[Alberg30] Genoa Travler

[George Dinwiddie]

Don,

You've got to admit that, if you're going to hit something, it's 
preferable to hit the dock than the pier. ;-)

  - George

Don Campbell wrote:
> And here I thought you, of all people, would know that the proper definition of
> a dock is the water in which a boat lies when moored to a wharf or pier. As far
> as I can ascertain, there is no proper nautical term to use for the floating
> rafts we colloquially call "docks" but in fact they may be floating finger
> mooring platforms or whatever. They do have finger docks at them because there
> are places of water where boats are moored. Bowditch did not have a name for
> what he did not know. Bob Townsend has also been stumped on what to call these,
> but he is sure they are not docks.
> (Bob's Naurtical Dictionary available from Odyssey Publishing, 3320
>   Rednersville Rd., R.R.I, Carrying Place, On. KOK ILO.)
> 
> Gordon LACO wrote:
> 
> 
>>I like to hit the dock a little harder and at a steeper angle.  We have put
>>a sharper bow strip on our boat so that if we do it right we stick, allowing
>>a more gentlemanly disembarkation.  Often when in a happy mood we give the
>>Canadian version of the Rebel Yell as we approach - quite picturesque and
>>even quaint in a light rain.  Leaving can be a little embarrassing as
>>reverse thrust is not enough to pull the bow out if the dock was soft and we
>>stuck in deeper than planned.

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   When I remember bygone days                         George Dinwiddie
   I think how evening follows morn;            gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
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