Trivia

[Sunbeam11]

Gees....google makes me look good. .......a quick go at Daves Q. What year did Very Skillfull Boat Captains ( I'm ex Vic...go the bombers) (VSBC) start in???? "1948" I read somewhere?????

Darren's Q. A cryptic answer here.......I do know.... if the lands are no good....then Ma... "the rains are coming".....IN.

[Darren]

Sunny,
I'm definitely not a cryptic man.
But if you can clarify where they are on a clinker boat.
You have the next question.
Darren

[Jeff]

Captain Crypto
Is it the overlapping of the planks?

Jeff

[Darren]

Yes Jeff
That's an OK answer.
More accurately it's the area where the planks overlap.
I've heard it comes from the Celtic word: pLaanrks Overeillylach

Darren

[Jeff]

Darren you will have improve your Gaelic so I understand the Mexican accent.

Next question is:
I have used this phrase myself but it has been directed to me quite a few times.
"As thick as two short planks"
What part of a boat is it referring to.

Jeff

[Sunbeam11]

Hi Jeff,
I've asked my brains trust (the google sisters) and they can't come up with a decent answer.
I have seen it somewhere in one of my books, but just cant remember which, but still looking...... Are we in the clue free zone yet

[bootlegger]

I have no idea what the answer is but a guess might be when two short planks are butted together you need to put a butt block behind. The plank would be a lot thicker at that point.

[Bob Vic]

Could it be the old style narrow timber cavitation plate?

Bob

[Darren]

Could you be the cryptic Wizard Jeff?
The only two short planks that we technically have
on our clinkers are the small strakes on the outer
stern sides.
When looking from the rear they bracket the width or "thickness"
of the transom.
What a stab in the dark!
Darren

[Greg]

I reckon it might be the part that hangs on to the steering wheel - the driver.

Greg