Thank you Lisa, Fred ,Dave and Jim, our loyal players for you consistent playing and seeming to have fun on our blog.  We have made a business decision to end the blog and concentrate more on our store and getting traffic to it.  Someday, we will try the blog again but it is a lot of work and we need to spend that time on creating our store.  Thank you all again! You are all great. We hope we will see you all again on here in the future.

From all the Nautical Emporium Team,  Mark and Pam,

Fair winds and Smooth Waterways to you all!

Yesterday’s Question: Well everyone got it right.

Today’s Question: Lets make you think a little, The term “shift the rudder” means ____________?

A: put the rudder amidships

B: Use right or left rudder

C: Check, but do not stop the vessel from swinging

D: Change the rudder left to right or right to left

E: Check to see that the rudder is working

Quote:  Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his
party did not miss the boat.

~ Mark Twain

Joke:  Three vampires walk into a bar. The first one says, “I’ll have a pint of blood.”
The second one says, “I’ll have one, too.”
The third one says, “I’ll have a pint of plasma.”
The bartender says, “So, that’ll be two Bloods and a Blood Lite?”

Friday’s Question: You see a vessel approaching and it’s compass bearing in relation to your vessel does not significantly change. This would indicate that  ______.

Answer: B. risk of a collision exists

Today’s Question: Please translate the flags

Quote: “Lifes a reach, then you gybe.”
~Unknown

Joke:  Gordon died. So Susan went to the local paper to put a notice in the obituaries. The gentleman at the counter, after offering his condolences, asked Susan what she would like to say about Gordon.

Susan replied, “You just put, ‘Gordon died.’”

The gentleman, somewhat perplexed, said, “That’s it? Just ‘Gordon died?’

Surely, there must be something more you’d like to say about Gordon. If it’s money you’re concerned about, the first five words are free. We really should say something more.”

So Susan pondered for a few minutes and finally said, “O.K., then. You put ‘Gordon died. Sailboat for sale.’

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 Yesterday’s Question: When a sail is reefed, the sail area is _______ .

Answer: A. reduced

Today’s Question:  You see a vessel approaching and it’s compass bearing in relation to your vessel does not significantly change. This would indicate that  ______.

A. you are the stand-on vessel

B. risk of a collision exists

C. a special circumstance situation exists

D. the other vessel is dead in the water

Quote:  “I can spend your money better than you can.”

Bill Clinton - Addressing the public in Buffalo, NY on January 20, 1999

Joke:  A woman in the bar says that she wants to have plastic surgery to enlarge her breasts. Her husband tells her, “Hey, you don’t need surgery to do that. I know how to do it without surgery.”
The lady asks, “How do I do it without surgery?”
“Just rub toilet paper between them.”
Startled the lady asks, “How does that make them bigger?”
“I don’t know, but it worked for your butt.”

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Yesterday’s Question: Anne Bonny the female pirate was born in what country and what was her fathers profession?

Answer:  See Dave’s answer for the full one. Simple answer Ireland and lawyer.

Today’s Question: When a sail is reefed, the sail area is _______ .
A. reduced

B. increased

C. widened

D. unchanged

Quote:  “The evidence shows that delays in the public health care system are widespread and patients die as a result of waiting lists for public health care”
~ Supreme Court of Canada, June, 2005

Joke: A young woman went to her doctor complaining of pain.”Where are you hurting?” asked the doctor.
“You have to help me, I hurt all over”, said the woman.
“What do you mean, all over?” asked the doctor, “be a little more specific.
“The woman touched her right knee with her index finger and yelled, “Owe, that hurts.” Then she touched her left cheek and again yelled, “Ouch! That hurts, too.” Then she touched her right earlobe, “Owe, even THAT hurts”, she cried.
The doctor checked her thoughtfully for a moment and told her his diagnosis; “You have a broken finger.”

Yesterday’s Question: While under way in a fog you hear a rapid ringing of a bell. What does this signal indicate?

C: A vessel at anchor

Today’s question: Away from the dry captains license exam… Anne Bonny the female pirate was born in what country and what was her fathers profession?

Quote: As her mate Jack was brought to trial, she visited him on the morning of his execution and said “I am sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you needn’t be hang’d like a dog.”

~Anne Bonny

Joke: A man walks into a bar and orders a drink. While he is waiting for it he spots a pirate sitting in the corner of the bar. The pirate has two wooden arms and two wooden legs. Naturally curious, the man gets his drink, walks over to the pirate and asks, “Excuse me sir, I hope you don’t mind but I couldn’t help noticing that you have two wooden arms and two wooden legs. You must have been involved in some fierce sea battles?”

The pirate looked up, paused and said, “Arrrr no… me father was a tree!”

Yesterday’s Question: To be clear both inland and Int rules state that a boat being propelled by sail and powered by running engines is considered to be a __________ vessel.

D: Power driven

Today’s Question:  While underway in a fog you hear a rapid ringing of a bell. What does this signal indicate?

A:  A vessel backing down

B: A Sailboat underway

C: A vessel at anchor

D: A vessel drifting

Aditional question: What is the pattern you would use if you were using a horn?

Quote:  Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!
~Ada Cambridge

Joke: TRUE!

This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks. What happens when you predict snow but don’t get any…. true story…

A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn’t, turned to the weatherman and asked….

“So Bob, where’s that 8 inches you promised me last night?” Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard

Friday’s Question; This was a trick question and everyone got it wrong! question: Away from the visual signals, COLREGS International rules -  A power-driven vessel leaving a quay or wharf must sound what signal?

Answer D: No signal is required.. International COLREGS does not mention any sound requirement only states that inland water rules require a prolonged blast.

Today’s Question: To be clear both inland and Int rules state that a boat being propelled by sail and powered by running engines is considered to be a __________ vessel.

A: special circumstances

B: Not covered under any category

C: Sailing

D: Power driven

Quote: I have made good judgements in the past. I have made good judgements in the future.
~Al Gore

Joke:  Lawyer:  I show you Exhibit 2 and ask you if you recognize that picture.
Witness: That’s me.
Lawyer:  Were you present when that picture was taken?

WOW A stumpier!

Yesterday’s Question: What day shape is prescribed for a vessel constrained by her draft?

Answer:  A cylinder

FYI: There are 5 kinds of day shapes. Their uses are:

1)  At Anchor - Single round ball
2)  Aground - Three round balls in a vertical line.
3)  Making way with sails up and motor on - Inverted cone ( only required for sailboats, 12 meters or larger ).
4)  Dredging or making way with an obstruction on one side - Two green lights or two diamonds in a vertical line to indicate the side safe to pass.  ( Diamonds are a sailors best friend - Thus, safe to pass. )  Two red lights or two circles in a vertical line to indicate the side which has the obstruction.
5)  Vessel not under command - Two round balls in a straight line.
6)  Vessel restrained by draft - A cylinder.
7)  Vessel restricted in her maneuverability - Three shapes in a straight line.  The top and the bottom are a ball and the middle is a diamond.
8)  Vessel engaged in fishing - Two cones in a vertical line with their apexes pointed at the center.

Today’s Question: Away from the visual signals, COLREGS International rules -  A power-driven vessel leaving a quay or wharf must sound what signal?

A; Three short blasts

B: A long blast

C: a prolonged blast

D:  No signal is required.

 Quote: Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall.  Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day.  Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down.  And this is all life really means.

~Robert Louis Stevenson

Joke:   One day God came down and said to three guys that the less you cheat on your wives the better the cars you’ll get in heaven. So the first guy went to heaven after cheating on his wife 67 times and he got a Mercedes. The second guy went to heaven and had cheated on his wife 2 times and he got a Ferrari, then the third guy went to heaven and said that he had never cheated on his wife and he got a Bentley. Then one day the third guy was all sad and depressed and the first and second guys asked him what was wrong and the third guy said, “I saw my wife the other day” and the first guy said “yeah, so” and the third guy said ” she was riding a skateboard”

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Yesterdays Question: A “Sailors palm” is used to repair ______.

Answer: Any heavy fabric material you may find on a boat. sails, dodgers, hatch protective cover. etcetera..

Today’s Question: What day shape is prescribed for a vessel constrained by her draft?

Quote: “To dream of the person you wish to be is to waste the person you are”
– Author Unknown

Joke: Baseball is wrong - man with four balls cannot walk.