Yacht Trivia Pursuit...

I didn't know the answer offhand to "origin of larboard".
I did find the answer on the Net:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Port is the nautical term (used on boats and ships) that refers to the left side of a ship, as perceived by a person facing towards the bow (the front of the vessel). The terms are also used for aircraft, spacecraft, and analogous vessels. The equivalent for the right-hand side is "starboard".

A port buoy is a lateral buoy used to guide vessels through channels or close to shallow water. The port buoy is one that a vessel must leave to port when passing upstream if in IALA area A. If in IALA area B (Japan, the Americas, South Korea, and the Philippines) then the 'handedness' of buoyage is reversed!

An archaic version of the term is larboard. The term larboard, when shouted in the wind, was presumably too easy to confuse with starboard -- both words have two sylables --, and so the word port came to replace it, referring to the side of the ship where cargo is loaded from the port. The term larboard continued its use well in to the 1850's by whalers, despite the term being long supersceded by Port in the merchant vessel service at the time.



Sorry ... I have no answer to TRY's questions.

Let´s TRY to guess...?

Can it be Octopussy, she is a pretty famous triple MTU, built by Heesen.

No good!
I didn't imagine this to be such a difficult question!
Dutch built is right though.
Triple of course is good.
MTU is correct as well.
So, we're still after the name and the yard!

Then it could be Al Mirqab with her three 10.000 hp MTU, built at Oceanco in South Africa and Holland...?

I knew you could do it, Lars!
You're next!

Hm....still don't know, so let me try a deduction : it is not Ecstasea. Sussurro and TheWorldIsNotEnough have four engines. That brings me to the Feadship Detroit Eagle : two MTU's and one central gas turbine (by Honeywell).

Just a guess, again

OOPS...TOO LATE AND TOO WRONG!!!
Lars, you were right !

OK, a little easier now... (maybe too easy for Kalmeran and TRY).

What was the project name of Al Mirqab?

Trick One.........but you suggested it would be too easy, so I'm out of competition ??

No, you win, but I am out after your question...

Herbert Dahm of Jongert fame : what was the name of his first yacht that he had build at Jongert's??

BLACK MOLLY!! she is 17m long. after then the BLACK MOLLY II (Ketch). the next one was the MEPHISTO (hull built by Abeking & Rasmussen in Germany. The rest at Jongert). Then the INSPIRATION and TRUE LOVE

Very,very correct, Rene!
Your turn !

There was an owner who let built some new yachts in an old style. All yachts had the same name, but with the number (I-IV) on the end.

Name the name of the series of the yachts.

Maybe "Borkumriff"

Not maybe. It's indeed. It's your turn!

Easy on a sunday!

Gimme speed and range of "Golden Shadow"s" fastest tender!

Her fastest "tender"is her seaplane, the Cessna 208.
If you mean that one, her speed is 160 kts with a range of appr 600 mls (depending on pay load I guess) ??

Very good, your turn!