Re: [MISC]: nautical terminology

> Don't know where you got these from but, here's a couple of corrections
for
> you.

corrections? no. alternative opinions? yes.
the point of the list of terms was to make them useable by spelljammer
players, hence the neurisms such as submarine terminology and so on.

> >ALL AHEAD
> >Maintain heading, increase speed. This command also means that ALL sail
or
> >other propulsion is to be used to accelerate. Sometimes used in a
> >colloquial way in expressions such as "All Ahead slow" or "All Ahead on
my
> >mark" by drag racing type Captains who want to try and get a particular
> >type of acceleration from a fine ship and finely honed crew who can
nicely
> >regulate sail or drive use. example: "All ahead! Stand by to repel
> >boarders!"
>
> All Ahead is used to refer to multiple drive units (ie. two engines) being
> given the same speed command. (This phrase was NOT used in the days of
sail
> as it wouldn't have made sense.)

But spelljammer isn't in the days of sail exclusively. So some terms are
going to emanate from cultures where they have drives or space-screws or
whatever.

> >HEAD
> >The latrine or cubicle where a tiny bit of privacy can be had whilst one
> >relieves oneself. Submarines always have them; ships don't.
>
> Ships DID have them. They were up forward (in the head of the ship) thus
the
> name. Submarines are a poor reference for old naval terms do to their
> relative newness (1900 to current).

"Submarines -=always=- have them; ships don't (-=always have them=-."

I stand by this as many Arabic culture ships had no toilet of any sort,
smaller Elizabethan vessels didn't, and of course fantasy war rafts and
Viking ships don't. The terms have to be as inclusive as possible rather
than pedantically following a single culture or era.

But it's good we are discussing all of this! Thanks for the response to my
long post!

;-)

PS

I just thought of what a rooster tail swathing through the flow could look
like... sweet.