Marine terms you hate…

[El Capitan]

Admiral.

F that. I’m the damn captain and if she doesn’t wear the thong she can stay landlocked.

 

[scooper321]

Universally hated word right there

Unless you’re talking about chocolate cake. No higher praise than that word!

Personally, I hate calling the generator a genset. And arguing over whether it’s a dock or a pier.

 

[DWABoat]

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Things I hate to hear:
"Oh, that's what that green buoy means.."

and check out the fenders

With todays fuel prices, that is way I’m boating this season. Just got to pick my spot….

 

[scooper321]

How about "on the hard"

Oh man, I use that one. It feels better than “out of the water”

 

[Steve S]

And arguing over whether it’s a dock or a pier.

Don't you dock on a pier... or do you pier on a dock?

 

[bobeast]

So why not called Fendoffs not Fenders? Inquiring minds want to know.

For the same reason you park in a driveway and drive on the parkway.

So here's my contribution;
poopdeck. I mean seriously, I just washed it.

 

[Gofirstclass]

Don't you dock on a pier... or do you pier on a dock?

Shoot, I've peed on both docks and piers. Oh damn. Wait, I misread that. My bad, sorry.

 

[jmauld]

I don’t think “hate” is the right word, but I giggle every time I hear “on the hard”

 

[Nater Potater]

Shoot, I've peed on both docks and piers. Oh damn. Wait, I misread that. My bad, sorry.

We need to get GFC outside for a while. I think the grey matter is starting to misfire.

 

[mrsrobinson]

On the new to me boat at the dock for the first time Saturday. Guy walks by, small talk, looks at the big Cruiser Yachts sedan in the slip next to mine and says "He is new to boating and doesn't know how to dock. They are planning to move him to a new slip soon". I quickly scanned the starboard hull to see if I missed any bumps/scratches during the hull survey and to make a mental note of what it looks like now.

Great...

And:

Finger Pier

After reading all this mayhem is it still ok me for me to say "I am going to the head"?

 

[bajturner]

Fender…. I came from a world where a fender is a bumper…. Fender doesn’t make any sense. But say bumper out loud around snooty boaters and you don’t have to smile they already think you’re a hillbilly

I like this definition
fender
A flexible bumper used in boating to keep boats from banging into docks or each other. Often an old car tire.[2]

Oh, don't get me going on fenders and bumpers!! Hillbilly.

 

[bajturner]

+1 for rope

There's a storm coming. Go check your ropes!

 

[El Capitan]

Coming about.

 

[mrsrobinson]

If they make me go back into the office I will never get any personal work done...

 

[bajturner]

Windless instead of windlass. More of a pet peeve than a word I hate!

 

[Nater Potater]

Windless instead of windlass. More of a pet peeve than a word I hate!

'Kinda like "hot water heater"; why would you heat hot water?

 

[Blueone]

'Kinda like "hot water heater"; why would you heat hot water?

I have a problem with this one…. Lots of bigger problems in the world then hot water heater…. Leave those 3 words alone

 

[Joint Custody]

I have a friend that refers to his 34 foot as a yacht.

I consider a yacht something I cant afford and is over 60 feet.

 

[Blueone]

I have a friend that refers to his 34 foot as a yacht.

I consider a yacht something I cant afford and is over 60 feet.

My mom calls my boat a yacht….. can’t really argue with your mom…. So I accept it … I do try to get her to say it in her quiet voice…. She can be very loud

 

[jmauld]

I have a friend that refers to his 34 foot as a yacht.

I consider a yacht something I cant afford and is over 60 feet.

If it’s yacht certified, it’s a yacht….