O C Diver
Guru
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2010
- Messages
- 12,873
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Slow Hand
- Vessel Make
- Cherubini Independence 45
Do you call the pointy end the front, the other end the rear, one side the left, and the other side the right? I have no issue with dirt dwellers not learning the nomenclature of boating. It just seems to me that if you have enough of an interest to buy a boat and cruise, you should strive to use the nautical terms.That's funny, The ICW and the Okeechobee waterways have mile markers. Guess all those people in boats on them are not "real boaters" (maybe robots?) lol And the amateur Previous owner I bought my trawler from had all his instruments set to miles ---- he had only traveled 3600 miles every year for the past 15 years round trip from Maine to Stuart Florida using miles-he evidently was not a "real boater" I wish I was a real boater . I have only traveled in my own sailboat s over 26000 nautical miles offshore in the past 47 years.
Btw, in case you weren't aware, the ICW was laid out and marked by government employees (not mariners) for Inland (inside the line of demarcation ) navigation. That's why I differentiated myself from a land locked boater in my previous post.
Ted