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03-07-2011, 04:50 PM
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Guru
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 622
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
the only running of a boat i have heard is "running aground"?
i admit i have used the term drive (perhaps i should have gotten a sea ray), but mostly use "cruise" as in "we are gonna cruise to the Island.."
btw pilots dont "pilot the plane" they fly it..
sailing would be appropriate if in the English language didnt implicate the use of a sail.
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03-07-2011, 04:55 PM
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#22
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Guru
City: Toms River
Vessel Name: V E N T U R E
Vessel Model: 1996 36' Island Gypsy Classic
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,361
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Quote:
Per wrote:
the only running of a boat i have heard is "running aground"?
i admit i have used the term drive (perhaps i should have gotten a sea ray), but mostly use "cruise" as in "we are gonna cruise to the Island.."
Nobody is right and no one is wrong.* The English language is fun.
JohnP
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03-07-2011, 05:04 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Home Port: Buck's Harbor, Maine
Vessel Name: "Emily Anne"
Vessel Model: 2001 Island Gypsy 32 Europa (Hull #146)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,846
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
My son, the tugboat guy, says they "drive" the tugs. Of course, they have no finesse, just big fenders.
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03-07-2011, 05:32 PM
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#24
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,101
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Quote:
JohnP wrote:
RED wrote:
I am the naviguesser.** ME TOO !!** JohnP
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Bearing in mind, the first mate usually has a view on it, I guess the most accurate way to politely put it is.....I nagivate..............unless I really feel strongly about it, then I skipper the*vessel......
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03-07-2011, 05:54 PM
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#25
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Blue Sky
Vessel Model: Nordic Tugs 42 Hull #001
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,972
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Quote:
Per wrote:
the only running of a boat i have heard is "running aground"?
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Yes, okay so how do you clean the barnacles off the bottom?
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03-07-2011, 05:59 PM
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#26
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,663
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
I have a PCOC, so does that mean I can "Operate" my PC?
I used to go for a sail, when I had one.
Now I take Retreat out for a run.
I am never the driver, sometimes the Captain, so does that mean I captain the boat?
The helmsman takes the helm.
I sometimes take the wheel.
I can con (in a good way).
If I drive from up top, does that mean I command?
oops, did I say "Drive"?
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03-07-2011, 07:28 PM
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#27
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Guru
City: Sunset Beach, NC
Vessel Name: Polly P.
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 555
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
I run my engines
I drive my boat like I mean it
I am the pilot of my boat
I steer in a current
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03-07-2011, 07:45 PM
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#28
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Otto (pilot) drives the boat. I supervise Otto.
Ted
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03-07-2011, 07:46 PM
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Guru
City: Cary, NC
Vessel Name: Skinny Dippin'
Vessel Model: Navigator 4200 Classic
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5,841
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Quote:
Egregious wrote:
I run my engines
I drive my boat like I mean it
I am the pilot of my boat
I steer in a current
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WINNER! Thread over.
Tom-
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03-07-2011, 07:48 PM
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Guru
City: Bellingham, WA
Vessel Name: Happy Destiny
Vessel Model: Custom Lobster Yacht
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,101
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Have you ever parked your boat?
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03-07-2011, 10:09 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
My take on this is, if standing to steer the boat is not an option, then you drive the boat.* If you can stand and steer, you are piloting the boat.* Of course, I could be wrong, but that goes for a lot of things.*
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03-07-2011, 10:26 PM
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#32
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Guru
City: Atlanta
Vessel Model: Bayliner 4550 Pilothouse
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,630
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Don,
Your post begs the question, if I am stand up while steering my car does this mean I am no longer driving, but rather, that I am then piloting my car?
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03-07-2011, 10:33 PM
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#33
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
I intend to COMMAND!* I'll be master and commander!* Just like the rest of you.
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03-07-2011, 10:42 PM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 12,569
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
<a>You can navagate the stern of your bost into a slip while fighting wind and current</a>
You can control direction of your bow while leaving the slip into wind and current
You can turn your craft to a new direction from the slip to head correctly*in the channel
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But... when you need to take your boat into open water consider the following:* A pilot is a mariner who guides ships through dangerous or congested waters, such as harbors or river mouths. *However, the pilot is only an advisor, as the master remains in legal, overriding command of the vessel at all times.
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Therefore, I master my boat!* And, thats not the only Master role I get fully into and deeply enjoy! - LOL!!
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03-07-2011, 10:55 PM
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#35
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 12,569
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
<a>You can navagate the stern of your bost into a slip while fighting wind and current</a>.
You can control direction of your bow while leaving the slip into wind and current.
You can turn your craft to a new direction from the slip to head correctly down the channel.
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But, when you need to take your boat into open water consider the following:* A pilot is a mariner who guides ships through dangerous or congested waters, such as harbors or river mouths. *However, the pilot is only an advisor, as the master remains in legal, overriding command of the vessel at all times.
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Therefore, I master my boat!* And, thats not the only Master role I get fully into and deeply enjoy - LOL!!
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03-08-2011, 03:03 AM
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#36
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 22,553
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
I operate my vessel.
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03-08-2011, 11:29 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,681
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Quote:
Carey wrote:
Have you ever parked your boat?
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No, but I've docked it.*
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03-08-2011, 11:42 AM
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#38
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Blue Sky
Vessel Model: Nordic Tugs 42 Hull #001
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,972
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Quote:
Carey wrote:
Have you ever parked your boat?
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No, but I've heard of folks who have. They sidle up to the dock, shut everything down, and walk away without tying.
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The trick, apparently, is to leave it in gear.
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03-08-2011, 12:33 PM
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#39
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,743
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Conrad,Pod drive may work for that too.
Well does that mean that if I'm the Skipper of my boat that when I'm underway I skip my boat?
Seriously? * * * * * .......ok forget it.
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03-08-2011, 12:47 PM
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#40
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Guru
City: Toms River
Vessel Name: V E N T U R E
Vessel Model: 1996 36' Island Gypsy Classic
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,361
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RE: Do you drive a boat?
Okay, I admit I am off base here. (as usual)
Article in Feb 2011 Yachting Magazine.**
Drive on folks!
JohnP
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