Trying to join the Aussie site. What's the magic question?

[MPittma100]

Chin Wag

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chin+wag

Thanks Phil. I'm glad we got that cleared up.

Mike

[Crusty Snippets]

Slang

There are many words in OZZ and NZ that are not usually used in Canada and the US. I personally feel the language in the last two is quite restricted.
You have a decko, not a look. Chin wag is obvious to talk with someone.
There are countless other words in use. Crusty Snippets is the name I used when writing a small dictionary of sailing terms.
" Blow the guy " is an acceptable sailing term in North America, but the guy is called a brace in OZZ.

Unkle Crusty

[BA80]

I'm pretty certain "Blow the guy" would not be accepted here as it is there.

[Orange4]

Depends who is doing the blowing.

[Crusty Snippets]

Slang

The lines / ropes that control a sail have names. The halyard pulls them up.
The sheets control the outer corners. One for the main, two for the head sails.
A spinnaker has two sheets, but when a pole is used, the line on the pole is called the guy, the other line is the sheet. The pole swaps sides, so the control lines change names. A line can be eased a small a amount, eased a lot, or let go as in blown. When dropping a spinnaker it is often dropped to the fore deck or down the main hatch. The sheet is eased but contained, the guy is blown to let the sail trail or flap down wind. The halyard is eased and the sail hauled down.
So " ease the sheet, blow the guy, lower the halyard and drop the pole " is the correct terminology. But in OZZ the pole is the brace.

If you have three sheets to the wind, as in eased a lot or blown, you have control problems.

Unkle Crusty

[Orange4]

So what you are saying is: Loss of control, as indicated by "three sheets to the wind" is often a precursor to blowing the guy. I have often witnessed this myself.

[Crusty Snippets]

Slang

It could be a precursor in the case of a wipe out, as in loss of control of the rudder. Caused by too much sail in too much wind. Sometimes just easing the sheets fixes the temporary problem.

Or it could be a douse ( dropping the chute / spinnaker ) at a mark rounding in preparation for heading up wind.

Anyone with an XS11 is welcome to go sailing if they can find their way to Victoria BC. Bring beer. It is a lot like riding a bike. You can get cold and miserable. But the boat has a diesel heater.

Unkle Crusty

[MaximPhil]

Thanks Crusty,
Not Slang. But Nautical terminology
There is Nothing like the stunned look of incomprehension of a new to sailing crew member. when a command is given that makes perfect sense to the rest of us.
Phil

[fredintoon]

- - - Anyone with an XS11 is welcome to go sailing if they can find their way to Victoria BC. Bring beer. It is a lot like riding a bike. You can get cold and miserable. But the boat has a diesel heater.
Unkle Crusty

Hi Unkle Crusty,
not exactly the same, I never got seasick riding a bike.
I learned to sail in dinghies in the Severn Estuary and sometimes crewed for my buddy Paul O'Carroll (Who later sailed his homebuilt 27' steel hulled sloop out of Victoria and who you may even know, it being a small world)
But back then Paul was forced to rig on the cheap so used various colours of polypropylene rope instead of the good stuff.
He also could mostly only get sailing newbies to crew for him which led to his own version of command language:-
"Pull the red rope" "Slacken off the green rope" etc. etc.

[CaptonZap]

Thanks Crusty,
Not Slang. But Nautical terminology
Phil

From the sound of some of the guy commands, it might be better termed Naughtycal Terminology.

CZ

[fredintoon]

From the sound of some of the guy commands, it might be better termed Naughtycal Terminology.
CZ

Hi Zapper,
it's all in your mind, eh?
Like the guy who was sent for a psych eval.
Doctor shows him a card with a triangle drawn on it.
That's a tent! There's this couple inside! You should see what they're doing!
Next card has a square.
That's a bedroom window! There's this couple inside! You should see what they're doing!
Next card has a circle.
That's a porthole on the loveboat! There's this couple inside! You should see what they're doing!
That's enough cards, they show you are obsessed with sex.
What, me? I'm not the one showing off his porno collection!