Power & Motoryacht

The Lost Art of Boat-Speak

Some linguistic offenses on the water are merely amusing, but others are just plain wrong and make the offending orator sound like a landlubber. Don’t be a landlubber, it’s probably boring.

FENDERS V. BUMPERS: Let’s start off easy, gentle reader. Cars have both fenders and bumpers. The fenders are on the side. Boats have fenders. On the

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