Jim Willemin wrote in
7.131:

What is the difference between a floor and a deck? Is the floor in
the cockpit or cabin and the deck 'outside'? I understand the
'floors' in boatbuilding are transverse members in the frames, but
does anyone know the 'proper' usages of floor and deck? Does a
deckhouse have a floor or a deck?


Thanks to all who responded. I got a little confused thinking of open
boats, but then I looked up 'floor' and discovered that it is 'that part of
the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly
horizontal'. So, strictly speaking, Tim is putting a new deck in his
boat, but when I finish my skiff and stand up to cast, I'll be standing on
the floor (since I'll be standing on the bottom of the vessel). I suppose
things get a little murky when one has an open V-bottom craft with a flat
deck inside to stand on, and even murkier when one has open slatwork to
spread one's weight over the bottom...

On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:01:50 -0600, Jim Willemin
wrote:

Jim Willemin wrote in
. 97.131:

What is the difference between a floor and a deck? Is the floor in
the cockpit or cabin and the deck 'outside'? I understand the
'floors' in boatbuilding are transverse members in the frames, but
does anyone know the 'proper' usages of floor and deck? Does a
deckhouse have a floor or a deck?


Thanks to all who responded. I got a little confused thinking of open
boats, but then I looked up 'floor' and discovered that it is 'that part of
the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly
horizontal'. So, strictly speaking, Tim is putting a new deck in his
boat, but when I finish my skiff and stand up to cast, I'll be standing on
the floor (since I'll be standing on the bottom of the vessel). I suppose
things get a little murky when one has an open V-bottom craft with a flat
deck inside to stand on, and even murkier when one has open slatwork to
spread one's weight over the bottom...

Don't know if it's murky. If you're standing on the hull, you're
standing on the hull. If you're standing on slatwork, it's a
slatdeck. Unless it's really gridwork. Then it's a griddeck.
Just carry on from there.

--Vic

On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:01:50 -0600, Jim Willemin
wrote:

Thanks to all who responded. I got a little confused thinking of open
boats, but then I looked up 'floor' and discovered that it is 'that part of
the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly
horizontal'.

Close but not quite. The actual term in wooden boat construction is
"floor timbers" which are transverse structural members, generally
horizontal, and laid just above the keel.

A picture is worth a thousand words:

http://www.thewoodenboatschool.com/b...estoration.jpg