Throughout the years my dad and I have had some duke-out contests wrapping the holiday gifts. We aren’t just talking about fancy bows and ribbons here.…
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Tag: nautical
Wednesday Knot: The Poldo Tackle
Quickly tied, this a great tackle for tensioning. You simply pull one way to tighten and the opposite to release. At sea use includes a…
View More Wednesday Knot: The Poldo TackleWednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Fit The Bill
Thank God for Brian Berlin! In agreement or harmony with A Bill of Lading was signed by the ship’s master acknowledging receipt of specified goods…
View More Wednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Fit The BillNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Leeway
margin of safety, available amount of freedom or room to move or act Weatherward or windward is the side of the ship toward the wind. …
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: LeewayNautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Garbled
From ye ol’ source… to be distorted or mixed up Garbling was the prohibited practice of mixing rubbish with the cargo.
View More Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: GarbledNautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Freeze the B@!!$ Off A Brass Monkey
A special one for Kevin Z’s time aboard a tall ship… On ships, cannon balls were sometimes stacked in what was called a monkey, usually…
View More Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Freeze the B@!!$ Off A Brass MonkeyWednesday Nautical Phrase/Term: Stern Lecture
to be reprimanded The quarterdeck at the stern of the ship was officer’s country. A sailor didn’t go there unless he had work to do…
View More Wednesday Nautical Phrase/Term: Stern LectureWednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Cranky
To be irritable. “Dr. M. is cranky because it is before 10AM and he has not had coffee” From Brian Berlin…“Possibly from the Dutch krengd,…
View More Wednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: CrankyNautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Mayday
Obviously the distress call for vessels in serious trouble at sea. It was formally accepted in 1948 at an international telecommunications conference. The origins of…
View More Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: MaydayNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Deep Six
Meaning: to trash or rid of something Deep six refers to to six fathoms, or with a fathom being six feet, 36 feet. The origins…
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