Small Ship Cruises

[love_the_life]

After our Oriana convict ship experience in 1981 it took over 30 years to put the toes in the water again.

That bad was it?

 

[Mark3000]

Sounds like a good story....

 

[Franky]

Out of interest, when does it become a "Small Ship" as opposed to a yacht, boat etc ?

I have enjoyed some live-aboard snorkelling trips of about a week each with upto say 30 pax but would not regard the boats as small ships.

Obviously the original definition of a ship as a 3 masted square rigged vessel is out of date. But how big before a marine vessel can be judged to be a ship, or small ship?

In the Navy we used to say 'ships carry boats' but not sure whether that was the authorised definition or just an another example of sailor's folklore.

 

[trooper]

And submarines of ANY size were also "boats"..... possibly a nod to the U-boot designation.....

 

[Franky]

And submarines of ANY size were also "boats"..... possibly a nod to the U-boot designation.....

Yes - I think that comes from the German word for submarine, which is something like 'unterseaboat' or similar..

 

[SuePa]

I went on a small ship, Polar Pioneer, to the Antarctic Peninsular in January. It carried 54 pax and there was definitely nothing luxurious about it, but I loved it.