We put the spanker boom and gaff on today. The boom is the biggest spar (remember your word a day?) on the ship. For instance take a gander at the photo below. You can see the boom at the bottom of the big sail on the aft of the ship. The gaff is the top spar of the sail rig.
This is the ship with with sails set (except the main and fore sails). We are still a loooong way away from this point. (photo swiped from the interwebs)
That was pretty awesome to be part of putting those on as many people here consider the boom being placed as the official "start of sailing season." Sweet.
So how about some sailor slang (as if most of it doesnt seem that way to me anyhow...) for the word of the day: Bunt Up. A buntline on a ship are the lines that are used to raise the sail when striking the sails (so they are all bunched up and not catching wind). So if someone says to you, "Hey Vince, bunt up," they mean your fly is down and you need to pull up. Avast with your jokes.
Since you have been clamoring for something less official, how about some shop art? These drawings were done by the 3rd Mate (ahh, roughly the middle of the chain of command and the immediate supervisor of the peons like me) roughly 2 years ago and hand on the doors down in the shop...
"Be on time for muster" Obvious enough - don't be late to crew meetings or you'll make everyone wait, jerk.
"Don't trap sheets" Long story but you need to be careful to not tie up lines while working with other lines.
"No foul leads" When tying off a line do not crossover itself or it can get trapped (held fast).
"Repeat commands" Always repeat commands so everyone else gets to hear what's going on and the boss knows you know what you are supposed to do.
"Zero out harnesses" If your skinny butt doesn't open the harness all the way when done I can't get into come my turn.
"On the counter clock-wise coiling, avast." Always coil rope counter clockwise.
Keep on reading.
Ahoy!
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