Now I’m convinced that some answers are words or phrases that have different meanings or usage depending on if you live on the US side of the Atlantic or the European. In the US haul-out is used, if not universally close to it, to describe removing any non trailered boat from the water. You haul-out as part of hurricane prep, maintenance, or storage at the end of the season. Recovery or retrieval means to salvage a damaged or sunken vessel.

I just lost 4% as I went for retrieval. It was a toss up between that and recovery, I would never have gone for haulout. Even when I went through the ownership of my 3 different boats, my brother and me we both used the two words between us, recovery and retrieval. Never haualout. Maybe even winch it out. OH well there we go again. -%.

Opted for recovery as opposed to retrieval, in the end, both wrong 😭🤣

When I remove a boat from the water it is a toss up whether I achieve it or join the boat in the wet.
A bit of a strange question really.

I went sailing boats yesterday and after retrieving the 2 fishing boats found that one was knee deep (in a scale way) in water inside.
So got to find out where it has come from. Well I know where it came from, more a case of how it got in! The other one was bone dry.
Roy

I am on a hot streak, after stumbling mightily the last two weeks have given me hope that my brain is still working.😂

Pure guess today😁
Philuk👍

and this is me being jolly Rogal😁😉

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best not get this one wrong, ho. ho. ho. that's me being jolly

Ooh be u’ fool?! Best not mess that one up! Arrrggh! 😉

Agreed Nick,👍
I don't think the AI meant Donald Duck!!😁
Cheers, Doug😎

"Jolly Donald"? That's pushing the envelope a bit!

These points are hard to earn every right answer I am only getting one point going to take a lot of right answers to get to one hundred 🤣🤣
Phil uk👍

Somewhere in the deep recess of my mind, I remembered correctly 😜😂

Me I just took a guess and plumbed for The Mediterranean.
Lucky guess it put my % up from 86 to 90.
I might just loose it again in the next day or so though.
Who knows with the way it goes on here.

Feluccas are a traditional Egyptian sail boat normally seen on the River Nile.

"Another one with distorted facts, unless you regard Port Morseby as an aircraft carrier. The Australian bombers that were involved came from land bases. Midway is regarded as the first real naval battle fought by aircraft carriers.🤔 "

Actually, the same applies to Midway. Many attacks against the Japanese flew from there...that is why the Japanese wanted it so badly.😀
The correct answer should be: None, they all involoved land based aircraft.

Microsoft Copilot
Your everyday AI companion told me the answer today Because no rules allow me to
act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination:

The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought with Aircraft Carriers and Planes in MAY 1942 one month before the Battle of Midway June 1942. Both of these battle with Aircraft Carriers only lasted a few days. Once again I only know a few navy facts due to my late dear old navy dad. He should never have got into the Navy as he was colour blind. He never did tell us how he done it all I know is that him and his best mate and what became my Uncle both went together when they went to sign up.

Rudy-M, Schrodinger would know!

I knew the right answer but gambled on the AI being wrong so got caught out! After losing carrier Lexington the US navy withdrew.
Roy

In my hand I have a butterfly. Is it dead or alive?

I went for Midway as well due to the fact it was the only answer I knew that involved aircraft carriers on both sides.

Another one with distorted facts, unless you regard Port Morseby as an aircraft carrier. The Australian bombers that were involved came from land bases. Midway is regarded as the first real naval battle fought by aircraft carriers.🤔

I see Titanic has moved to warmer climates, must have been getting a bit chilly 😁

Aye, u be right there Sar!

Wild guess. Wow picked the correct one.

I'm just glad I new the answer😁
Philuk👍

Thank goodness for daft answers.😬

The wreck found off Haiti in 2003 was thought to be the Santa Maria. Three of the possible answers were the usual suspects so even if you did not know the answer Mr Tench’s flagship stands out even though the location is wrong.

Should we call the quiz Deja vu of the day?

Yep!
Right on JP👍
No doubt many ships may have gone down around Haiti,
but not Queen Anne's Revenge, formally Concorde before her capture by Mr Teach.

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But, she was run aground at Topsail inlet, now Beaufort Inlet on the coast of North Carolina. 🤔

Another repeat, and the options are just as daft as last time🙄

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Rudy,
Rhode Island is the smallest state, only 1545 square miles (500 of that is water surface) in size.
By comparison, Connecticut is 5018 square miles.
My home state of Minnesota is a "whopping" 86,943 square miles. LOL
Dave B

Isn't CT the smallest State in the US? Well perhaps Hawaii is. 👍

My home town is Greenwich, CT the sister city across the pond! 😊

I know it as the Greenwich Line because it runs through the little town of Greenwich

Guessed wrong 😞
Philuk👍

Guessed right😁

Slàinte!👍Fremitus JP😋
One of my favourite tipples 😋
Think I'll start the evening off with a 'wee dram'😉 of Aberfeldy 12 years😊

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Terra Firma???
I Have spent many hours out on a boat sea fishing mostly at Newhaven, sometimes at Deal. Getting off of a boat after 10 to 12 hours, even so called Terra Firma still seems to move about.
Mind you if I wasn't catching fish or I didn't have something to focus my eyes on I used to get pretty sea sick. My dad used to say he was ashamed of me, " Son of a Navy man sea sick, was not a good example". I would reply "Not my fault should have given birth to me out on a ship after all mum was a Wren"🤣🤣

Still trying to find terra firma after a neighbor's the single malt party the other night. 😉

There's a lot of apathy here but I don't care

There's nothing more confused as a made up mind. Keep it real fellas!

I used to be indecisive,but now I'm not so sure 😂

I was a drinking man and port is a tipple not to be underestimated. So if others objected to me drinking I saw red!
Sometime afterwards I would feel a bit green and find myself back in the gutter looking up at the stars. Then the only way is up!!!!

Mind you sometimes I can't remember where I am anyway, then it is any port in a storm.

Roy

Getting confused about the green light? Heres a way to remember it. You GO to the Stars. So green is GO and the Starboard is where all the stars are pinned.

Another ambiguous question. Largest by trade volume or surface area? Lets find out. The answer is however both. By trade and surface area.

The green light is on one side and the red light on the other. Simples!
Roy

What side of the ship is the green nav light on?