I Like That the Boat Is Stuck

Re:I Like That the Boat Is Stuck by rkachowski on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:45AM (#26591421)

it's a common pub quiz question, and the pub quiz answer is traditionally "a ship has lifeboats, whilst a boat does not". However I believe this is an oversimplification and a friend of mine in the merchant navy couldn't give me a fixed answer on the difference.

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Re:I Like That the Boat Is Stuck by matt-attack on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:49AM (#26591471)

I believe the old saying in the navy is “A ship can carry a boat, but a boat can’t carry a ship”.

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Re:I Like That the Boat Is Stuck by Steltek on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:46AM (#26592064)

To which I say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Blue_Marlin#/media/File:MV_...

Clearly, Arleigh Burkes are boats.

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Re:I Like That the Boat Is Stuck by arcticfox on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:13AM (#26592380)

Maybe it's best read as not mutually exclusive. There seem to be ships that can also carry ships.

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Re:I Like That the Boat Is Stuck by archduck on Friday March 26, 2021 @04:07PM (#26596332)

Some of those which carry boats / Are the same which carry ships

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Re:I Like That the Boat Is Stuck by EdwardDiego on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:35AM (#26592649)

But that's a ship carrying a ship, or did I miss something?

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Re:I Like That the Boat Is Stuck by swiley on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:57AM (#26591556)

I heard "boats go under the water and ships go on the water."

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