Thread: How many are "brothers of the cloth"

I get the impression that there are more than a few sailors in this forum. Perhaps the attraction to sail is similar to the attraction for traditional shaving methods.

I know Dsailing is because his boat is tied up one boat down from me.

I've a Cabo Rico 38 and we sail primarily in the Gulf of Mexico.

I rode in a boat for a while that had a sail on it. And a few torpedoes and some ICBMs...

The sail wasn't for pushin' though, we had a nuclear reactor for that...

Does that count?

Ordinarily I would say yes. Correct me if I'm wrong but your vessel hasn't been called a boat since WWII - I believe the correct term is ship.

Nevertheless, some leeway (another nautical term) is allowed if the applicant supplies the rum.

I've taken a sunfish out on the lake a few times. Can I have some of that rum?

I've sailed around the outer banks of NC in a Flying Scott and managed to pitch-pole a Hobie Cat. Fortunately, I'd just gone to the bathroom before setting sail and that happening.

I grew up on and around sailboats and boy do I miss it.

Originally Posted by cabo_sailor

Ordinarily I would say yes. Correct me if I'm wrong but your vessel hasn't been called a boat since WWII - I believe the correct term is ship.

Nevertheless, some leeway (another nautical term) is allowed if the applicant supplies the rum.

watch it! now your messing with naval tradition. A submarine is always a boat. Even when I was in the navy in the 1970s. It has nothing to do with size even though many newer missile subs are larger than some destroyers.

Originally Posted by gatorfan

I rode in a boat for a while that had a sail on it. And a few torpedoes and some ICBMs...

The sail wasn't for pushin' though, we had a nuclear reactor for that...

Does that count?

You were on a boomer?
I'm in now, and while I'm no submariner, we still call them boats today also.
Of course, I'm an "airdale" (helicopter crewman/rescue swimmer) so what do I know.
Lots of representation for Navy types here it seems. Someday when I hit better financial times, being a sailor in the other sense sounds like fun also....but it would have to be a big boat for the wife to be happy on it....

John P.

Thanks for the replies. I gather I was wrong on the number sail boaters. Also, my apologies to the submariners. I was under the impression that the tradition of using the term boat had changed due to the size of the modern "boats".

The closest I have ever come to submarines is when the Navy tried to recruit a bunch of us in grad school to be nuke propulsion engineers. A loooong time ago.

Fair winds

I was also in the Navy back in late 80's to early 90's. I spent most of my time on shore duty teaching PCs. I got to visit almost every type of ship and boat including a boomer and the old wood deck battleships. After that, I was stationed on the carrier America.

Then I grew up and appreciated the calm quite life; so I gave up the stinkpots and converted to canvas.