Challenge of the Sea |
Common terms and phrases
alongside anchor bit of luck block-ship boats boxes Brother Norman Brother Peter Brother Ray buoy catch caught clear close cockle cod-end coming cup of tea day’s deck depth of water Dor-Bet down-Channel echo sounder engine English Channel Father fathoms feet fishermen Folkestone Folkestone Harbour for’ard Fred Fred’s Fritzy gear going grin ground gutting and washing harbour haul head keep land Leigh-on-Sea little bit look Maplin Maplin sands mate mind minutes morning move nets never night once Paul David pelagic trawl Peter-net fishing pier plaice pull put to sea ready Reindeer rope Samson post sea lion seabed ship shoal shoot shot shrimps side skate skiff skipper sleep soles soon Southend Southend Pier Southend-on-Sea sprats stern tell Thames estuary tide trailer trawl turned twenty Val Noakes vessel wait weather wheelhouse Whitstable winch wind wreck yacht yards