Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for July 05, 2012

Only if it’s a schooner.

Oh, great simpsonsfan, now I can’t say, Golly, what’s a wobbler? Oh, well, you did save me the trouble of looking it up….(as if all the knowledge in the world isn’t available at my fingertips instantly!)

It is only data available at our fingertips. If we cannot understand it, it is not knowledge(I know nothing about boats/ships so this one has me on a wobbler)

@ simpsonfan2And here I thought it was just a mood killer.

That gag should appeal to the masses.

I named my first boat Sea Yawl Later.

I’m a boater, but sailing is like watching grass grow. LOL

So….DOES their boat have a gollywobbler?

Is it a “boat” or a “ship”? I thought the definition of a “boat” is if it can be carried on a “ship”.

June Moffatt: But boats can be carried on boats. Most schooners, such as theirs, have a dingy or inflatable on board. On the other hand, submarines (still classified as boats) are over 300 feet long now. Even “primitive” vessels such as Japanese WW-II subs carried smaller subs and/or aircraft – and were still boats.

Gollywobbler was the mechanic of Weeble Town with Homespunwobbler and Shakeywobbler as the sheriff and deputy and Auntwobbler and Freckleswobbler as the sheriff’s immediate family.

In the sailing world, a “ship” is square rigged on all masts. One or more masts fore-and-aft rigged makes it a “boat.”. a schooner is fore-and-aft rigged on both masts, so boat.

Watching grass grow is nice sometimes. Try finding clips of Volvo Ocean Race on line – see if that grows your grass.

Sounds like a cross between a lollypop & a gobstopper.

In North Dakota we have two kinds of boats – pontoons (pleasure) and fishing boats (for..fishing). I was in the Navy for 7 years and I still have no idea what most boats/ships are. I prefer canoes and kayaks.

Just checked back a few weeks — we haven’t seen this tub with the sail up. What’s its name, BTW?

JPSteve: For the narrow definition “ship”, you are correct. However, the Larson (the world’s only seven-masted schooner) was considered a ship. Indeed, the City of Alberni, the last commercial sailing vessel in Canadian registry (scrapped in 1944 after loosing a battle with Cape Horn) was definitely a ship even though “only” five-masts (and no propulsion engine – just two on deck for raising the sails and anchor). I had a model of her underway at the Vancouver Maritime Museum when the budget was cut back and I was cut out.

Take over their life? I think not. They’ll use it as a cottage when visiting. Boats vs.ships—there’s no specific line of demarcation, but ships are pretty large things. JP Steve’s definitions of the two are all wet (heh). I don’t see a sub needs to be called a boat rather than a ship, but in German they are called Unterseeboot. (Get it?)

I know dear. I worked with submariners.