@Moonie 446640 wrote:
Boats and ships by the way, people say that a boat can be put on a ship but a ship cannot be put on a boat, but that’s a pretty poor way of doing things. There is no real answer, but all of us can look at a vessel and say which one it is.
The definition has been unclear, as a modern yacht can carry an inflatable dinghy but is by no means a ship.
From Wikipedia:
In the age of sail, a “ship” was a sailing vessel with at least three square-rigged masts and a full bowsprit;
nowadays something like the Border Agency Cutter (at 42m) would be classed as a small ship rather than a boat
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(this is its old livery, its now part of the UK Border Agency). it contains a RIB when they board other yachts (they can order them to “bring to” and the law says they can even fire upon them after a warning shot – though the ship does not have arms, just a big fire hose.)
its quite commonly seen round here moored up on the route to one of my favourite pubs.. I was once tempted to bang on the side of it until someone came out and then say “excuse me mate, I’ve got a parcel for a Mr Horatio Nelson – sorry its a bit late, it got lost in the depot, but can someone sign for it?” – Not sure if they’d see the humour I’d probably get arrested and made to swab the decks for such a prank..
