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Some information about nautical below:
A boat selling supplies or provisions to ships. Derived from the Dutch boomboat, a broad-beamed fishing boat. Or, possibly frombumbay, an old Suffolk word meaning quagmire. This word appeared in England in 1695 referring to scavenging boat regulations. Mens Lifeguard T-Shirts Beach Patrol Shirts. These boats were employed to remove ‘filth’ from ships and also to carry fruits and vegetables for sale on board. (I didn’t make that up!)
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By Guess and By God
An early form of navigation, relying upon experience, intuition and faith. Has come to mean inspired guesswork.
By the Boards
Beyond the wooden boards that make up the deck and ship’s planking. Mens Lifeguard T-Shirts Beach Patrol Shirts. To throw over the side, or to pass by the side, of a vessel. To come aboard, on the other hand, means to come ‘on the boards (deck)’ of the vessel. (Still used today, though the wood is in short supply on most new boats.) By the boards has come to express a lost opportunity or to let something pass.
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Careen
From the Latin carina (keel) or French carener. Prior to hydraulic lifts, hulls still needed to be cleaned, patched, caulked, etc. Careening is a deliberate heeling to one side in order to accomplish these tasks. Usually was done on a careenage, a steep, sandy shoreline.
Carry On
In the days of sail, the officer of the deck kept a weather eye constantly on the slightest change in the wind so sail could be reefed or added as necessary to ensure the fastest headway. Whenever a good breeze came along, the order to ‘carry on’ would be given. Mens Lifeguard T-Shirts Beach Patrol Shirts. It meant to hoist every bit of canvas the yards could carry. Today, the term means to continue with your work.
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Castaway
A shipwrecked sailor. Not, as often used, a sailor marooned or put ashore as punishment. Design your own Mens Lifeguard T-Shirts Beach Patrol Shirts with our custom T-Shirt designer. To cast away was to commit a deliberate act to cause a ship to sink, to be lost or to make it necessary to abandon her.
Cast Off
Letting go the lines to a mooring, wharf, dock, buoy or another ship in order to move away. Mens Lifeguard T-Shirts Beach Patrol Shirts. Shore-side, the term refers to second-hand clothing.
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Channel
From the Latin canal, referring to the movement of water, it is the area within a body of water of adequate depth to be used for navigation. As used by bureaucratic land-lubbers, ‘the proper channels’ do not necessarily assure a pleasant passage.
