Well, sometimes it's a partial deck above a ship's main afterdeck. But
sometimes it's not. :-)

"Peggie Hall" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
I'll bet you a dozen worms and 3 warm beers that I'm right. :-)

You're right as far as you go, but not all afterdecks are poop decks.


"Peggie Hall" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:

Puppis: Latin for "stern". The poop deck is the aftmost deck at the

ship's

stern.

Close, but not quite.



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Doug Kanter wrote:


To further confuse, Merriam-Webster says "gunwale", not "gunwhale"

Oops...you're right--no "h" in gunwale!

Ok, class...as long as we're on the subject of arcane names for boat
parts...who can tell me what a poop deck is, and how it got its name
(no, it has nothing whatever to do with my area of expertise!)?

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Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327