We've had this one already.....

Tricky one, but some careful thought etc came out OK.
Roy

Today's question was on safer ground for me so I managed to choose the correct answer. 😮😉

Roycv, "So there must be something worth the sponsoring in the fashion industry" there is, it's obscene ammounts of money....

I feel horrible now while I got the wright answer

Guess and got lucky.😀

I too did not know, I guessed it and got it wrong. Hopefully I will do better on the next question👍😊

Agreed Flaxby👍 More news from the rich and famous🙄
No bid from me today😐

😎

Maybe I've led a sheltered life - I don't know about superyachts or their owners, so it was a complete guess today, and no surprise therefore that it was wrong.☹️😉

Well the red herring was Prada. The Prada Cup was the competition for the competitors to enter for the Americas Cup.
Also Lous Vuitton Trophy was also a sailing trophy.
So there must be something worth the sponsoring in the fashion industry.

All happening off Barcelona next year so only a small time differebce as far as following the races.

Roy

Again not a clue, so granddaughter picked the right answer once again.
So it seems I should just let the kids do the competition.
Cheers Colin.

Fashion designers do not feature in my world !😉

Hi sigingpug, I think you could use the expression 'Works of Art'. They look very nice on the water.

I know what you mean about a story, I have a small Canadian ferry (of GG design) and I have timed the model as Bank Holiday Monday 2nd. August 1937. There are perhaps more cars on the ferry than possible.
All are left hand drive and there is a passenger group for each one plus a story. The 2 cars under the deck are British and part of a Sale Drive to 'Buy British'
Regards
Roy

Told you the hovering finger works well Doug. Let me down a bit lately though. I must sharpen it.😃

Hmm!
Another 'None of the above question' today (13/6) 🤔
'Vertige' is 50m LoA not 67m, and is owned by a Frenchman.
None of the 'offered' owners is French.
I'm not gambling this time!
Happy guessing folks🤞
Cheers, Doug😎

Tush Tush Commodore, slapped wrist!
(My old granny would have said A* over T* 😮)
😎

Pitch Pole, another term would be ass over tea kettle😮😮🙄🙄🙄
Sorry Stephen, another demerit for me 😭😭
Trev

Great looking fleet Singingpug👍 each one a floating full of life diorama. Excellent👍
Recognised Cap San Diego instantly, the last of the White Swans.
Now a museum ship in Hamburg, but still operational.
Spent some time on her several years ago, mostly bridge, radio room and antenna fit examining her GMDSS radio installation, while looking for a supplier of such systems to be integrated into our complete Integrated Naval COMMS systems. A most enjoyable day, and getting paid for it too😁

Please put your models in your Boat Harbour with some more details; dimensions, power plant, pics of the internal gubbins if possible. Earn yourself 40 points, promote yourself to Leading Seaman, and give your fellow members a lot of pleasure (and ideas😉).
Cheers, Doug😎

'pitchpole'? never heard o dat!
I assume it means what happened to the poor Andrea Gail?
Going head-on didn't help her much🤔

I too went for answer 'C', as did apparently two colleagues from Germany who recently joined the fray. We have now dropped from 3rd to 6th in the rankings☹️
Oh well, it's only a game (Gnash gnash!😁)
Well done Hungary (wonder who that might be😉) for hanging in there on 2nd👍
Happy quizzing Shipmates.
Cheers, Doug😎

Very Nice Fleet, Mate
Would be interested in more detail on each, if you have the time😊
Trev

Nice Schooner Model, Singinpug 👍
Trev

Sailboats Broach, Power Boats usually Capsize.
Meeting a Large Wave one has a Choice.
It is much more likely for a boat to capsize or broach, than to pitchpole.
So one has a choice how to address the situation.
Just based on my 40 years of Maritine experience.
Trev

I have drive ribs in some pretty bad weather around the Mersey Esturary and te Soulth coast of the UK. Approaching large waves is allways done head on so I must beg to differ....

Does not matter what type of boat you have just on the size of wave. There are ordinary waves but when you meet a larger wave or a surf wave be carefully or you will either pitcpole or broach

I guess It would, at the end of the day, it depends on the size and type of vessel. As a powerboat driver there is no way I would approach a wave at anything other than head on, can't speak for sailors as I don't sail. There again, I can't imagine a tanker or bulk carrier not just ploughing right on through...

The danger of heading into the wave is that depending on the height of wave you may pitch pole.
If any one has survived a 10ft to 20ft wave you know what can happen

There appears to be a concensus for answer 3.
😉

Absolutely right Colin. You aways head directly into the Wave and Accelerate to keep Control.
Trev

After going fishing in the Irish Sea and North Sea with professional fishermenfor 50 plus years, I was always taught that you head directly at the wave and accelerate to keep control.
And it has always worked when fishing along with my family. If you have control then you can ride the wave.
Cheers Colin.

I agree as my answer was to go into the wave.
Roy

Hi Flaxby.... When you say you are not moving. I had a nasty experience all my own fault on a sit down paddle board just kayak oars. At several times I was stationary as far as land concerned but water was rushing past underneath me.

I put one oar in just the once and it was whipped backwards. A rudder would give you instant response. I could have just allowed myself to drift back as I was going under a bridge which narrowed the channel and it was the tide that got me.

It was not possible to judge where the water would take you as tide was coming in against 60 square miles of open water trying to get out.

For reference The Rip Bridge Brisbane Water near Woy Woy in Oz

Regards
Roy

Likewise, I was taught that you should power directly into an oncoming wave, not to be going fast but in order to have control of your direction. A rudder is of no use unless you are making way through water, so if you are not moving forward you are not in control of your boat !😉

I was taught, and taught others, that you accelerate into the wave and ride over it. Cutting accross the wave at an sngle is asking to be swamped or rolled over. (RYA L2 coastal, RYA safety boat, RYA (Power) instructor. In saying that I've not been in a boat for about 15 years or more.

That answer didn’t work for the Captain of this one 😂😂😂.
I thought the answer was “Find the largest loo roll you could grab”
Have a good day chaps.
Bill

A good question. I have my son staying with me who is a qualified Yachtmaster. He looked at the question and answered straight away and he was right.

Gives me confidence when we go sailing that does! By the way my answer was wrong!

Roy

Ho Hum I thought that the last 2 options were the number of jib and staysails.

Just sewing some sails now as I convert my cutter to a sloop!

Roy

About now would be a good time for her to choose some lottery numbers for you.
Roy

Hadn't a clue so just asked my 3 year old granddaughter to pick, according to the site it was correct. But I doubted it???
Cheers Colin.

Hitch Hikers Guide.... a great book.
Roy

Hmm2!
As suspected we were being steered towards Atocha as the 'Correct' answer, but this is evidently WRONG! Atocha was nowhere near Indonesia when she went down in a hurricane off Florida, as it is now known.
Perhaps in future we should all answer simply "42", 'The answer to life, the universe and EVERYTHING'. 😁
😎

Hmm!
Today's (7/6) seems to be another "None of the above" bullshit question!
I believe it is pretty well known amongst ship aficionados where and when Lusitania, Titanic, and Vasa sank and when their wrecks were discovered. Ireland 1917/1935, New Foundland 1912/1985, Florida 1622/1956, Stockholm harbour 1628/1956. Yes I have visited the Wasa Museum in Stockholm and brought back a thick book of the ship's history, including complete plans!
So we are being steered towards Atocha. Problem there is that Nuestra Señora de Atocha sank off the Florida Keys, not anywhere near Indonesia!?
Also, not one of the referred ship wrecks was discovered in 1942.
At that time most folks were fully occupied with other matters 🤔
So I'm gonna go for Atocha, as being the most little known wreck, and see what happens!!
Cheers, Doug 😎

Yes I agree were aircraft carriers mentioned there as well? Keeping the lads happy is essential in todays armed forces.

With the recent programme on the UK aircraft carrier the TV concentrated on one 'jack the lad' as their guide, hmmm I was not so sure! Later it transpired that the Navy was not so sure either.
Rather illustrates how the media can be misled or misslead.
Roy

We had today's question a couple of weeks ago...

a stay sail is what keeps a fishing boat into a wind this loaded question is fine if you understand the logic of a yachtsman as tacking was turning your boat so that the wind was from the other side best to stick to motor boat questions in the future

Once again the question appears to be asking the impossible.
Whilst the foremost lower corner of any sail is called the tack, this term does not refer to a line that holds the corner up.
Maybe these questions are intended to keep us researching and thereby learning ?😉

The " Tack " is part of the front of the sail at the bottom front corner. between the Luff and the Clew, the cord that attaches the Tack to the boom ifi recall is called a " Grommet ", ropes are called Halyards.
A Tack can also be a term for the action of sailing into the wind and moving forward, this is called Beating or Tacking.

For reference...

Apparently tack has 2 meanings, 1, the lower corner of the sail next to the mast, and 2 where tacking is going through the wind to set a new course so you are on a new 'tack'.

The clew being the other lower corner of the sail, but it is not a line, just a part of the sail.

I got it wrong so did not have a clue about the question!
Now back to working on my 10th. yacht, where I am introducing a fore-sail having reduced the sail areas of the main and jib.

I think I can work on the mast now the glue has gone off. I have to file a slot in some tubing to create a heel for the mast to stop it twisting. This fits onto a thin slotted rail in the keel of the hull.

Regards
Roy

What holds the sail UP is a halyard, what holds the sail DOWN against the gooseneck area of the mast/boom is the tack!!!! as has been said, doing the quiz at breakfast may hit the wrong button whilst trying to drink coffee🤔