flower names on a ship

[corydoras]

Okay Alan, I give up. Where does the tulip come into it. The only tulip connection I can remember from my seafaring days is that some Dutch shipbuilders used to (maybe they still do?) carve or cast a tulip bud design into the masthead.

[Umber]

A tulip is found on the end of a wire guard rail for example where it joins to another guard rail via a Senhouse slip, making it easy to lower the guard rail. The tongue of the slip passes through the eye of the tulip.

[nursejudy]

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Newt]

Any of you nautical types know where the Navigator's Balls are? (other than on the Navigation Officer)

 

Not a flower though so a smidge off topic.

[Scapanapper]

Do you mean Lord Kelvin's Balls?

These are the soft Iron balls on each side of the compass binnacle.

They are used to counteract the effect of induced magnetism on the compass

Cheers

Scapa

[Newt]

Yup. Same critters. Different names US and UK I guess.

[Scapanapper]

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Same critters. Different names US and UK

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SAME JOKES!!!!

 

Anyone know where the Spar Lash is on a ship???

 

Cheers

Scapa

 

[ 08. August 2003, 05:17 AM: Message edited by: Scapanapper ]

[Paul_D]

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SAME JOKES!!!!

 

Anyone know where the Spar Lash is on a ship???

 

Cheers

Scapa

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Is it somewhere near the golden rivet..?

[Alan Taylor]

Umber:

Nice one Umber

 

Alan(nl)

[corydoras]

Umber:

A tulip is found on the end of a wire guard rail for example where it joins to another guard rail via a Senhouse slip, making it easy to lower the guard rail. The tongue of the slip passes through the eye of the tulip.

No wonder Judy is confused.

 

All I can say is this must be a Royal Navy only term. A couple of lengths of wire secured by a Senhouse slip serving as a guard rail (just called 'railings' on merchant ships) would not pass muster on a merchant ship.

 

Senhouse slips need to be under constant tension to work properly, so if the wire guard rail becam slack for any then the slip might open, et voila no more guard rail. About the only place you will find a Senhouse slip in use today on a merchant vessel will be to secure lifeboats and life-rafts.

 

Just for Judy here is a piccy of a Senhouse slip.

 

 

Newt:

 

I think in the American Merchant Marine (and perhaps in the US Navy too) they are known as Pelican clips, but I am not at all sure.

 

[ 09. August 2003, 10:42 AM: Message edited by: corydoras ]