Boats, Ships, And Ferries

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  1. Nancy Hart

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    The Coracle
    A small, rounded, lightweight boat traditionally used in Wales, Ireland, and Scotland.

    Coracle Fishing on the River Dee (1934)

     
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    The Arabia sure didn't have much freeboard, did it? Looks like about 3 ft. at the bow and 2 ft. amidships!
    Certainly not a hull for ocean travel!


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    Hal, I assume you mean the distance between the floor of the the boat, where people stand, and the water? All the old steamboats look like they're about to sink to me.

    Overload? This is Nora at the turn of the century. She had two identical sisters---Flora and Ora.

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    This is Flora. Ora is nowhere to be found. :(

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    This was my retirement home when I left Canada

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  5. Hal Pollner

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    Nancy...ships and boats don't have "floors"...they have "decks"!;)

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    What if they have multiple levels? Are they all decks?
     
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  7. Hal Pollner

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    Yes, Nancy. The Titanic had 10 decks. From top to bottom they were:

    Boat Deck
    Promenade Deck
    Passenger Deck A
    Passenger Deck B
    Passenger Deck C
    Passenger Deck D
    Passenger Deck E
    Passenger Deck F
    Orlop Deck
    Tank Top
    Hal
     
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    Gotcha. Then the Freeboard is the distance from the Boat Deck to water level.
     
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    Martin, what does "First in Class" mean? Did you win a sailboat race in 1994?
     
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    Yes there is different classes of boats rated on water line weight and sail area. I won the class I was in and I would have won over all if the wind did not die. The only race I was ever in.
     
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    Technically, Nancy, that's correct...but "Freeboard" more properly applies to vessels which are built with shallower hulls, such as Sailing Yachts, which are classified as Sloops, Cutters, Ketches, Yawls, and Schooners.

    Commodore Hal (For more instruction, meet me in my sea cabin at 2100 sharp)
     
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    Found this on one of my facebook groups, no idea where it is at, but it is definitely incredible !
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    Ferry across the Mersey

    Sir Peter Blake’s design entitled Everybody Razzle Dazzle (2015) covers the Mersey Ferry Snowdrop (the Dazzle Ferry) on the Mersey River, Liverpool, England.

     
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