What’s It Called

[garbler]

I believe all of the members here who own boats, cruise and/or live aboard should have a decent marine dictionary. Nautical terminology and understanding is imperative and not just some superfluous bunch of odd words or phrases but a language that spans centuries and identifies parts, procedures and admiralty laws. Nautical terminology is just as germane today as it was years ago. A bulkhead is not a wall, a floor is not a sole and a port light is not a window nor is port left handed and starboard right handed all the time. So grab your ropes and lasso a good dictionary.

Regards
Rick

 

[RT Firefly]

Greetings,
Mr. g. Saloon, not salon.

 

[Shrew]

A bulkhead is not a wall

Agreed

a port light is not a window

Also true, a portlight might not even be a portlight...if it opens it's a porthole.

a floor is not a sole

Wait.....what???

I suspect you mean " A sole is not a floor"??

 

[garbler]

Shrew: Either way. Floors are structural members that run thwartship from bilge to bilge atop the keel to stiffen and reinforce. Often to support lower bilge tanks, to land the sole on, and on wooden hulls to connect frame (ribs) heels from one side to the other. Structural floors are generally found in better built GRP hulls and always in wooden hulls that are conventionally planked and framed. Other than offering a platform for sole boards or tanks the structural significance of floors is to spread keel loads into the fabric of the hull skin much like a well fitted and bonded bulkhead

Rick