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Tag: Sailing

Nautical Terms and Phrases

Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Garbled

Dr. M September 23, 2009 cargogarblenauticalrubbishSailing

From ye ol’ source… to be distorted or mixed up Garbling was the prohibited practice of mixing rubbish with the cargo.

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Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Freeze the B@!!$ Off A Brass Monkey

Dr. M September 17, 2009 brass monkeycannon ballscoldfreezingnauticalSailingtall ship

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…

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Kevin Z…21st Century Darwin

Dr. M September 16, 2009 Beagle ProjectDarwinDukeoceanographySailingSciencetall ship

Duke News and Communications just put up a press release about the Beagle Project! “In an inspiring mix of 19th and 21st Century technologies, a…

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Following in Darwin’s Footsteps

Kevin Zelnio September 1, 2009 BrazilDarwinParatySailingThe Beagle ProjectTocorime

In only a couple weeks The HMS Beagle Project will conduct a feasibility study for doing modern oceanographic research aboard a sailing ship. The Brazilian…

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A Flagship for Science in a New Age of Sail

Kevin Zelnio August 22, 2009 explorationHMS BeagleKaren JamesSailingThe Beagle Project

Karen James, director of science for the The Beagle Project, has published a letter (subscription required) in the taxonomy journal Zoologica Scripta outlining the reasons…

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Wednesday Nautical Phrase/Term: Stern Lecture

Dr. M August 19, 2009 disciplineinfractionnauticalNavyofficerquarterdeckSailingSailorship

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…

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Wednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Cranky

Dr. M August 12, 2009 BallastcargocrankyirritablenauticalSailing

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,…

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Wednesday Nautical Phrase or Term: Above the Board

Dr. M July 7, 2009 above the boardbulwarksCaptaincrewdeckmerchantmennauticalpiratesSailingtelescopewarships

meaning: openly, without trickery From Brian Berlin… A trick, common to warships and pirates alike, both of which had very large crews, was to keep…

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Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: Bamboozle

Dr. M June 30, 2009 bamboozleDenzel WashingtonflagshoistinghoodwinkedMalcolm XObamaSailingSpanish

to deceive I knew of the scene in Malcolm X, where Denzel Washington states “Every election year, these politicians are sent up here to pacify…

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Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: Square Meal

Dr. M June 24, 2009 biscuitsgravymaritimenauticalrib sticking foodSailingsquare mealstuffingTurkeyvittles

a substantial, balanced, and satisfying meal like biscuits n’ gravy or turkey n’ stuffin’, rib sticking food like mama only makes. From Brian Berlin In…

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