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Old March 13th, 2009, 10:23 AM
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Old March 13th, 2009, 10:30 AM
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Damn, missed 1 on the quiz. Guess I need to go back to school!
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haha number 1!!

side note - has anybody ever heard the "nautical" term monkey island?
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haha number 1!!

side note - has anybody ever heard the "nautical" term monkey island?
Is that another name for a flying bridge?

This could be an interesting Thread... favorite nautical terms. Mine might be "Tapping the Admiral"... http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary...p-admiral.html
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Perfect score... seems "iron mike" is being a "son of a gun" to many.
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Damn! Missed 2, but the worst of all, my wife witnessed the event.
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Is that another name for a flying bridge?

This could be an interesting Thread... favorite nautical terms. Mine might be "Tapping the Admiral"... http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary...p-admiral.html

It is indeed! We were in drydock and the dock was installing a huge bracket for an internet satellite, and the guy I was with said something about monkey island. I looked at him like he was nuts, but when I mentioned the flying bridge, he did the same. Apparently to them, a flying bridge should have controls on it, like on a sportfishing boat or something. Another one was leading lights - I've always known them as range lights. Oh well - live and learn!
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Go ahead and mark a 100% up for the nerdy kid that does maritime quizes on his Friday nights.
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I'd like to say that since I wrote it I got a 100 but, for some odd reason, I thought ECDIS was Electronic Chart DISplay. I also didn't know the Brits called him "Metal Mike" untill I verified the answers.

Yes I've heard "Monkey Island" but was "trained" not to use it by a Capt who, after getting in an argument with the 2/m over the term, said "Fly through this hitch or chip paint with the monkeys, your choice". Still not sure his objection to the term since the topic wasn't brought up again.
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Too embarrassed to say how many I missed the first time. Had to try again. For some odd reason it kept saying that 67% & 33% got the answer right. Maybe some of you are telling fish stories. HAH!
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I let the AB and Mate, on my boat try it..The brought the curve down tremendously.....I don't feel like the FNG anymore...lol..
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100!
I don't know if that is a good thing, maybe I should get out more!
My wife has told me that I should read something different once and a while, she's tried of ordering me "boat books" for my next hitch reading material.
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haha number 1!!

side note - has anybody ever heard the "nautical" term monkey island?
i know of "Monkey Island" in Cameron La.

ECDIS got me too, glad I'm in such fine company on that one.
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Not bad. A couple of them made me think.
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haha number 1!!

side note - has anybody ever heard the "nautical" term monkey island?
It is the top of the wheelhouse.
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Go ahead and mark a 100% up for the nerdy kid that does maritime quizes on his Friday nights.
Better that than hearing about drinking, drug and partying exploits I have heard from some of your recent grads.

Keep up the good work!

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neat quiz, 12:12 booya
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Oh baby. 12 for 12. Not bad for a person currently working as a doughnut sucking sand peep!
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Too easy, basic questions for any one who has been around a while.
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Sure, believe it was the area around the "tabernacle" where all the booms where seated on a yard and stay rig vessel. I could be wrong, it has been awhile.
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No, now that I think about it, I think it was what we call the flybridge nowadays.
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haha number 1!!

side note - has anybody ever heard the "nautical" term monkey island?
Monkey Island is located in Cameron La. and is where the pilot station is for the Calcasieu channel leading to Lake Charles, La.
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I am in my 6th week of experience in the maritime industry - all shoreside experience so far. I scored 5/12 and am not hurt to admit it.

Cool quiz!
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Monkey Island is located in Cameron La. and is where the pilot station is for the Calcasieu channel leading to Lake Charles, La.
Didn't they shut down the Monkey Island ferry?
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Yes - The ferry sunk in Hurricane Rita and the pilot sta is now on the west side.
If you work with any foreign mariners you will her the term monkey island in reference to the top of the bridge often.
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