"Steve B" wrote in message
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Having spent some time on the briny deep, I am curious about some of the
terms.

Why is there astern and abaft when they mean the same thing?

And there is bow and forward, but not abow or aforward.

We always said go forward or go aft or go astern. I think abaft is a very
old term.

Is there a dictionary or glossary of old or archaic nautical terms?

Steve



A friend of mine has "When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the
Devil to Pay."

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