[QUOTE=Ashley;35356]Nothing is a waste if information is learned. Put your rope away…geez. [/QUOTE] Its called a line young lady, not a rope. And I’m the last post!!!
I wonder how our dear friend Ashley has been? ;p
[QUOTE=seadog6608;35393]Its called a line young lady, not a rope. And I’m the last post!!![/QUOTE]
Lines are for boats,ropes are for sex,bite you tongue seadog6608,i am the last post,take out the ropes ashley
[I]Knowing the ropes[/I]
Self-styled boating experts will inform you that rope mysteriously turns into line the moment you get it aboard your boat and is never again referred to as rope. But perhaps that is an affectation born of a desire to be more nautical than one’s knowledge or experience permits, because there has always been rope on boats. The [I]Encyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge[/I] defines rope this way: “In marine use, general term for cordage composed of strands, and, as a rule, larger than 1 inch in circumference.”It’s true that for practical purposes ropes are given other names on boats, and may turn into sheets, halyards, warps, rodes, pendants, painters, hawsers, strops, cables, mooring lines, docklines, leech lines, heaving lines, downhauls, uphauls, out-hauls, guys, reef points, lashings, lanyards, preventers, and vangs, among others.But there are still also many “ropes” on a vessel, including the bolt rope, the tiller rope, the foot rope, the check rope, the dip rope, and others, including wire rope. Most telling of all, a sailor’s own phrase for professional competence was “to know the ropes.”[LEFT]
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/rope-versus-line#ixzz1OyUgSXg4
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[QUOTE=Deuce;50942]I wonder how our dear friend Ashley has been? ;p[/QUOTE]
WGAS? I know I don’t!
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Damn, I love this thread!!!
Females dont belong on boats. Unless they have small feet, so they can stand closer to the galley sink/stove.
[QUOTE=BargeMonkey;50964]Females dont belong on boats. Unless they have small feet, so they can stand closer to the galley sink/stove.[/QUOTE]
That shit better have been said with your tongue in your cheek. If not, I’ll be happy to put your tongue between your lower cheeks for you, after I yank it out of your mouth.
I suppose I should add that if you are kidding, so am I, eh-heh.
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By the way, officially, I hate this thread.
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getem capt Fran
The problem with women at sea is men.
[QUOTE=Capt. Fran;50988]By the way, officially, I hate this thread.[/QUOTE]
Understandable, but given your position one might assume that you didn’t get there by whining, sniveling, and crying discrimination every time some guy had something to say (positive, negative, doesn’t really matter).
Dont think I posted that to offend “all” of the woman in the maritime industry. I have never been deepsea/ships, but have been in the tug-barge industry for 10 years now and feel that a woman on a small tug with 6-8 other crew members is only asking for trouble. Somehow someone either wants to nail her, or she receives special treatment because if we think about this honestly, 99% of woman cant break tow gear, pick up shackles, or change a water pump. I dont wanna hear about your period, why you leave your clothes in the washing machine for 12 hours then make an issue when someone moves them, or how tugboat cooking doesnt fit into your vegan diet. No ones perfect but just do your damm job.
[QUOTE=BargeMonkey;51014]Dont think I posted that to offend “all” of the woman in the maritime industry. I have never been deepsea/ships, but have been in the tug-barge industry for 10 years now and feel that a woman on a small tug with 6-8 other crew members is only asking for trouble. Somehow someone either wants to nail her, or she receives special treatment because if we think about this honestly, 99% of woman cant break tow gear, pick up shackles, or change a water pump. I dont wanna hear about your period, why you leave your clothes in the washing machine for 12 hours then make an issue when someone moves them, or how tugboat cooking doesnt fit into your vegan diet. No ones perfect but just do your damm job.[/QUOTE]
OK, BargeMonkey, this is to just you, not the other 99% of male mariners out there that have actually joined us here in the year 2011. I’ve sailed inland, near coastal, deep sea, small boats, large ships, and everything in between for the past 25 years. So, yeah BargeMonkey, I was sailing before you could shave. Anyway, I feel like a guy on any size vessel that has women in the crew somehow feels like his member is reduced in size when he sees that a woman can actually do the job at least as well, or in my case, better, than 99% of the men out there, most of whom can’t handle a boat without over using the throttles, or actually demonstrate some sort of leadership skills that didn’t involve a whoopie cushion or slapping someone on the ass and calling him a ‘bitch’. I don’t wanna see your tiger striped tighty whiteys, or hear about why you need to go visit a whorehouse after being gone from your wife for 12 days, or how when I figure out a smarter way to move gear around (because you don’t need a set of external gonads to do that) you feel somehow like I am less of a mariner. Go sell it to Walmart, bitch, I was in this industry before you and I get a say about who stays in, and so far, you aren’t making the cut, so just shut up and try to do your damn job at least half as well as I do mine.
By the way, 1972 called and it wants your chauvinistic small minded attitude back.
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That is why I hate this thread. Brings out the loonies.
By the way, I want to send out a special thanks to the other 99% for not being dicks.
[QUOTE=Cal;51008]Understandable, but given your position one might assume that you didn’t get there by whining, sniveling, and crying discrimination every time some guy had something to say (positive, negative, doesn’t really matter).[/QUOTE]
True, didn’t do any of the above. Worked my ass off, just like most women my age who have made it in this industry.
Here’s what I really hate: A guy comes on the boat and is an asshole. Conclusion: that guy is an asshole. A woman comes on a boat and is a bitch. Conclusion: all women are bitches.
Trust me fellas, I hate having bitchy whiny chicks onboard a whole lot more than you do. Good news: they are a very small percentage of the women in this industry, but damn if they don’t stand out.
Get him Capt Fran,I have worked with more whiney bitches than women in the industry and I do not mean there sexual preferences,get him
@Monkey-
Don’t paint with such a broad brush!
The [U]BEST[/U] Deckhand I’ve ever sailed with is female.
(The [U]WORST[/U] Deckhand I’ve ever sailed with is male.
By far the most Professional Grade Complainer I’ve ever sailed with is male.)
When my most beloved son started at this company, I asked the office to pair him with her.
I knew she would teach him the smart, safe way to get the job done.
And I knew she’d make sure he stayed alive while he was learning.
When my most beloved daughter started sailing, I asked this Deckhand to meet and talk with my daughter.
To pass along advice on how NOT to be the kind of shipmate you describe.
The son is still alive and has an AB Unlimited.
The daughter has a Masters ticket and works as a Mate.
I know this Deckhand helped them along on their paths
Sure, there were several of us that wanted to nail her, but it isn’t her fault she was born so damn pretty and that most of us men are such pigs.
But she has a way of carrying herself that doesn’t brook any nonsense, so there were no problems.
The only concessions we made to her being female was shutting the door to the head when taking a leak and not traipsing around in a towel from shower to stateroom.
We also didn’t watch porn in the galley.
I don’t think reliability, professionalism, courage, skill and knowledge are male only traits.
I wish she was on the boat I’m on now.
Not because she’s female, but because she’s a trusted shipmate.
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Ol’ Ashley ain’t got nuttin’ on these bozo’s.
My wife has trained me well, I usually avoid the “age” topic like the plague. However, I don’t think it’s limited to women your age. I know of a couple of women that, while they certainly haven’t attained the level of success you have, it’s a matter of when, not if, but I’m assuming they’re younger than you. They’re on the same track and their successes are because they work their asses off.
Here’s what I really hate: A guy comes on the boat and is an asshole. Conclusion: that guy is an asshole. A woman comes on a boat and is a bitch. Conclusion: all women are bitches.
That would almost be funny, if it weren’t so true. The ironic part? All men are assholes, at least that’s what I tell my daughters. Realizing the subject matter may be a little different in those conversations, the fact remains, we aren’t that difficult to figure out and much of it holds true from subject to subject.