My Favorite Nautical Terms...

[Jimbo485]

Screacher

[skipmac]

Monkey Pump.

A straw, quill or tube of some sort used to sneak a drink out of the grog cask.

[Dave]

"Splice the mainbrace" Ours seems to need attention most days.

Dave L38 #38

[Ishmael]

How could we be almost 20 posts into this thread without a single mention of "poop deck"?

[Ishmael]

Some favorites that have found their way into common usage:

1) Three sheets to the wind
2) Lower the boom
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[scoundrel]

monkey fist
bitter end
Davy Jones locker

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by Ishmael

How could we be almost 20 posts into this thread without a single mention of "poop deck"?

after 220 posts, I can't believe nobody has brought up pan pan. or is it pon pon?

[atoll]

matelot's!!!the suns over the yardarm,time to get the loblolly boy to splice the mainbrace with a pussers tot!,and toast the health of our sovereign

[Freedom45]

ARRR!

[FSMike]

The names of the masts on a seven masted schooner--
fore, main, mizzen, frigger, jigger, driver, and spanker.

[Ocean Girl]

Bone in her teeth

[Seaworthy Lass]

More expressions than terms, but I like these :

Batten down the hatches
No room to swing a cat
Freeze the balls off a brass monkey

[FSMike]

Originally Posted by Ocean Girl

Bone in her teeth

roflmao!

[Dsanduril]

Gilguy

According to my old books, the small stuff you use to tie off the halyards so they don't bang against the mast. The online dictionaries nowadays just say "a temporary guy".

[Richard_W]

Scud, and Bitter End ... is my fav, so many meanings and misinterpretations.