I have always known the “ceiling” in a boat to be the deckhead. The actual ceiling is the “planking” on the inside of the frames to give a nice smooth planked look on the inside as well as provide structural rigidity and longitudinal stiffness. And floors are below the cabin sole, which is what you walk on, compared to the floors which are a structural piece connecting the left and right frame halves at any given point and are fastened to the keel. Ain’t nautical speak grand?
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 31, 2021, at 14:24, Donald Kern via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 >> >> >> >> > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
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