Picked up your "news" this Solstice morning.Hope you used separate cleaning clothes for the "heads" and washbasins!!I saw a tv prog. where the female cleaning just transferred same cleaning cloth Ugh. on a yatch. Saw Greenpeace ship in moored Sydney some years ago.From news I gather that the Japanese want to double the killing of M.Ws. as they say the "fish" are part of their eating pattern.All the best from The Isle of Man.

The term "poop deck" refers to the partial deck above the ship's main afterdeck at the stern of the ship. In the days before indoor plumbing, a structure was rigged aft of this deck over the sea for the purpose of relieving oneself. When a ship takes a wave over the stern of a ship it is said to be "pooped."

No idea if that's true or not, but it raised a giggle..

Hope things are going well.

Thanks for taking us on this virtual cruise!

I looked up “poop” deck on line and found the following: The "poop" deck on a sailing ship is the aftmost deck at the ship's stern, and takes its name directly from the Latin "puppis," meaning "stern."

And again, thanks and blessings to you all for the great work you are doing!

Hmmmm interesting - I will let the crew know that there are two possible answers.

Cheers.
L.

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Re: "Poop Deck"

Hi Lisa!

When I went to Dockyard to see Adrian and, um,whatsisnametheotherguyIforgetalready on the Farley Mowatt, I also found out that the toilets at the Frog & Onion are called "the Poop Deck". Hmm.

I might be wrong, but I think a toilet on a boat or ship is called a "hed", not the thing stuck onto our neck. Does anyone know for sure? Anyone? Or am I just being a nit-picker?

Cheers! to you and the rest of the crew and keep up with all the great work you're doing.

Cookiemonster.