How well do you know your boat?

[Sharp Shooter]

I thought this could be useful for fellow iboats members. Sorry it's so small but I had to stay within the forum rules for picture posting.

 

[Bondo]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

Ayuh,... Only thing I see that's Wrong is,...
They mention Floor boards, 'n Floor timbers, 'n framing....
But,...
We all know there's No such thing as a Floor in a boat.....

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

Ayuh,... Only thing I see that's Wrong is,...
They mention Floor boards, 'n Floor timbers, 'n framing....
But,...
We all know there's No such thing as a Floor in a boat.....

Sure there is. It's illistrated correctly but some people would call that a false floor I believe...?

Anyways, out west we do use the term floor. BTW, the illistration is out of a 1960 powerboat magazine.

 

[OldePharte]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

Ayuh,... Only thing I see that's Wrong is,...
They mention Floor boards, 'n Floor timbers, 'n framing....
But,...
We all know there's No such thing as a Floor in a boat.....

Oh I don't know about that. Those big grey things that I rode in across the waters had a pointie end, a blunt end, an upstairs and a downstairs, beds, a kitchen, highly waxed floors, and kinds of other neat stuff. ;-)

 

[JB]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

Boats (and ships, for that matter) do not have floors. They have decks and/or soles. Pretty nice illustration otherwise, but punches one of JB's hot buttons.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

Boats (and ships, for that matter) do not have floors. They have decks and/or soles. Pretty nice illustration otherwise, but punches one of JB's hot buttons.

Out west we do. In fact, we even have publications going back 40 years to prove it. lol
You're never to old to learn something guys.

We take our floors serious out here and make 'em nice and shiny.

This is a "flow coated" Balsa floor:

 

[sasto]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

In boatbuilding terms...floor boards are used to make the sole, just as rope is used to make a line.

 

[Reel Kahuna]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

Some say "Po-TA-to" others say "Po-TAH-to" .

As to the question...I know my boat pretty well being that I've re-powered from an I/O to an O/B. I installed all the electronics and have rewired the entire boat. I even get lucky at times and catch fish on it

 

[Pez Vela]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

There is a big difference between wooden boat construction methods and fiberglass boat construction methods. Do you know how your boat was built? If you don't, you will never be able to understand proper nautical terminology. Take a look at Chapman (p. 80), "Misunderstanding often exists in connection with the use of the term 'floor.' A 'floor' in boat construction is one of the transverse frame members tying the lower ends of the frames together at the keel. It has nothing to do with the decking."

I cringe every time someone refers to their deck as the floor of their boat, but I'm getting used to it.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

In boatbuilding terms...floor boards are used to make the sole, just as rope is used to make a line.

Lol...

I believe I stick to the term floor as illistrated "especially" if it takes floor boards to build it.

 

[Pez Vela]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

"All hands on floor" for a lesson in nautical terminology from Sharp Shooter. Don't pay any attention to the "cockpit deck" appearing in the uppermost illustration. Stick to your guns.

 

[1980Galaxy]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

"All hands on floor" for a lesson in nautical terminology from Sharp Shooter. Don't pay any attention to the "cockpit deck" appearing in the uppermost illustration. Stick to your guns.

you mean: "stick to your gunnels" sorry...

 

[DaNinja]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

you mean: "stick to your gunnels" sorry...

I sent you a PM

 

[Pez Vela]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

"Shiver me timbers" ... I missed that one.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Re: How well do you know your boat?

"All hands on floor" for a lesson in nautical terminology from Sharp Shooter. Don't pay any attention to the "cockpit deck" appearing in the uppermost illustration. Stick to your guns.

Is this iboats or iships? lol