From: "D.Mac" <dmac49_at_idsi.net> > So I guess my Kayak is a ship ? > Oops! I left out the part about the exceptions for certain small decked boats, particularly those moved by oars, paddles and such. As Mike E. stated, a gig is a ship; a launch or jolly boat, on the other hand, is not. Go figger. Like I said, a kayak is a fine vessel! Given that our marine vocabulary has been sufficiently polluted by Dutch (yacht, keel, even keelhaul), German, French, Spanish, Italian, and older Latin, Greek, Arabic etc, it's no wonder we get confused! British, Canadian, Australian and US terms differ as well - all nominally English. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Dec 30 2001 - 10:39:46 PST
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