Being a graduate of Annapolis I was familiar/use the common nautical
terms of overhead, deck, bulkhead, ladder, lines, head (much to my
wife's ridicule at home). When working for Raytheon doing radar and
collision avoidance instructions, i did find an interesting anomaly
aboard a 1000' Great Lake ore carrier in the 80's. I do not know if the
captain was pilling my leg, but he referred to the above in common
household terms; ie ceiling, floor, wall, stairs etc. to the point that
the placards on the "front wall" of the bridge said "Left" and "Right"
and spoke of the ships railings as "fences". His explanation to a
"Salty" was that his small crew came from Midwest and it was easier to
use terms they were familiar with, especially in an emergency or drill.
Don Kern
/Fireball,/ C&C35 Mk2
Bristol, RI
On 1/31/2021 12:38 PM, MICHAEL BRANNON via CnC-List wrote:
Way back in NAVY bootcamp they taught us to call it the overhead.
There are also decks and bulkheads. The USN spin on things.
Mike Brannon
Virginia Lee 93295
1978 C&C 36 CB
Virginia Beach, VA
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