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Boat Trivia
Types of Boats
* Banana boat * Bangca * Bateau * Barge * Cabin Cruiser * Canoe * Catamaran * Cape Islander * Catboat * Coble * Coracle * Cruiser * Cutter (pulling) * Cutter (sailing) * Dhow * Dinghy * Dory * Durham Boat * Dutch Barge * Felucca * Ferry * Folding boat * Go-fast boat * Gondola * Houseboat * Inflatable boat * Jetboat, Jetski * Jonsboat * Junk * Kayak * Ketch * Lifeboat * Log boat * Longboat * Luxemotor * Motorboat * Narrowboat * Norfolk wherry * Outrigger canoe
* Padded V-hull * Pinnace * Pirogue * Powerboat * Punt * Raft
* Rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB) * Rowboat, rowing boat
* Sailboat, sailing boat * Sampan * Schooner * Scow * Sharpie
* Skiff * Sloop * Submarine * Surf boat * Swift boat * Tjalk
* Trimaran * Tugboat * U-boat * Water taxi * Whaleboat * Yacht
* Yawl
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James Ramsey invented a steam-driven motorboat in 1784. He ran it on the Potomac River, and the event was witnessed by George Washington.
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According to company lore, Ole Evinrude, a Norwegian immigrant, got the idea for an outboard motor while on a picnic with his sweetheart Bessie. They were on a small island in Lake Michigan, when Bessie decided she wanted some ice cream. Ole obligingly rowed to shore to get some, but by the time he made it back the ice cream had melted. So Ole built a motor that could be attached to his rowboat, and founded the Evinrude company in 1909.
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In Breton, AL there is a law against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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A Venetian law decrees that all gondolas must be painted black. The only exceptions are gondolas belonging to high public officials.
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Reversing Falls is in Canada, where the St. John River flows into the Bay of Fundy at St. John, New Brunswick. The rapids at this juncture flows normally at low tide, backwards at high tide. Between tides there is a 15-minute period in which the river is placid and boaters sail by very quickly.
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The name of the 'Love Boat' was the 'Pacific Princess'.
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You measure length overall from one end (stern or bow) of the hull to the other end along the center line of the hull. You need to know the length of your boat so you know what class your boat is. That is how you determine what equipment you must carry onboard when underway.
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The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the fact that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side that you put in on at the port. This was so that they didn't knock off the starboard.
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Most boat owners name their boats. The most popular boat name is Obsession
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The phrase "jet lag" was once called "boat lag", back before airplanes existed.
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"Mark twain" means "two fathoms." (A fathom, of course is six feet deep, so that's 12 feet.) When navigating a riverboat over the Mississippi River, a riverboat captain needs someone to call out the depth in tricky areas to ensure that the boat can make it through. If he hears "mark twain," he knows that the water is barely deep enough for the boat to pass.
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Samuel Clemens, the creator of the adventuresome Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, took "Mark Twain" as his pen name. This was not because he WAS a riverboat captain, but because he once wanted very badly to be one.
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The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.
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The Union ironclad, Monitor, was the first U.S. ship to have a flush toilet.
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The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
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The largest ship in the world is the French oil tanker that is nearly 415 mts. long, almost as long as Sydney harbour bridge.
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The famous ship "Old Ironsides" actually had wooden sides.
When Errol Flynn appeared as a contestant on the mid-1950s TV quiz show The Big Surprise, he was questioned about sailing and won $30,000.
Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky at morning - sailors take warning
~ Unknown
