Message-Id: <97Nov2.050317est.14734-2@prufire1.prusec.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 21:32:50 -0500
From: carl_vonkleistiii <carl_vonkleistiii@PRUSEC.COM>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Nomenclature
MARK LEHNERTZ wrote:
>
> I have been idly wondering about some specifics of the nomenclature
> unique to skin on frame boats. As these things often go, the longer I
> go without knowing, the more I wonder. More to the point...
>
> As I sit in the cockpit: Toward the front is fore...toward the back is
> aft...to my left is port...to my right is starboard. So the problem,
> you see: If there is a tear in the skin to the front left side, how do
> I describe that to the lady on the phone who sells the repair material?
>
> My boating partner laughingly suggested I change "port" to "left".
> That however seems to avoid the major problem.
I would call that portside forward. Am I missing something? Is there a
hidden joke that is the major problem?
Otherwise, I would just say, "Ma'am, I need a square yard of #10 canvas,
please," and avoid getting involved in a technical discussion. (Assuming the
material is canvas.)
Of course, if she is really cute and you want to impress her, you might tell
her the story about how you fought off that great white shark that holed your
boat while you were making solo a North Sea crossing during the storm of the
century to blockade Norwegian whalers and Russian nuclear subs for Green
Peace and would you like to come up to my apartment and look at my copy of
QAJAQ...... }:->
Works for me!
> Just wondering ;-)
Hope it works for you! :)
> Thanks--ml
> (mbtlehn@ix.netcom.com)
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