Wood stove in a trailer

[Putts]

I call my current rig "The Vista Cruiser" , actually , I just started when I typed this , so I'm not too attached to it yet if you want in on the franchise...............

Thing is, 'cruiser' now has meanings much broader than just the nautical meaning, so it won't automatically bring a boat to mind for most people.

Wouldn't an old stepvan classify as a "TUB" .........

Ha! Yeah, that works a bit.

Almost forgot ... Coasty?  what did they "officially" call it in the log when encountering an unknown sea going craft resembling your rig ?..smuggler , bogey , target...or oooooooo , I WANT one a those !!!!
Prepare boarding party ...............

As I recall, the standard is if it's under 100' it's a boat, if it's over 100' it's a ship. On the radio you would address it as "unknown vessel."

"Travelaunch" still sounds good, but I think I can do better.

Pirate ship synonyms: buccaneer, corsair, filibuster, freebooter, marauder, raider, rover, sea robber, sea rover, sea wolf

Mobile marauder? A little too creeper.

Bitumen buccaneer? Too English? Maybe skip my dental visits to Algodones.

Road Raider? Mad Max is cool.

I'm thinking on it.

[TrainChaser]

Just as a small assist...

Boat Vocabulary Word List: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/boat.shtml

'Pedal boat' and 'wheelhouse' or wheel boat caught my attention.

[DuneElliot]

Sloop...use by pirates more than the heavily armed sailing vessels we associate with them.

[Putts]

My problem is I was a sailor for quite a while. Sailboat racing as a kid, then in the Coast Guard as a young adult. The thing about nautical jargon is that it's very specific. "Wheel house" is the bridge of a ship that has a large steering wheel.  "Wheel boat" is the big paddle steamers that used to ply the Mississippi. A sloop is a single masted sailboat that has a jib. Sloop, yawl, ketch, clipper, frigate, are all specific mast and sail configurations.

I tend to see Putt as a motor boat as opposed to a sail boat...even though I love sailboats WAY more than motor boats. Kinda bums me out, but it is what it is. It's also not quite big enough for me to consider it a ship. In the Coast Guard ships are over 100', boats are under 100'. So I'm tending towards words like: tender, launch, cruiser, etc.

Um...where were we?






Lovely. Expensive....but lovely.

[S Cello]

Yeah, a cruiser is what it is, but the word has no ZING.

Beautiful wood stoves!