Oh well,
Back on track, I went for the longest answer.
It sounded the most logical to me.

I knew it.
I was right
I got it todays question wrong..
I said it wouldn't be long before I started to go down the list.
Lets see what tommorow brings??

The answers are blurred to those that have not yet answered them.
Roy

I'll try not to reveal the answer, so as not to spoil the game for those who haven't yet answered.

For the answer with a 21% score, I can only imagine typos, carelessness, or consulting flawed AI. Any reasoning would have led to the correct answer.
For the answer with a 7% score, consider a stronger factor than necessary.

I see from the group answers that there was another possible action, it could account for the 'radio assisted collisions' I see on the lake.😁😁😁😁

Roy

I knew the answer before I opened the options available. I learnt what otter boards are from reading model boat magazines! Probably the first time I have been able to use knowledge gained from my modelling activities in QotD.

The confeti is getting a bit weak 🤣🤣 struggles to come down
Philuk👍

Learnt something new! I guessed or perhaps it was uninformed logic?
Roy

It was a toss up between A & B for me.🤔
I went for B because I just thought the journey length it would need to extend the shelf life.
Plus the goods have got to spend time on our shop shelves when they get here.
Even the though most of the Banana's are green when they get here, don't know about
the avocados, as I don't like them anyway.

My company contracted to the Perishable Exports Control Board on the software development for the Container Fruit Terminal in Cape Town in South Africa. The Avos are transported over 1000 miles by road to Cape Town and then held in the CF Terminal till they are loaded onto porthole container ships. One tray of Avos is removed from each container and replaced with an environmental monitoring device to log the state during the voyage to Europe. This was one of the most interesting software projects I have ever been involved in.

My sister moved to germany many years ago, but have not seen her for decades never mind, she is older than me so may have even died by now😔
Philuk👍

I'm not that clever, as I keep getting the daily questions wrong.
And dropping down the % list.
I can't remember the last time I hit 100%.
I'm a brit.
And I do live in Britain.
To be honest I have never had a passport and never been out of Britain.
I have been to the Isle of Ely.
And the Isle of Sheppy but never the Isle of Wight.
PS,🤣🤣
You will get me wrong with a question very soon I know it.
Probably before the weekend if your lucky, I won't get to the 100%.
It would be a miricle if I did.

Just to restore the 'six pack' Phil ...
I'm a Brit (a Man of Kent), I just live in Germany😉
Cheers, Doug😎

The person resonsible for the safe navigation of a ship is the Officer of the Watch unless replaced by someone more senior ie the Navigating Officer or The Captain

Sorry Phil, I'm a South African, just live in the UK 😂

Thanks for this explanation, EdW.

Based on the first translation, the correct answer seemed the most logical (especially considering the options).
But I was still unsure about the correct interpretation of this word and feared a trap.

This information is very interesting, EdW.

Wah hay six brits in the top spots sorry you brits winning much so comes as a shock🤣🤣
Philuk
Ps didnt mean to affend anyone 🙄

The term “to conn” is an English term dating back to the 17 th century and has always related to the person issuing the orders as to the steering of a ship but not actually doing the steering. This is normally during battle or complex manoeuvres.

Bloody Americanism’s

So what else would a 'Conning Officer' do?🙄
"Exec/Number One you have the conn."

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Correction, we're at 96% now.
Someone made a mistake, what a pity, sorry.
Maybe they didn't answer the same question a while ago.
No problem, I'm sure the AI ​​will ask this question again in a few months.

What's 100% - never been there in QoD, or any other test?

This historical fact also needs to be assimilated by everyone.
And it seems the AI ​​is succeeding, as 100% of the questions have now been answered correctly.
Remembering it in the long run is another matter entirely.

We've been around this barbecue before as well🙄

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Hi Nickthestream,
I sat and watched that film, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great.
The funny thing about it is I have bought the television paper for the two weeks for
over Christmas and it is being shown I think it is some time next week.
Well it's at least over the two weeks in the paper.
There's another one I want to see on channel 34, Great! TV, 5:30 pm Pearl Harbour. three and a half hours long.
Not sure if the wife will put up with that one though.
A couple of cans on Foster's and some snacks and I'll be well away.
I have already told her I want to watch the Ten Commandments on Boxing Day, that ones four and a half hours long.
I'm not realy religious but I just want to see the whole thing all in one go.
Anyway thanks for the film it was great to see.
It's a bummer my DVD recorder died, I had 3 MTB films on there.
PT 109. They Were Expendable and I think the other one was called Dog Boats.
I wish I had put them on DVD's.

Another memory test !🤔🙄
Hoorah, a duff answer (red) cancelled😀

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I was tossing up between A & D, but went for D. Didin't trust D with whats going on in the world at the moment ( with Russia??), plus I normally plumb for the longest answer.
Which is what I done in the end.Lucky I did and it was the correct answer.

Pat, I know, I was using it as a sort of generic term for a herring sandwich...

I think the Russian icebreaker is a red herring 😊

Wrong film Nick it was the Yangtze Incident where Herrings In was a prominent addition lol

Hey Boatshed, make sure you have plenty of Kai and "Herrings in" sandwiches to hand...

Nickthesteam,
I have never seen that film, I will watch that over the weekend.
I'll use the HDMI lead from the computer to the 50" telly that's if I
cannot find it on film+ to watch.
Cheers.👍👍🌪️

For those that may not have watched this rather excellent movie.. Recommended viewing....

Movie is excellent viewing...

Wow I am doing well, It wont be long before I drop down again.
No one is at 100%, that is unusual. 🤔
OH!!! didn't take long to drop a place on the listing and yep someone has 100% now.

Battle of the River Plate, excellent book which I read when I was at school

I agree with Lucky.... and the wind comes from higher up so the sails at the top of the mast do a lot of the driving.

Norfolk, contrary to Disney who talked about the 'Mountains of Norfolk' in one of their films, is the flatest county in England. It has no Motorways either. A lot of the near coast land is the Broads inland water now a pleasure area.

The land was recovered from marsh by the Dutchman Cornelius Vermuyden who was employed to do the work at the start of the 17th. century. This involved a vast drainage system and the inland waterways that we have now. He was Knighted for his efforts, must have been King George II.

For some reason I remember all this from my school days!
Roy

There are a very few boats, typically ones like the Norfolk wherry that do not have any form of stays other than a forestay to help raise and lower the mast for passing under bridges. BUT these are inland boats, where not only is the wind potentially lighter, but also the force of the wave action creating a pendulum on the mast is a major force requiring strong rigging to counter these forces.

It seems so Ross, hahahaha.

Alessandro,

Do you think QUESTION OF THE DAY is listening in on our conversations?😜

Hi Ross, no, I'm not referring exclusively to static display models (in a static model, no element has a real function, of course).
I'm referring to dynamic models, but they reproduce various types of sailing vessels, certainly not racing or racing sailboats, as I've already said.
My opinion, of course, is based on my personal experience.
The last two RC naval models, but especially the last one, were able to sail without the need for shrouds and stays (I don't have backstays).
I can say this because due to a positioning error, I had to cut all the lower shrouds (I have sixteen lower and eight upper ones) and redo them from scratch. At that point, I had already installed the complete sails. Without the shrouds, the masts had no problems.
Of course, this is my choice and is debatable, but I've found more advantages than disadvantages.
If you look at my model, it seems like the shrouds and stays are doing their job because they're taut enough to make it appear so.
They're actually stretched just right to be realistic, but they contribute very little to the tree's shape.
The cross-section of the tree spindles is to scale and isn't large at all. If you want to know the exact diameter, I can measure it.

Hi Alessandro
If by SCALE you mean STACTIC DISPLAY ONLY. then yes, strong standing rigging is not needed. A perfect scale sailboat could not operate due to the physics of sailing. For the small racing sailboats, to be able to correctly adjust the mast and sails can be the difference between winning and losing a race. For a large model boat, to have a mast so strong that it needs no support, it would be so heavy as to badly upset the balance of the boat

Ciao Ross.
A clarification, because I don't want to be misunderstood. I'm not saying that standing rigging shouldn't be used. I'm just saying that in scale models it doesn't serve the same function (or at least serves only a minimal purpose) as it does in real ships. As for my ship, removing it wouldn't make any difference in terms of functionality. Clearly, for racing sailboats and large-scale models, the situation is completely different. For your model, I can't say how essential the standing rigging is. That's a question I'm asking you.

Good morning Alessandro😁

You speak of modelling and standing rigging. You say the standing rigging is not required for a mast in model sailing boats. I would like to qualify that statement. In model sailing boats, FOR STATIC DISPLAY, ONLY. Even the boats in the club, the small RG65 & DF65 (65cm long) have adjustable rigging. Some of the very experienced skippers of these small vessels can watch a boat when it is sailing and say how to improve the performance of the vessel by adjusting the rigging (know in english as TUNING the rigging) Roy has helped me work out the forces involved in the Bluenose, under construction. The masts alone could not handle the forces, without shrouds and stays, even if the masts are stepped to the keel, and not just the deck. The FOREMAST on my vessel has a slight curve to it, given the tensioning of the shrouds and stays, the mast will be straightened up under tension. I believe Roy posted earlier in this thread that the BOBSTAY on his square rigger, made from chain (not welded, as per our earlier discussion) broke up under the load. So, a model boat for display only, doesn't require standing rigging, CHEERS😁

Hi Ross.
I don't actually rely on standing rigging to hold the masts in place. In real boats and ships, this rigging is essential for holding the masts in place, but not in modeling.
In my case (but I think it applies to all modeling), both the mainmast, the foremast, and the bowsprit (and, if I had one, the mizzen, too) are held firmly in place without the need for standing rigging.
The standing rigging is kept under tension only for aesthetic reasons.
I don't rely on standing rigging to hold the masts in place for three main reasons: 1) it's not necessary (I didn't even glue the masts; they were wedged into their forced slots and secured with a cotter pin); 2) excessive tension can deform them (I've seen many bent unnaturally and get worse over time), while insufficient tension is completely useless; 3) I've noticed that temperature changes affect the ropes much more than I imagined. A rope that's taut at one time of year and in a certain condition becomes slack at another.
I recommend securing the masts well (even without gluing them) so that they hold in place even without any fixed supporting rigging (in modeling, unlike in real life, this is possible). Then add the rigging, paying attention to symmetry and the correct tension of the ropes, primarily for aesthetic reasons, but without over-tightening them.
Only if I had steel wire and real metal turnbuckles (instead of dead eyes) could I consider using the shrouds, stays, and backstays in a real way.
This way, I could adjust the tension of the rigging, adapting and modifying it as needed.
For very small ladders there are no real turnbuckles.

Ross and I were talking about chains and here's the question about chains.

When the longest answer makes you laugh you know it's wrong. 😀

I didn't know stud links were kinky

I think you made the right choice, Ross. There are ultra-strong ropes, but 10 kg is more than enough.

Alessandro

Not a problem. Given Roy's problem using chain and your information today I am thinking just use it for ornamental anchor chain, only. As you say, given the size of the chain I doubt it is welded, just bent. I found a picture of the Bluenose BOBSTAY. Predicably it is 2 wires. The fishing wire I will be using has been tested with 10kg weight per wire. Now that is the current Bluenose 2 as of the date of October 1st 2025, but close enough.

Hi Ross, forgive my intrusion, but I wouldn't rely on model chains (regardless of scale) because, in my personal experience, they have very little tensile strength.
They're purely for aesthetics; I don't assign them any function.
This is easily explained because the links in model chains aren't welded but are joined only by bending.
But be careful, I repeat, I'm basing this only on my limited experience. I've always bought chains from Italian manufacturers that make them for static modeling and therefore only for aesthetic purposes.
However, it's easy to check: see if the links are welded together or not (of course, such a job would be more expensive for a manufacturer).
You can also test the tensile strength of your chain yourself by hanging increasing weights.