Isn't the pointy end the bow?

[sasto]

A powered and registered boat......now I'm confused. See photo.

 

[83Evinrude]

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Yes, and the stern is the rear of the boat.

Well...didn't look at the pic before I posted. Just pick a spot and say its the bow, doesn't look like it will matter much.

 

[Philster]

Re: Isn't the pointy end the bow?

Navigation lights might have the final say!

 

[Huron Angler]

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The bow is the end that the motor isn't bolted to

 

[rbh]

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Mind ya, if you paddle fast enough you might get air born???

 

[seabob4]

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Plumb it, plant it in a garden, call it a spa...there, done with that. Next?

 

[Aviator5]

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That picture reminded me this:

"Three wise men of Gotham

Went to sea in a bowl;

If the bowl had been stronger

My song had been longer."

 

[180Fisherman]

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In a canoe? Yes and no.

 

[aspeck]

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I would say the bow is facing us ... because that is the way the lettering is done!

 

[perchin]

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lol...... after reading the REG. #'s,

Leave it to us Michigander's to have something like that laying around

 

[sasto]

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Yup, came across this in Michigan. A trolls way of becoming a yooper.

 

[Mike Robinson]

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A bit of trivia...

The pointy 'end' of a vessel is the stem. The 'bows' are the curved surfaces on either side of the forward end which meet at the stem. Typical boats have 2 bows, port & starboard.

In this case one could say that this vessel has one continuous bow right round the whole hull!

 

[Stachi]

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so the question is really , where the heck is the stem ?....180 degrees from the rudder !

 

[njrextreme]

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Thats BP's newest oil containment cap

 

[Stachi]

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is that why they say it is " off the starboard bow " ...hmmm... cool trivia...

 

[sasto]

Re: Isn't the pointy end the bow?

A bit of trivia...

The pointy 'end' of a vessel is the stem. The 'bows' are the curved surfaces on either side of the forward end which meet at the stem. Typical boats have 2 bows, port & starboard.

In this case one could say that this vessel has one continuous bow right round the whole hull!

well said, Mike.

 

[Stachi]

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ok , now you have me thinking...where does the stem become the keel ? I gotta know ! ... lol

 

[smokeonthewater]

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notice the strakes on the bottom for high speed cornering? lol

I 'spose the poop deck is pretty much the whole thing

 

[Stachi]

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aaaaaaahahahah !