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submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/interestingasfuck@lemm.ee

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[–] ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are you fucking kidding me? You're gonna look me in the eye and tell me the sail flying above the poop deck is called a spanker?

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not! The poop deck is an elevated deck, aka a sterncastle; back aft on this one is the quarterdeck.

[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Username checks out?

[–] OR3X@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Just one more sail bro. I swear, we just need one more sail.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I like the cut of those yellow ones.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

1000026873

[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And here are the forces acting on the ship:

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago

BEER!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

I found this pic informative:

It's also interesting how they were naming things after James Bond movies all the way back in the Age of Sail!