Make a $#!T Load of Money from a Boat! And Boat Vocabulary Explained - Ep 256 - Lady K Sailing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- How to make money working from a boat while sailing is a BIG question - and no, we don't mean a TH-cam channel. There are ways to make money living on a boat, work remotely from anywhere in the world, and companies that will hire you knowing full well you live aboard. You can wrok from anywhere as long as you have an internet connection, and have some knowldge to share with the world - and have the dicipline to work remotely.
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Easiest way to make the proverbial boatload of money while living on a boat is to start with a bigger boatload of money and send yourself a check from that account twice a month😂
My plan exactly 😅. That's why I have to wait 2 more years before I can start on my cruising adventure. Unfortunately like most of us I wasn't born rich! I call myself SEMI-RETIRED... Mentally I'm already retired but my bank account says NO!
😊 loose cannon was not the cannon ball but a cannon that broke loose while at sea and it would smash into everything in its path l, back then cannons weighed hundred if not thousands of pounds depending on the cannon size.
The truth
I like “son of a gun”…
_Brass Monkeys_ refers to cold weather ~ "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." Monkey was a rack that held cannon balls. Brass contracts in the cold, balls would fall to the deck making a thump, men below decks would know they were in high latitudes by the sound .. .. .
All of these comments are correct. Loose cannon, son of a gun and Brass monkey.
Additionally, cannon generally would recoil and slide backwards quite a bit when firing. This was controlled by having it tied in place, but if it were loose it would potentially go all the way across the gun deck, possibly injuring and killing anyone manning guns on the other side, and so on.
"Devil to pay", as you mentioned planked ships were caulked with oakum; when on the trades for weeks on end the planks which rose above the water on heel would dry out and lose the caulking. These lose seams were known as devils. The act of pounding oakum into these gaps was known as paying. So before the ship would be right, you had the "devil to pay" or your ship would sink.
More to it than that. "Pay" was the tar that is applied to the seams below the water line. The longest seams on the boat were at the keel and called "Hell" or "The Devil". The job of "Paying Hell" was considered a punishment.
@@joebounds1292 and smashed about off the stern with a bucket of hot tar, you found yourself between the devil and the deep blue sea.
“Hold Fast” meaning stand your ground. “ No Quarter” meaning take no prisoners. “Hell or High Water” meaning best of two evils. “ No Prey No Pay” meaning nothing to steal, no pay.
I hereby vote this as the best video of 2023 for Lady K Sailing! Loved the intro and all of the vocabulary. You always provide great content, but I really enjoyed this one. Keep up the good work. My wife and I look to make our way into part time as liveaboards during the winter and cabin life in the summer. In the next 18 months or so as long as we can get the plans to align.
THANK YOU!!!!
easily and by a decent margin too ~ this was bloody awesome! liked & shared far and wide, merryxmas@@LadyKSailing
thanks for watching!
Great video, and appreciate the lingo research. Always learn something new watching you videos. Thank you!
Now that was an entertaining episode!! I actually learned a few new things!!!
"Be twixt the devil and the deep blue sea" or between the devil and the deep blue sea. Before coming off heel after a long time on the trades, the devil needed to be payed, in order to keep the ship from sinking. One or more sailors would be lowered over the windward side of the ship on ropes to pay the devil. At the end of your rope, you were between the "devil and the deep blue sea."
My dad's uncle wrote 'All Hands Aloft'(Lou Schmitt) A story about his time as a cadet in the last days of sail. Most, if not all all the terms you described were in his book. I once had a box full of the book that were unsold and went down to the Marina restaurant at the end of the dock and put free on them. Didn't take long for them to be grabbed up by the local sailors.
For perspective, it has only been about 100-years since the last days of commercial sail.
You forgot “cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey”! 😜
I have read that this refers to the different expansion rates of the iron cannon balls and the racks that hold them. When it gets really cold, the Brass rack shrinks faster than the shot and they pop out. Only problem with that explanation is that the shot was stored for ready use in a "shot garland", not a monkey. I suspect that in some distant past, a junior officer made a somewhat vulgar reference in mixed company and a senior officer covered it with the first explanation, the landsman being none the wiser.
Starbord comes from Old Norse "Styrbord". Most maritime expressions actually originate in Old Norse
Awesome content! Thanks so much what what you do. Been watching for a couple years now. Definitely like the added educational value, its great to teach/remind maritime vocabulary.
"Copy all that". =) Naval vocabulary can literally be beaten into a young men, ask me how I know...
Even now I chow down some scran, don't make my rack, clean the heads & flog myself to do more.
_Thanks for explaining so very bloody many of our terms, they're part of our shared culture across nations._
_Btw, 'son of a gun' was a standing joke in our Gunroom, we sure weren't getting much!._
foot-loose When the foot of the sail is not attached to the boom. Now, a joyful dance.
Would advise against working on others boats unless the money is upfront or something close , as for writing pretty sure every site on the internet should be paying proof readers , AI or whomever seem to need them they just can't spell , if you don't believe me look at what you typed
Giving leeeway leaving space between your ship and the leeward side of another ahip in case the other ship slips leeward.
SHIT, actually means Ship High In Transit! It is the acronym for a ship carrying manure and could potentially be flammable!
The English language, as spoken in the UK, is riddled with nautical terms.
Needless to say, none of them are coming to me at the moment, but I know a dozen or more, that are just everyday, off hand terms, that everyone knows, but no one thinks about where they came from.
It sad really, the UK has forgotten it's maritime past, and now boating is seen as upper class and, indeed, posh.
Incidentally, I recently completed my RYA Dayskipper theory, a most excellent course for learning the theoretical side of sailing.
I highly recommend it, it's been of so much value to me, even though I'm not yet sailing.
Some of it is relevant, even on a Kayak out on the sea.
Way to go Tim - I actually learned a few things in today's vocabulary lesson! Great job. Oh, glad to hear that your NY trip was fruitful and has led to more opportunities.
Thanks!
Poop deck isn't the floor in the head?
It’s not supposed to be… when it happens we either blame the cooks or who ever was blowing sanitary tanks (submarine thing)
So cold it would Freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
Iron Cannon balls were stored on a brass rack/grid (monkey). brass has a higher thermal expansion coefficient than iron. When it was really cold the gaps in the rack were larger than the iron balls which would fall through the rack.
"Don't sweat the small stuff" comes from sweating lines on a sailboat. you don't want to sweat the smaller lines or you might damage them.
No PORT Red wine LEFT in the bottle The easyest way to remember port and starboard
Ive always used the association of which words (paired) are shorter vs longer
Left-Right
Red-Green (running lights)
Port-Starboard
(Well…. Its worked for me 😅)
Port and left both are 4 letters long. That's the way I was taught to remember.
What about crew cut...
What’s up dude!! Always look forward to your episodes! So very informative you are👌🏼Thank you for the vocab lesson, Very interesting. I hope to buy a boat soon. I’ll give you a ring when I am close to my financial goal🤙🏼sail on ⛵️🏝️
Loved that topic!!! Many thanks
money for old rope comes from the old days when hemp ropes became weak after some time, they would be sold in port to make fenders and baggywrinkle etc so it was money for something that would otherwise be thrown away. Fair winds.
Holy $#!t , one of the most informative sailing vids out there. Think I got a rash just picturing the Head explanation 😊
Show him the ropes. New recruits or those press ganged into service would be shown which ropes raised which sails etc.
Between the devil and the deep bluue sea. The plank at wind and waterline, or sometimes the first plank below deck have been referred to as the devil. If something or someone disappeared overboard their location would be referred to as being between the devil and somewhere in the water. It's modern meaning is to suggest someone is torn between two equally unfavorable situations.
Good episode. There are so many. I finally learned why they call it starboard and poopdeck. Some other good ones are “Three sheets to the wind” and the history of getting “Shanghaied”
Wow, this is among the most educational and interesting videos in general! So many phrases of origin-not-known. Great work! ... Ha, a really good one (video)! :) Thanks!
I was in the Coast Guard in the 80s, when the Commandant foolishly followed the Navy's misguided policy banning beards. Most (it seemed) of the chiefs chose that time to retire!
❤❤ what cologne. TH-cam doesn’t have scratch and sniff.😊
All joking aside love your content.
🤣😂 Thank youuuuuu 💜💜💜
S.h.i.t - this would be printed in my the side of dry manure. It means Store High In Transit.
When they put the manure in the bottom of the ships it got wet and started to decompose, creating methane. Which built up and exploded when a sailor went below deck with a candle! To avoid this it was stored higher up. Shit.
😊 loose cannon was not the cannon ball but a cannon that broke loose while at sea and it would smash into everything in its path l, back then cannons weighed hundred if not thousands of pounds depending on the cannon size.
@6:08 "Storage slot?" C'mon, man. That's a _brass monkey,_ as in "it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a _brass monkey!"_
Excellent! I never thought of writing, but I write constantly, just wish I was more knowledgeable in sailing and such.
Pandoras Box: ~ In the events after the mutiny on HMS Bounty, Capt Edward Edwards was ordered to find and recover the mutineers back to England to stand trial.
Edwards ship was the HMS Pandora. Affixed to the deck of the Pandora was a box some 11 ft x 18 ft to keep her quarry secured, and while they were fortunate to secure many of the old crew their voyage was not to be fortuitous, as she was wrecked in the Torres Strait. The ten surviving prisoners were also tried; the various courts martial held acquitted four of those of mutiny and convicted six, of which 3 would be hanged, 1 more acquitted, and two pardoned.
“Three sheets to the wind”- refers today to someone drunk and out of control.
In the days of square rigged vessels, if you had three “sheets” or ropes attached to each corner of a sail that were flapping in the wind, you had very little control of that sail, hence the term we now use to describe someone who’s had too much to drink.
@8:40 Sailors _weren't_ "sick all the time." In fact, once at sea for 2-3 weeks, they'd be disease free until they made another port.
‘There is still the devil to pay’. Meaning when a large part of an unenviable task is done, some people breathe a sigh of relief, as if it’s over. But old hands would remind the team that “there was still the devil to pay”. As said, tar and Oakham was hammered into the seams of a ship to keep her watertight (paying). It was a messy and boring job, and the longest seam of the hull was called the ‘devil’, hence the job isn’t done until the longest seam (devil) was ‘payed’.
Good stuff, as usual, thank you!. Next time cover terminal velocity and impact physics..;-)
Great video as always. I believe "pooped" comes from the very dangerous act of a following sea catching up and breaking or rolling over the stern. Often not survivable in big waves because the lack of rudder bite makes motion very unpredictable in that the vessel turns one way or another and then gets rolled over by the next wave.
Bro.. the title should have been " sailboat vocabulary used every day, and I mention writing articles " bit disappointed after watching this. Gaining no info on making money lol
I know prostitution works but im just not that attractive naked ok.
Just finished my exposè and would love to talk further brother. Blessings.
Poop deck, what an interesting turn of the french language. Poop in french is written POUPE and is pronounce the same way that the english less tasty version...
Always remember, stbd, fwd, up, and port, aft, down. If you have more than two, this is standard. Never fart in berthing.
Touch and go had me laughing. Swearing and praying..
Donate for a Dream
Fun vid to watch at 3am-ish. Would love to write…and may reach out.. might be a Broad Reach!
By and large. A ship that could sail fast upwind and downwind
Well it's good to know you're wearing cologne but smellovision hasn't been brought to the masses a bit overkill?
Whats a good way to store your money on land while sailing and or flying and have that cash easily accessable to buy a sailboat ? I hear that carrying enough cash to buy a boat can get your money confiscated by thug cops in some airports.
I discovered and read all of Tristan Jones's books.
I've read a lot of other authors but none as engrossing as Jones.
fair winds and following seas....... i end a lot of my comments with this one..
Hmm, if you can't say shit, don't say screw as in screw up since that means f-ck. :-)
"WAY" way is a old sailing word meaning to be in motion, or free to move. Think of lee way ; Head way ; Free way ; No way ; Gang way ; Give way ; way off coarse.
in a sea way
The day I learned to treat money like an employee instead of a currency, was the day I suddenly had a boat load more money.
im a straigh up idiot that can't spell my name and know nothing about , well anything. what can i do?
This was brilliant, someone from the colonies teaching me thing i never knew about my own language! 😊 seriously good video ✊🏻🏴
hahahah
Tim, great video. Always love learning thie origins of common phrases.
Hoping you can confirm a story I heard about "the brass monkey"?
It was a dimpled brass plate mounted to the deck next to the cannons to store a supply of cannon balls.
In freezing temperatures the brass could shrink allowing the cannon balls to roll off.
How cold you ask?
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"🥶🤔
Sounds legit to me 😎
I'll post the obvious one left out. "Between the devil and the deep blue sea". Much like the "between a rock and a hard place' used today. Originally said to be between the "davits and the deep blue sea". A sailor assigned to hoist on davits at the stern, often in precarious position. were a fall would see him in the water.
When you thought you could hold off going to the head for a little bit longer , it was called shitting your self
The expression: "It is cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey" comes from the practice of putting iron cannon balls on a dimpled brass plate on the deck of a war-ship. When very cold the brass contracted sufficiently to cause the iron balls to fall out. Great show mate!
Thanks for watching!
I liked the static face and voice cadence. You should do what makes sense to you.
I cannot smell your cologne. Maybe I would like it.
Thanks Tim. That was awesome. As a former US Navy sailor, I used these terms regulalrly (and still do), but had no idea where the terms came from. Very interesting!
Thanks for watching!
What a fun video! I had no idea so many sayings and terms came from sailing. No surprise though really if you think of how critical this tech was for such a substantial period of time. Makes sense there would be much still around. Really enjoyed, thanks!
Thousands of years worth of sailing before the modern period!
@@3-DtimeCosmology correct, which would certainly be a substantial period of time as I described... no?
@@sterlingarcher1962
I was substantiating your statement in agreement.
@@3-DtimeCosmology My apologies for the misstep there. It's rare to have ppl not be total _____s online.
Peace be your journey my friend!
@@sterlingarcher1962
I understand 😊
Fun.. I like the word origins
Like the video but a little lacking in the money making section.
"ship high in transit" originated from the shipment of fertalizer which would spontaneous ignite if it got wet hence the name "shit"
Nah, pretty sure that's totally wrong. The word 'shit' predates shipping fertiliser in large quantities.
Is dock to dock shipping a good way and how to start going about it
Lol so I'm imagining your teen age daughter watching your video! Lmao😂...
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Dude.. Posh! Thank you brother.
YES. I needed this video right now! You'll be hearing from me.
Such an awesome lecture!
Love the language history, i knew most of those but POSH was a nice addition. Also i used to have a dory named “hunky”. Kind of a pun of a son of a sailboat, taken out in the sea for adventure.
I think POSH is made up. I remember reading a book about etymology and it was an example of the stories we tell ourselves because we crave to know the meaning behind words but the truth is we don't know where POSH came from.
Did you miss the stamp on the ticket. Plain sight.
I would love to speak with you brother. I am a high functioning autistic and love to create! We've followed you and even taken examples step by step. One day we hope to begin our own channel and succeed. Would love to talk further about this and am going to the link as we speak. HOLDING FAST! FAIR WINDS, LADY K.
holy crap. you are a canuck? where...yvr?
Being "lit" comes from the British Navy. When the smoking lamp was lit, it was permitted for the crew to smoke tobacco. The smoking lamp also was the only way to light your pipe, because the sailors typically didn't have matches.
'S.H.I T '= "Store High In Transit " * a nautical / Merchant Shipping Term referring to Animal Waste onboard that Generates Methane = A Volatile Mixture that = BOOM!
Part 2 Wesort
I grew up on the Severn River at Indian Landing Boat Club. My father purchased Wesort 5 from our neighbor and proceed to tweak that 12' dingy to be one of the fastest Wesort boats on the Severn. At the time my older brother worked as a sail cutter for Hood Sails of Annapolis. Needless to say he had access to surplus sail material. We had a full set if sails (we didn't get to use them for regattas). We had a 3/4 genoa and spinnaker in addition to the main and jib.
There wasn't much you couldn't learn on that 12' Wesort with regards to sailing and pushing the limits for class racing rules. Hahaha
Graphite paint for the haul, lead in the dagger board, and shaving the mast.
Willie sands, designer of the Wesort sail boat was a fantastic trainer. I remember earning my skipper certificate. Those were great days!
Thanks for all you do keeping this art alive.
Should have been boatload of money..
What about ' Shiver me timbers' ?
In the past wooden cargo vessel transport across oceans commonly took on water. Insurance underwriters became frustrated with paying out claims for water logged cargo. This gave rise to the instructions to ship owners to Store cargo High In Transit. Giving us the term S#?T.
Tim, you missed a trick matey! "Showing my true colours", my "false flag attack" on your wordsmithing same deal!
Yes, I hear the sirens - wailing loudly - & I can mix a decent metaphor after work too. I'll be in touch sir.
I think POSH is made up. I remember reading a book about etymology and it was an example of the stories we tell ourselves because we crave to know the meaning behind words but the truth is we don't know where POSH came from. I'd love to be wrong because I'm one of those people that really wants to know!
Swab the wench B4 you go overboard.... lol the more we know the less we know.. What a great episode, terms that can be insulting ya a real "son of a gun:"
Very enjoyable even though I believe you down played "Son of a Gun". From what I understand generally when they didn't know who the father was is because they they were from the lowest class of prostitutes (comparable to the worst kind of crack whore today)
To me it is the very worst thing you could call someone's mother. I never use the expression
Awesome information!!!
Gday Tim,
“Footloose” - to be free to do as one pleases.
Derived from the foot of the sail, if unsecured can flap and move about as it
wants freely.
A very Merry Xmas to you and yours Tim,
Cheers, Nigel
"Carajo" is a word in the Spanish language that can be translated as "go to hell" when used in the frase "Vete al carajo". The word came from tall ship vessels, the basket high up on the masts that acts as a lookout point, that was the "carajo" so I guess the English translation is appropriate because I'm sure it was hell up there in the weather with a rolling ship.
I thought you were going to say you were buying that that 44/46 Hunter you talk about and going sailing.
Guess not, so I'll visit your writers site. Fair winds.
I am a great fan of you, but you made a typing mistake i. The video description have a typing mistake : you can wrok : . I like you way of doing youtube and since I am living on my hudson force 50 I love your channel so much
'Cheers big ears'. Mugs on tall ships had 2 loop handles, referred to as t ears, on either side so u could grab then quickly as they slid across t table, regardless of where t handle was located. The mugs started showing up at taverns where honey brews/ales became t drunkards vessel and they shouted...cheers big ears 🍻
Absolutely fascinating! I have been curious about the origins of these terms for many of my 78 years. Thank you for clearing things up.
Best of luck in the new enterprise Tim. I have 40 years experience in the media, much of it news writing. But I am happily retired and so will not be sending you a resume. I might pitch a few ideas while chatting though.
Touch and go comes from the river Thames trading boats as they tacked upwind, they wanted to reduce the number of tacks, so they would go as far to the bank of the river as possible, to touch the bank before going about.
Ah you forgot “the bitter end”
Im up for writing, I was tied to the mast at 8 months old, from Lunenburg NS and raced and sailed most of my days.
Haven't a clew.
Keel hauled.