What’s the difference between a ship and a boat?

[Guest]

I never got that far into the document Jakko. I even struggled with the paragraph you quoted above. I’m just not cut out to be a lawyer.....

I’ll let you into the secret that I didn’t quite read all of it either That’s to say: I skipped almost straight to the end to see if it had a conclusion or summary, and happily, it did.

my proposed amendment was rejected unread by the Chairman of the relevant ISO committee, who, with several expletives which I won't include here, declared that there would be no alteration of these regulations as long as he was alive to stop it!

And now, childen, I will show you how to set yourself on the path to having to create a commission to investigate a major accident!

[Bugatti Fan]

Interesting thread...Lots of opinions. Still none the wiser!

[minitnkr]

What boats have a plimsoll line? Seems like a good differentiator, even cruise ships have them. PaulE

[Ian M]

Technically a cruise ship is a yacht..... Lol. (A 'luxury' vessel regardless of size, for the transport and entertainment of people).
Sorry could not help myself.

[JR]

A Sea Plane or a Flying boat !

Good night.:smiling3:

No not again Matron !!!!!!!!

[boatman]

A Sea Plane or a Flying boat !

Good night.:smiling3:

No not again Matron !!!!!!!!

OH YES John she's gonna give you some stick lol

[minitnkr]

A yacht maybe, but not a boat.:smiling2:PaulE

[boatman]

WEL I THINK its up to the person lookin at it an think well its big an not small so its a ship any thing under a hundred ft in lenght is a boat any thing over is a ship thats the way i look at it but thats just me because lets face it you can debate this for ever an as Noel said im still none the wiser
chris

[Si Benson]

[yak face]

Sorted it ! the difference is 3 points , ship is worth 9 , boat is worth 6 (scrabble)

[Tim Marlow]

Ah....but a boat in the right place is worth eighteen!

[Bugatti Fan]

Although I said I was none the wiser, I think that I will go along with Paul about having or not having a plimsoll line is probably the nearest to having a differentiator.

[stillp]

Aren't Plimsoll lines only on merchant ships though? If that's the difference, all warships are boats?
Pete:thinking:

[Bugatti Fan]

I'll have to pass on that one Peter!

[boatman]

Aren't Plimsoll lines only on merchant ships though? If that's the difference, all warships are boats?
Pete:thinking:

well for my pennyth worth on warships when i was down portmouth i was talkin to a chap an he said if its over hundred ft in lenght then its a ship an thinking also about this plimsole line on warships its called the draught line an normaly painted black with its draught markin of how much draught she is drawin in numbers like on my norfolk its in meters on the bow