Bob S
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Post by Bob S on Dec 17, 2013 19:02:40 GMT -7
Once again you are disqualified Skeeter because you probably know all the answers and can smile a bit.
Has anyone in this forum ever--
Stood a mailbouy watch?
Visited a rain locker?
Gone on a seabat hunt?
Use a circular file?
Visited Fiddlers' Green?
Went to look for 6 fathoms of waterline?
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Post by karl on Dec 17, 2013 20:38:02 GMT -7
Once again you are disqualified Skeeter because you probably know all the answers and can smile a bit. Has anyone in this forum ever-- Stood a mailbouy watch? Visited a rain locker? Gone on a seabat hunt? Use a circular file? Visited Fiddlers' Green? Went to look for 6 fathoms of waterline? Bob My self only to experience not to look for 6 fathoms of water line. But in this stead looked at below the water line to then below the keel. It occured long ago whilst serving in our fishing fleet on a stern trawler. We were attempting to recover a lost anchor off the point of Lindesnes {entry into Skagerrak} Norway. It was an accident of being caught by a flying cable from a temporary set up winch for dragging. The shock of entering the water dispelled all fear of deep water, I was to see through the green sea water, the ships keel and that was it, the cold was so shocking and quick with numb, then lights out. Until the crew was trying to do what the sea failed to do with slapping the heck out of my numbed body. You never know you have been out until you wake up.. The worse was as the body begins to regain warmth, the chills and very hard shaking begins and your teeth will not stop chattering. But, at the time, I am sorry, but I was not looking for 6 fathoms of waterline, and, I never seen the bottom. {how were you to come up with these things? It is comical once to over come the first empression and realize it is a joke, pretty clever I must say....} Karl |
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Dec 18, 2013 4:31:30 GMT -7
Once again you are disqualified Skeeter because you probably know all the answers and can smile a bit. Has anyone in this forum ever-- Stood a mailbouy watch? Visited a rain locker? Gone on a seabat hunt? Use a circular file? Visited Fiddlers' Green? Went to look for 6 fathoms of waterline? Bob My self only to experience not to look for 6 fathoms of water line. But in this stead looked at below the water line to then below the keel. It occured long ago whilst serving in our fishing fleet on a stern trawler. We were attempting to recover a lost anchor off the point of Lindesnes {entry into Skagerrak} Norway. It was an accident of being caught by a flying cable from a temporary set up winch for dragging. The shock of entering the water dispelled all fear of deep water, I was to see through the green sea water, the ships keel and that was it, the cold was so shocking and quick with numb, then lights out. Until the crew was trying to do what the sea failed to do with slapping the heck out of my numbed body. You never know you have been out until you wake up.. The worse was as the body begins to regain warmth, the chills and very hard shaking begins and your teeth will not stop chattering. But, at the time, I am sorry, but I was not looking for 6 fathoms of waterline, and, I never seen the bottom. {how were you to come up with these things? It is comical once to over come the first empression and realize it is a joke, pretty clever I must say....} Karl Hmmmm - - - Nautical terms, hmmmm. Well now, I remember one. Sweepers - - Sweepers Sweepers man your brooms. People forward move aft People aft move forward All people mid ship stand by to direct traffic !!!    |
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Post by Bob S on Dec 18, 2013 14:39:27 GMT -7
Karl and J.J. youre both correct, those are all nautical terms but we can keep the rest of the forum guessing. All this happened a long time ago and the memories are still there and they bring back a lot of fond memories. I did become a "Shellback" and I was there when the ships nose was painted Blue. I did not see the Lorelei but I saw a lot of other strange things while at sea.
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Post by kaima on Dec 18, 2013 18:57:19 GMT -7
Once again you are disqualified Skeeter because you probably know all the answers and can smile a bit. Has anyone in this forum ever-- Stood a mailbouy watch? Visited a rain locker? Gone on a seabat hunt? Use a circular file? Visited Fiddlers' Green? Went to look for 6 fathoms of waterline? Well, to spread the fun BACK to the originators as well as the uninitiated (much to include me in the uninitiated!) I ADD A CHALLENGE To take the original phrases and enter them in Google IMAGES - not Google web, and see what comes up. There are more mis-leads than leads that pop up on the screen, as this one below. Obviously these two must be on a Seabat hunt!!  |
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Post by karl on Dec 18, 2013 18:58:30 GMT -7
J.J. and Bob
It certainly looks that we are all in good company or should I say, ships company...My self was never to have the experience, but have you had the pleasue to holy stone the deck???
Karl
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Post by karl on Dec 18, 2013 19:08:36 GMT -7
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Post by kaima on Dec 19, 2013 0:39:04 GMT -7
J.J. and Bob It certainly looks that we are all in good company or should I say, ships company...My self was never to have the experience, but have you had the pleasue to holy stone the deck??? Karl The closest I come to claiming sailorhood is kayaking on river and ocean, and having fed the fishes with my cookies when I got seasic a few tiimes on board a boat (not a ship unless you count the 600 ft (200m) Alaska ferries). Then again, I try to fly POSH, as did the Brits when they went to India, which is a holdover from the sailing term.... and likely a bit easier to translate into understandable LandLubber language than are the terms you pose.... Kai the LandLubber |
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Post by Bob S on Dec 19, 2013 6:03:27 GMT -7
J.J. and Bob It certainly looks that we are all in good company or should I say, ships company...My self was never to have the experience, but have you had the pleasue to holy stone the deck??? Karl It was fortunate that the only decks I was aware of were Steel Decks. |
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Dec 19, 2013 7:16:36 GMT -7
J.J. and Bob It certainly looks that we are all in good company or should I say, ships company...My self was never to have the experience, but have you had the pleasue to holy stone the deck??? Karl Never been on a ship with wooden decks  Holystoning the Deck |
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Post by karl on Dec 19, 2013 7:50:51 GMT -7
J.J. and Bob It certainly looks that we are all in good company or should I say, ships company...My self was never to have the experience, but have you had the pleasue to holy stone the deck??? Karl The closest I come to claiming sailorhood is kayaking on river and ocean, and having fed the fishes with my cookies when I got seasic a few tiimes on board a boat (not a ship unless you count the 600 ft (200m) Alaska ferries). Then again, I try to fly POSH, as did the Brits when they went to India, which is a holdover from the sailing term.... and likely a bit easier to translate into understandable LandLubber language than are the terms you pose.... Kai the LandLubber Dear Kai My self to most always enjoy your very colourful remarks and discriptions of your impressions and experiences.. Just to share with you a common ailment..Most always in one form or another, my returning first day at sea was being sea sick in one form or another. If circumstances would provide, usually a 20 minute visit to the bowe with sea spray and cold wind would usually out weigh any vistige of sickness. It was for my self, for once underway, it is crossing off the land shelf to then enter into deep sea, the hull changes motion into regular sea going motion, {if this makes any sense}. But, very important to not being close to the stern, for there the diesel engine stack exhaust usually will blow back and down over the stern. These were stern trawlers and much of the crews work stations were below deck with some of the tenders upper deck handling the net draw, were subject to stack blow down. If sick, they had little choice but to tough it out and conduct their duties. The ship is a living being once at sea, for it viberates from engine power through the hull through the propeller action. As the viberation changes under load of increase in net power draw as it is drawn in. The hull will transmit power needs for additional trottle application to decrease as cross currants, head and stern are crossed.This with trottle settings and motor revelulutions. With diesel/electic power flow systems, power is not always determined by trottle settings, these must be known by experience and use. There by design, through the upper hull of most large ships, stress relief sections in the upper hull area of the main deck. These are designed for the hull to be able to absorb mid-section movements to prevent hull cracking as the ship expereinces variations of sea movement. New crew memners are always provided a presea walk about the main deck and shown these stress relief sections with very strong warnings to never never place their hand or foot near or in those areas. That is if they wish to preserve those body parts whilst at sea. In the normal course of events, those various stress sections are not noticeable, but they are there, other wise whilst at sea, the hull would self destruct with explosive detenation as the hull would snap down to the keel. Karl |
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