Got it! I'm buzzing!!😎

I'm with you Roy,👍
But it's hardly a Canal is it!?🙄
Doug😎

My pointing finger ran out of ammunition. Must reload for tomorrow. 😬

I trusted to the event 65M years ago and guessed!

Roy

Think I should have known this…but obviously I didn’t 🤔

all down to that game of Bowls the outcome

On a roll with the qotd,😁

Quite right Doogle. I have a considerable quantity of treasure but SWMBO thinks otherwise.😉

I can identify with that Doogle👍
Only in my case it is my cellar!🤔
😎

I sometimes think I have lots of this in the garage, then remember it's treasure 😂

Happy (knot)
Roy

Happy 😊

I just remember that if my mom used my first, middle and last name I was in for it….🤣

As a child, I heard 3 of the 4 terms...
Strict, harsh & discipline..... well l guess stern could have been used too...
BUT l do remember the finger being waved around at me....😜

Agreed. Harsh skippers, strict disipline, severe weather....

It did occur to me that in the maritime past there was harsh punishment, strict discipline and these days we also get severe weather conditions.
I did have a stern word with myself not to question the answers.

Roy

All is well with the world 🌎 today 👍

Ok, I’m back on track!!

Good morning everyone, on the straight so far 😊

Hi Dougal, in everyone that has ever been alive, those are modern times to them. I bet there were some tearaways in Egypt who waved what ever number of fingers at authority and went hell for leather down the Nile, crocodiles or not!
Roy

Loved to imagine the ancient Egyptian people in speedboats 🚤 😆

helped visiting the country a speedboat would have been fun

Process of elimination today😁

An educated guess this morning which payed off.😀

I recall vaguely the beer festivals in Munich. My lasting memory is watching the rafts going down the Isar, viewed from the English garden. A big keg of beer and a big chap with a punting pole.

Roy

Morning, Doug,
My question to you: is the Munich beer still cool? Despite the heat?
Lukewarm beer is supposed to be undrinkable . .
Oh, I almost forgot! The right answer again, was a bit clearer than others.
Cheers Doug
Michel-Cl

Now you're testing my school geography, updated by odd bits of news over the years, but I'm pleased to know that my recollection of Sweden occupying the whole of the western side of the Baltic to be correct. So I've not totally lost it, yet !😉

Mon plaisir V. Adm,
Glad he liked it Peter😉
Hope he didn't miaow off key 🐱🙉

😎

Thanks Doug.
Even next doors cat took note on my embarkation. Good job Mr Fleet A.😃🇬🇧

So sad Peter🤔
So Specially for you, and at VAST 🤑🤑 expense I hired Wembley Stadium and Emerson, Lake and Palmer to play for you-

"Fanfare for the Common Man".

Enjoy😁😎

Michel Bonjour, guten Tag,à good afternoon
Do you want a brush to speed up your English?😂😂 I must see I always love your humorous remarks

Hello Hermank!
And to all the other admirals, captains and sailors!

There are so many terms in every language that you can't find in any translation. I am brushing up on my English, but it slows down after a certain age 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I prefer to enjoy my retired life . .
just one thing at a time . .
"Like in Paris" 😜😜😜
Salü, Michel-Cl.
Pipe aboard = Pfeife an Bord (German) 🙈🙈🙈 is clarifier . . .

Correct name for the pipe is a Bosun's Call, the act of piping someone aboard is called 'piping the side'. The most common pipes are The Still, Piping the Side, the Carry On, the Hail and the General Call. The Still is commonly used prior to Colours, the act of raising the White Ensign at sunrise and lowering at sunset. The Carry On is sounded after Colours has occured. There are many others, some no longer used, the call was originally used in the days of sail to communicate with topmen, wheras shouts could be carried away by wind, the high pitched shrill of the bosun's call carries much better. I have included a link which contains various examples of RN pipes...http://www.militarywives.com/index.php/what-do-the-boatswain-pipe-call-sound-like

'Pfeifen' is very similar Michel😉👍

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Something wrong with my boat then. I never get any fan fair when I board just barking and moaning.😬

Monsieur Suisse, Cher Michel
Il faut apprendre l’ anglais
Du sollst English kernen😂😂😂😂😂

Puuhhhh, I have to pass here. I don't know your expressions.
😡😡😡😡

I hooted; I screeched; I honked; Finally we had a pipe and boarded.
Rick `

Much better today😁

I did I once got caught with 1 more than the amount allowed cost me 250.00

Well you live and learn, didn't know that one

Missed that one….

Thanks Roy for the info, I'll bear that in mind,
Cheers,
Chris

Hi Doogle the Royal Barge was a very early Model Maker plan. MM356 and Sarik have it in their plans list.
Regards
Roy

Loving the look of the tender 😀

Likewise, visited Britannia a few years ago. What a beautiful boat (ship ?) and kept in wonderful condition. I can understand why the Queen was so upset when it was retired and not replaced. 😉

We went on Royal Yacht Britannia a few years back. Beautiful boat but the crews quarters were extremely cramped. 😊 Some pictures inside, the Rolls and the tender.

Is it the racing boat or the liner? I'm pretty sure it's the former.

Philbow
You lucky man you are!!

Went on the Britannia recently. Really brought home the privilege afforded to the “upper classes”! Lovely ship though. They spent our money well!