Now with the crew area tours lets get one VERY important term down...

Now that NCL is offering crew area tours I thought I would say something that bothers a lot of crew members and its so easy to fix. Using the correct term will make you look smarter and less of a "typical tourist." In fact some people on the Bridge might take offense if you don't use the correct word.

Its a ship not a boat! These are not fishing row boats in your Grandparents back yard pond.. :D

Thats all..

James

Its a ship not a boat!

 

James

Yep, that one grates on me sometimes. And I was Army-not Navy.

Thanks for the heads up about that James..I don't say boat often, but I have said it before when speaking of the ship. I would not want to insult or demean the crew by any means.

We were ust watching something we taped -- a National Geographic special about the aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan. On it, one of the pilots was talking about "the boat." :eek:

James, fill us in on crew quarter tours...which ships? Only at disembarkation my dh says in a very deep voice "Get off my boat".

Just in case anyone is curious. I found this on the net:

"per the National Martime Museum the difference is :

The Historic Ships Committee have designated a vessel below 40 tons and 40 feet in length as a boat. However, submarines and fishing vessels are always known as boats whatever their size."

I thought it was interesting.

Thanks, verbally, I say 'boat' quite a bit.

I do tend to correct people when they say "boat" instead of ship when pertaining to a real ship/ Then they think I'm a b**ch. But I don't care becasue I'm right!:D

Sandy

(I also call the ship "her," or "she". never "it"):rolleyes:

Its a ship not a boat! These are not fishing row boats in your Grandparents back yard pond.. :D

The Love BOAT

The Big Red BOAT

My father designed submarines, so to me... a boat is a sub!

Originally posted by LOWTYD

(I also call the ship "her," or "she". never "it")

Me too :}. its makes my DH crazy he keeps saying its not a person. Now that my DS has finished his 1st cruise he says it too, he even calls her his baby, its cute

my father designed submarines, so to me... A boat is a sub!

das boot!:)

(I also call the ship "her," or "she". never "it"):rolleyes:

I have always called cruise ships her, she or in the case of the Norway, the Blue "Lady".

... as if the crew cares what we call the ship? I would imagine the list of passenger transgressions is huge- and this would be at the bottom. And if we're touring the crew areas do you really think they're going to hear us- or care? And are we talking CREW areas or the bridge?...

thanks for the heads-up!

A question...can I go on a bridge tour? I would LOVE to do that!

Its a ship not a boat! These are not fishing row boats in your Grandparents back yard pond.. :D

This reminds me of a t-shirt we bought when visiting the USS Constitution in Boston. It says, "Don't say ship, say frigate." Comes in handy when I drop my plate in the buffet. ;)

I am beginning to have a problem of calling a hotel room a Cabin. :D

Me, too, Carolyn. Except I refer to my bedroom as the cabin!!!

Also, another thing that bugs me (even though I'm not a crew member) is the person who cleans your cabin is a steward, NOT STEWART!!!!

My father designed submarines, so to me... a boat is a sub!

I don't want to be in a life "boat" when they give the command to dive :eek:

I so totally agree ... hearing the word "boat" when it should be "ship" actually tweaks me a bit. I, too, will correct people ... with a smile ... but that sometimes doesn't work. whatever. :cool:

"Cruising 101" should include the correct terms.

An HD told us once ... "You can fit a boat on a ship, but you can't fit a ship on a boat" ... ;)

My father was in the British Merchant Navy so I was brought up to know that, while on a ship, if you refer to a boat you mean a LIFEboat.

I am beginning to have a problem of calling a hotel room a Cabin. :D

Me too! I try calling our master bedroom a 'stateroom', but that never gets me turndown service or a chocolate on the pillow ... :o

An HD told us once ... "You can fit a boat on a ship' date=' but you can't fit a ship on a boat" ... ;)[/quote']

 

I've heard that exact same thing!!! Maybe we had the same HD

Ship not boat

Steward not Stewart, unless that also happens to be your Steward's NAME

Cabins not rooms

Cabins on the STERN not the AFT!!! AFT is a direction not a place. Funny I have not seen anyone talk about a cabin or suite on the Forward, and seldom have I seen them mention one on the BOW, unfortunately I have heard the Room on the Front of the Boat!

Ship not boat

Cabins on the STERN not the AFT!!! AFT is a direction not a place. Funny I have not seen anyone talk about a cabin or suite on the Forward, and seldom have I seen them mention one on the BOW, unfortunately I have heard the Room on the Front of the Boat!

Actally, stern is only the very back outside portion of the boat/ship. A cabin looking out the port side is not on the stern, it is an aft cabin. Aft is generally an adjective, not a direction.

e.g. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:aft&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;

Aft, in naval terminology, is an adjective or adverb meaning 'towards the stern of the ship', when the frame of reference is within the ship

Further clarication:

The difference of aft and stern is that aft is the inside (onboard) rearmost part of the vessel, while stern refers to outside (offboard) rearmost part of the vessel.