For the Japanese warship obsessed, this is the place to go….http://combinedfleet.com/

If anyone is interested in Pacific naval battles this is a sight full of info.
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/chronological-list-naval-battles-land-campaigns/pacific-surface-naval-battles.html

Now that was actually a good question! Easy to ignore this and go for Midway. USS Lexington was eventually sunk and USS Yorktown badly damaged. The Japanese won this first round.
Roy

Life jacket or buoyancy aid in my day...

I did not know that pictures with an email could also float!!!! I think I have onset dementia maybe it was pdf? I probably mean dyslexia but I can't spell that.
Roy

Its just another Christmas Doug! They tend to repeat themselves.

I expect we shall be given options on which day will be New Years Day as well.
Cheers all
Roy

Hey Rockbag, I had a Felucca once, it was really painful...🤔

Actually another 'None of the above' question as submarines are always referred to as Boats and not ships.
Chronologically Nautilus was the first nuclear powered sea going 'vessel', commissioned 1954. But the first 'ship' with reactor power was the Icebreaker Lenin, 1959. The first nuclear powered carrier, USS Enterprise "BIG E", followed in 1961.
A handful of merchant vessels were tried with nuclear power but were not economically viable and later converted to diesel or scrapped.
Other than naval vessels only a series of Russian icebreakers for use on their northern Arctic coastline, starting with the Lenin in 1959, were successful.

BTW: we've had all this before😉
Cheers, Doug😎

Feluccas are found sailing on the River Nile.

Hi Doug nice to hear from you. Titanic what can I say? I think this time I shall sing a Calypso.
I have just had a bad time. I spent hours on the Australian government website trying to get a visiting visa! I have one every year to see family but a challenge every time.
Eventually our son got on the phone from Oz and did it for me and it went straight through! I just want click, click print! they have all the info anyway as they do not even require a date.

Now it is 6 in the morning and I am wide awake, so cup of tea and back to bed very soon.
Roy

Roy will be grinning again😁
😎

Ping 😂

So why did the question not include yachts with submarines?

I think my son would be thrilled to have an underwater detection system on his yacht. As he has a tricky passage through a bouyed channel subject to frequent movements of sand bars to get to the sea. Sometimes there is barely a foot (300mm) of water under the keel.

Roy

simple sailor
this always happens to young blokes who are impatient and do not take the time to read carefully.😊😊

OMG. I need to change my reading glasses. I read the question as WWII. Only when I got it wrong and put two pairs of glasses did I see it was WWI? 😂😂😂😂 Old age is a wonderful thing.

And another Roy.😃

Hmmmm! another question where the answer is in the question!
Roy

Hi even i got this right answer is in the question.
Philuk👍

I'm sure when I sail a boat the Spinaker flies in front of all other head sails.

I would say "none of the above"...

Quite agree i just went for a road term but did not expect to be right.
Philuk👍

The Dec 5 question is totally subjective.
Any one person might use any one of those terms.
"Reckless Operation" is a more universally accepted term.
This is another question I simply cannot answer because it is a very ambiguous question, with the provided answers being personal dialect ... not official verbiage.
Dave B

I also have items arriving on gmail. Funny thing is it’s only a subset of what is trending. I would also like to remove myself from Gmail if possible.

I do not need reminding via e-mails thank you all (You need to answer todays 'Question of the Day' before viewing this post!) if I keep getting a reminder I'll stop answering the question of the day In The Games Chest menu. Thank you. I think problem is I have 2 ways to sign in ONE is Live e-mail & the other is a G mail that I never use But can't figure out how to remove G-mail log in info.

Besides, it would look pretty silly having a RADAR antenna sticking out of the bottom of a hull, twirling in the water.🤣🤣🤣

AND, sonar of different frequencies for exploring different depths. High frequency for greater depth but a more narrow field; lower frequency for wider field but lesser depth.

"Sounder" is the generic term for the device. The actual answer to the question should have been "Depth Sounder" as that is the sonar (SOund NAvigation and Ranging) device that checks for depth. They all use acoustic sonar to work. Bats use sonar for their navigation, Dolphins use sonar as do lots of aquatic animals. Some good info here:
https://www.marineinsight.com/tech/what-is-an-echosounder/

OK! If Sounders are NOT, or do not use sound waves, ie, SONAR, then what do they use to measure depth?
Just for conversation sake.....😀

Hi all, I asked my son about the depth sounder question as he has one in his 40 foot yacht. Definitely a sounder, he thought the sonar answer was ridiculous.

If he went into his yacht chandler's they would not have any sonar, plenty of depth sounders though!
Roy

Better known as a Headsail

Well that caught me out. I have always thought there were different types of Staysail, Genoa Staysail, Spinnaker Staysail, Mizzen Staysail etc... so I didn't think the answer of Staysail to be correct as it covers many sails so I opted for Storm Jib because it obviously was set in front of the main mast. Lesson learned: Don't over think things.⛵😂

Is this a nationalistic question then? Are sounders called sonars in different parts of the world?

Good Lord, I got one right!
😁

Personally I think the AI got it right. Depth Sounders use sonar to gauge the depth much as the ASDIC system used sonar to detect submerge objects. Also very much like Ultra Sound used for scanning inside the human body. Echo location is another name for the use of Sonar. Sonar is the short name for "SOund NAvigation and Ranging" It can be passive or active.

This question must be the worst yet. I have two boats both fitted with Sounders. They can also, by many, referred to as Sonar.

Oh dear - still the answer is Sonar - I've never been on a yacht with sonar, but plenty with sounders for ensuring sufficient depth of water. Maybe AI can make sounders find that hidden submarine?

Hi Cash,

Sorry about that. I’ve tried the menu button and it works! Thank you for your help.

I wonder why the layout changed?

Edward

Hi Cash,
Thank you for that. I have tried rotating my iPad but it doesn’t do anything to my display.
Edward

If you use a web browser and go to the model-boats website you’ll see a layout like Garth’s pic. However, if you’re using the app, it’s a little different. The wordle and question of the day use to pop up at the top of the scree, and now it’s gone. However, if you press the menu icon at the top left corner you’ll get a drop down menu and you’ll see the games chest, you can access both from there.
Cash

I'm not being a smarty pants Just trying to help .My wife's iPad mini2 that's about 14 years old has model boat wed site I check & if I rotate the pad I see all of the wed site info & I see menu there. hope that helps P/S and I fell off the cabbage wagon yesterday

Hi Garth,
As I said, I use an iPad. There are no option on the left.
Thank you for trying.

Go to the left side of web page scroll down to The Games Chest & open you then have the question of the day P/S I use a desk top windows 10 Hope you can find it.

cenbeth,
I'm using a Windows PC, and am experiencing the same thing.
Dave B

I use an iPad to look at these posts. Question of the Day used to appear at the top of the Home page but recently it has vanished. What has happened?

I can get it via some else’s post but it isn’t very convenient. Currently I’m up to 88%!

At least with the JCB batteries you can dig yourself out of a hole.

Sir William also invented several versions of the catamaran....

I guessed as the other 3 had other jobs! Got lucky!
Roy

I knew today's answer and still clicked on the wrong answer with my mouse jumping about.
Now down to 73n %. I have a long way to go again now.
Let'a hope my luck picks up in 2025. I think my mouse needs new batteries.
Duracell next ones are coming to be installed, not these JCB AA ones.

If you look at Rik's appearances in Black Adder they really do not know what he is going to do next. All unrehearsed as he got into character
Roy

Rik Mayall's Lord Flashheart in Blackadder is as good as it gets!