: Structure for making fast a boat Boat-speak: She; Her Land-speak: The proper article when referring to a boat. (Boats and ships are always feminine in English, but masculine in French. La France is a country; Le France was a ship.) Boat-speak: Deck pipe Land-speak: The really fun part of a fireboat. Also sometimes called a Monitor. Boat-speak: Bitt Land-speak: Thing to tie a line to. Boat-speak: Made fast Land-speak: Tied to a dock, pier or wharf Boat-speak: Pay out Land-speak: To loosen a line Boat-speak: Snub Land-speak: To make a line fast Boat-speak: Forward Land-speak: Towards the bow Boat-speak: Aft Land-speak: Towards the stern Boat-speak: Windward Land-speak: Towards the wind Boat-speak: Flotsam Land-speak: Trash on the water Boat-speak: Pile Land-speak: Vertical member that supports a pier Boat-speak: Head Land-speak: W.C. (sometimes pronounced "loo") |
Photo Courtesy Al Trojanowicz
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