Rope/Line Terminology Question

[Craig Smith]

Rode [anchor], halyard, sheet, painter, spring, snubber, more no doubt that are not occurring to me. There are other trivial descriptors like "lashing" but I guess that's cheating. Either way I'm sure there are more than four.

That's without the words "rope" or "line" making an appearance, which I believe was the question.

You owe me a few glasses of that wine

[SEMIJim]

Originally Posted by sailaway21

bolt rope (already mentioned)
bell rope, for the ship's bell
foot rope, suspended beneath the yards for the seaman's feet

tiller rope - to temporarily hold the tiller and keep the boat on course

Originally Posted by sailaway21

I'm sure someone will come up with another, if not all seven (for extra credit?), soon enough for you to pass muster, and win the wine.

Which you will be expected to share with the rest of us

Sway, I'm surprised you didn't come up with them all!

Jim

[knothead]

I found this while surfing. It was on this site.

Commander Bob's Boating Safety Notebook

Thought you might enjoy it too.


In commenting about his "love of rope" as a boy and into manhood, Lt/C Barry Briggs, S, of the Durham (NC) Power Squadron wrote this ditty, which was published in the August 1999 edition of the National Power Squadron magazine.


Ode to Rope

As I cast off for that very first time,
The "rope" in my hand has now become "line".
And hauling the sails to the top of the mast,
That "rope", now a "halyard" holds strong, taught and fast.
Then sailing in brisk winds full force on a beat.
The sails are trimmed in by that "rope" that's a "sheet".
And now at my anchorage with sails safely stowed,
I trust in that "rope" that now serves as a "rode".
Through all my life I will never lose hope,
Of a reason or time to play with a rope.

[sailaway21]

From the duplicate posting of the thread, and the other rope I was racking my mind for; manrope. Used alongside the jacob's or pilot ladder, also hung from the span wire of the lifeboat davits, and often found as well at the lower end of the gangway to aid embarkation.

[WheresTheBrakes]

I'm thinking of the generic use of the word rope..
to say that all ropes on the sailboat are called lines except four..
my reply would be halyards, sheets, vang, outhaul, and even anchor rode..

all of those, when removed from a sailboat, would be called "rope" by the general public ..

[JimHawkins]

What would you use to hang a mutineer from the yardarm? Certainly not line, I think, but perhaps a hanging rope.

[sailaway21]

Originally Posted by WheresTheBrakes

I'm thinking of the generic use of the word rope..
to say that all ropes on the sailboat are called lines except four..
my reply would be halyards, sheets, vang, outhaul, and even anchor rode..

all of those, when removed from a sailboat, would be called "rope" by the general public ..

All of those are lines and the general public aren't seamen. And anchor rode describes function only and not the material used much like boat falls can be either wire rope or line. Rode can denote chain, line, or wire rope but not "rope".

Of course, the general public also calls a sheave a pulley and doesn't know starboard from port, either.

[knothead]

This from Wikipedia



There are seven ropes on a ship:
foot rope
bolt rope
bucket rope
bell rope
tow rope
head rope
becket rope

[JohnRPollard]

Don't forget the all important "goat rope".

FYI, I'm going to combine the two threads....

[TractorJohn]

OK, just asked the boss and she says, you can call it a rope or line but they are all lines on our boat except the "hanging rope" (or in boat speak the lynching line)
what about that rope thingy
sorry, I know this is very serious.