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...