A few interesting nautical terms

[ravip]

1. "Blimp merchant": Someone always looking through portholes.
2. Flinders Bar: Rod of soft iron inserted between Lord Kelvin's Balls to adjust the compass for the magnetism of the ship.
3. Shipshape and Bristol Fashion: This expression actually did originate in the port of Bristol. Because of the extreme height of the tide (30ft rise to fall), any sailing ship visiting Bristol needed to have her timbers strengthened within the hull, due to the enormous stress and strains encountered at low tide. Any ship caught in the River Avon at low tide would be practically laying on her side's causing undue damage, due to the steep mud banks. If everything had not been stowed away and battened down when caught at low tide this meant extra work for the crew before they could leave port. Therefore any ship that had been strengthened and was well stowed and battened down to deal with the Bristol tides was known to be.......Shipshape and Bristol fashion....neat and tidy.
4. 5h1t on a shingle: A delectable breakfast order aboard ship of chipped beef on toast.
5. "Three sheets to the wind": Inebriated - out of control - sheets being the ropes controlling sails, when these are flapping in the wind blows the ship is out of control.
6. Train Smash: A culinary delight consisting of sausages, mashed potato and tinned tomatoes.

 

[Sujo]

I think you may be bored with the lockdown.

But i enjoyed it, keep em coming.

[VocalNeal]

Sounds like an opportunity to get the OP to search for the Golden Rivet.

[Heppinger]

https://www.mazzastick.com/maritime-symbols-in-modern-times/

[ravip]

50 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Sounds like an opportunity to get the OP to search for the Golden Rivet.

Already found it and put in the vacuum bucket decades ago. LOL

[SteveK]

Batten down the hatches and splice the mainbrace!

 

[champers]

Brass monkey weather.

[talahtnut]

Did Lord Kelvin get hump when the

flinders bar was inserted?

[kingdong]

How I miss the tv series " captain pugwash" with seaman stains,master Bates and Roger the cabinboy.

[VocalNeal]

13 hours ago, ravip said:

Already found it and put in the vacuum bucket decades ago. LOL

 

Turning Gear : Nothing to do with steering the ship. 

 

Ex. 4th Engineer Blue Star

Edited May 16, 2020 by VocalNeal

[Moneyhonour]

Posh : Portside Out, Starboard Home. Rich people booked cabins on their way to India by ship. The route went through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. The cabins on the port side on the way to India got the morning sun and had the rest of the day to cool off, while starboard ones got the afternoon sun, and were still quite hot at bedtime. On the return trip, the opposite was true.

[chickenslegs]

I couldn't resist searching google for naughty nautical terms.

 

1. cuntline(Noun)

   The spiral groove between the strands of a rope

2. cuntline(Noun)

   The space between casks stowed side by side

[Tropicalevo]

Square meal: plates on ships were square. Easier to stack and they did not roll around.

Sailors were promised a square meal (or two)  day.

[kingdong]

The golden rivet

[ravip]

Don't Spoil the Ship for a Ha'porth of Tar
A ha'porth means a half-penny which was a small amount of money even back in the old days.  Oh sure, you could buy a house for a penny and drink beer every night of the year for two pence - but it was still regarded as a small sum.

Tar is the last thing they add when building a boat.  All the wooden planks are nailed together, sails added, decks, cabins and keel - and the wonderful ship is almost ready.  Just the tar to be painted on.

It is a cheap but essential part of making a ship seaworthy.

Presumably someone once thought they would save a half-penny and scrimp on the tar.  The ship would leak water and the cost in repairs or even lives would far outweigh any original saving.

 

Now it means beware of false economies that may end up costing you money.