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20 hours ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor (
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Well I got that wrong as it was a pure guess.
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3 days ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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The only horn I could think of was Foghorn Leghorn. Maybe it would play a looney tune. 😀
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7 days ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Another one of those strange questions and answers. The first type of steam ship which was given credit for circumnavigation of the globe was HMS Driver a royal navy paddle driven "sloop" . There seems to be a blurred line between sloops and frigates and sometimes only the number of gun decks was the difference. However according to all the references I could find one of the options in the answers should have been sloop.
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📝 Question of the Day?
13 days ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Well another interesting answer. I was going to tick Phoenicians but couldn't find anything that would convince me they started the first organised navy. They were a great maritime force but not a united fighting force. However the Romans did organise a navy because they could see it would help conquer the world as it was then. As they say "You live and learn" 😀
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📝 Question of the Day?
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Well after reading up about all of the people in the options I ruled out Sir William Petty but should have realised it was him as he had an interest in naval architecture. Samuel Pepys was in the British admiralty so I chose him. Interesting thing is Samuel Pepys and Sir William Petty knew each other. John Harrison invented the marine chronometer and Sir Francis Drake was a privateer. I like questions like this because it increases your knowledge while doing the investigation work 😀
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24 days ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here we go again. I was going to click Sloop so why did I click cutter? Old age I think 😀. Anyway a cutter generally has the mast set further back than a sloop so maybe that is why.
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25 days ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here I was pondering on the answer for a while because I thought it was a trick question 😂
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27 days ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Wow! No longer a case of déjà vu, more like ground hog days.😂😂😂
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📝 Question of the Day?
29 days ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Oh my. I have a terrible feeling of déjà vu 😂
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1 month ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Ok. I will get back on board, but you might need to whistle me aboard even if I am just a Chief Petty Officer 😂😂😂😂👍
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Well you learn something new every day. My dad who was in the RAF always told me that SOS was "Save Our Souls" so I have never questioned it, but I suppose they had to put some meaning to it. So as the questions and and answers are getting questionable and my average over the past few months has dropped from 93% to now 69% I am thinking of giving up. 😉
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here we go again. I did use carpenters glue but moved on to CA a long time ago. Trick question me thinks 😁
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1 month ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I agree the answer could be right or wrong. If anyone watched "Acorn to Arabella" or the rebuild of "Tally-Ho" (Samson Boat Company) on YouTube they would understand the process and the terms. Not all decking or as I call it frame cladding of the hull has to be steam bent. I chose steam bending because it was what I had just been doing on a model boat for the decking.😂
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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This one I got right and only because I realised it didn't have to refer to nautical navigation. I have a very keen interest in all things that fly as well as boats and my father in law (deceased) taught navigation in the RAF so I have had some good conversations with him.
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Duh. I should read more carefully. When facing the bow doesn't mean looking at the bow from the front. The question does assume you are in the boat.😂😂😂
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Although I chose the right answer as far as the options were concerned. My answer is wrong because the Mull of Kintyre runs into the "North Channel" and that separates Scotland and Northern Ireland.😀
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I have just acquired one of these at a reasonable price. It sails well but I was thinking of refurbishing so it will be really good to see your finished boat. Keep up the good work. It looks like you are going to run a genoa (genova) on it. Is that correct?
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Well there you go. I wouldn't use a razor saw for that job. I don't even own one.😀
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Wow. I had to think about that one 😂
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I think the question could have been better worded, such as, "What is the term for the difference between magnetic north and true north" then I might have got it right 😀
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3 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Ah ah, caught out again by not reading the words "fresh water". 😂
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3 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Just shows, I should read the question properly before I answer. It says Space Shuttle and not Station. 😂😂
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3 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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A lovely build. Makes me think of "Para Handy". My Dad and I used to sit and watch it on the old black & white TV.😊
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here we go again. I got it wrong. However I answered the question correctly. It didn't ask what was the first long deck carrier. Ark Royal was the first to launch and recover aircraft in 1914. But who cares. Happy New Year.😊
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hi. I am once again confused. Isn't todays question about the Greek ship the same as yesterdays question?🤔
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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As for yesterdays question, I missed the point when the question said "Captain Cook" He only captained one vessel and I got it wrong.
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Caught me out on that one. 😂😂
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Now I have clicked on what I thought was the answer I am even more confused.😂
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Once again I am confused as the description covers two flags both with different meanings. Or have I got the wrong end of the stick again. I am after all a Simple Sailor 😀
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 SimpleSailor ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Although I got it wrong. It looks like Cpt. James Cook used Harrison's chronometer in 1779 and Darwin's trip was in 1831. I think Alexa has it wrong 🤣
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