voiliers habitables

09:47 May 10, 2009 

Well done Graham. Nikki, I have always supported the view that the plural of "spouse" should be "spice", but have never been able to put the idea to the test.
May I suggest that the forum is reserved for translators who don't suffer feelings of seasickness after looking at Nikki's Proz avatar for 5 minutes ?

09:13 May 9, 2009 

to get the ball rolling, and save Nikki's blushes, I've just created a forum at http://maritime.mybb3.org to discuss any ideas for meetings and community

08:00 May 9, 2009 

Michael : As I suspected... And I am not into sharing either!!! LOL
Graham : I'm between Paris and Touraine the week you've got your stand in Vannes. This can no doubt be done at another date. MAybe we should all exchange e-mails - we are probably abusing Proz here (blush).

17:27 May 8, 2009 

Any woman who could live with me for 30 years MUST have a sense of humour Nikki, but nevertheless, my wife's does not extend to sharing me with anybody ... except as crew on any vehicle fitted with sails, a keel, and a well-stocked bar.

13:41 May 8, 2009 

but it is never a problem, as we live 200m from the harbour. BTW, is that a mariage proposal then? LOL bis! (-Hope your wife has a sense of humour!)

19:13 May 6, 2009 

Nikki, until last week I would have been reluctant to crew a yacht with somebody who runs out of bread at 18:45; but then my wife and I went on board our chartered RM and found we had forgotten, among other things, the sleeping bags/quilt ("I thought YOU were packing that ?!" - "No, I thought YOU were .."), so I'm sure you will be very welcome to join any Proz Maritime Community Cruise we organise (this was what Graham was referring to), but we'll delegate someone else to bring the bread.<br>I'm in the UK for a meeting from 21 - 25 May, BTW, Graham.

19:05 May 6, 2009 

I've got a stand in Vannes Harbour during Morbihan Week (21–23 May), maybe we could use it as a meeting point prior to a maritime PW proper in the evening.

16:46 May 6, 2009 

Graham, we met in Nantes at a Powow years back. Miranda and I have had the occasion to meet... and for boating Powows, I live in La Trinité sur Mer. On that cheery note, just about to hop off to the harbour. No more bread left...

08:47 May 6, 2009 

Well Graham, we can certainly explore ways of developing that - but if we decide to mix business with pleasure and have "onboard PWs", we'll need to have better weather than I did last week ! And a bigger yacht (how about Miranda's yawl ? Or maybe a Beneteau 50 ...).

08:45 May 6, 2009 

perhaps you could set up a forum to discuss its scope and structure

08:44 May 6, 2009 

you know Mike, your idea about a maritime proz community should be looked into because there is a lot of potential for it (I think 'potential' has become my word of the day!)

08:42 May 6, 2009 

Could'nt agree more. It shows that the fruit of our experience, personal, professional, education, culture (in the lragest sense of the term) and readings can throw up a series of different results.
John Roussmanière's dictionary ref is useful. See additional note... but I psoted this oen year's ago so it's there somewhere...in the glossaries!
"

08:40 May 6, 2009 

"houseboats" ?!

08:21 May 6, 2009 

for "positive side" read "potential"

08:19 May 6, 2009 

It's a refreshing change in a proz forum to see so many people talking about a subject they know a lot about (and not one "houseboat" in sight) this should be held up as an example of the positive side of this website: pat yourselves on the back guys and gals!

07:02 May 6, 2009 

The discussion always rages on this one, and yet it is a question of context. The problem is that the French term "habitable" is quite general, as shown by the previous glossary entries. There are "habitable" I would hardly dare set foot on to cross a pond, there are others which are defined as "habitable" which are pretty decent club racing yachts. If you look closely at my comments posted to my "agrees", you will see that I say it depends on context. We lack fuller context here, but the most likely is cruising yachts, often never the less described as cruiser/racers, even if they never run a race in their life! In context, the word "yacht" alone may suffice. Any of a number of these terms may suit, hence my reference to past entries, my agree to both and the classic suggestions...