bourlingue de coque

11:05 Jul 15, 2009 

Isaac Newton is said to have declared that he saw so far "by standing on the shoulders of giants", so I have no objection to Nikki picking up and running with my original suggestion of "rubbing strake". You may stand on my shoulders whenever you wish, Nikki ... ;o) and you may even borrow my binoculars.

11:05 Jul 15, 2009 

Can also be of wood for decorative purposes sometimes and to afford a bumper type all round protection. Better to scratch the neighbour's hull than have yours bashed in! What's a little bit of gelcoat between friends???

10:50 Jul 15, 2009 

It's not actually a "rubbing" material, more a protective strip - so it could be anything from rubber to carbon steel, if that's what the application calls for ... but if I read your phrase correctly, it's the hull that's aluminium ("... coque en aluminium ..."), and the damage (which seems pretty light, nothing to write home about, or submit an insurance claim) is to the "enduit de la bourlingue". So the coating of the "bourlingue" has been damaged. Big deal ....

09:49 Jul 15, 2009 

Although I find it unusual that a aluminum should be a rubbing material!!
http://www.boatmad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9868&page=4
&
http://www.boats.com/boat-details/indexB/Multihull-Centre-El...

Thank you all

17:58 Jul 14, 2009 

Yes, And I have been wondering if "rubber/wood fender" would suffice as a translation. The boat concerned by the question is obviously of some size (well, larger than your average 40ft sloop, anyway) and "fender" describes not only the sausage-shaped fenders (parbattages) used by yachties, but also the heftier objects found protecting tugs, barges, etc, which are fixed, not hanging by a line from the rail :<br>http://www.pretread.com/fenders.html

17:15 Jul 14, 2009 

if this definition is correct, we just use car tyres cut in half here :)

16:54 Jul 14, 2009 

Sorry Nikki - I didn't intend to exclude you from my list of "marine experts" just now !

16:51 Jul 14, 2009 

Here is the answer from the kindly fellow-sailor whose web site I quoted below:
"la réponse :
une bourlingue, sur un bateau sert de protection entre la coque et le quai ou tout autre obstacle. Elle est fixée sur la coque, en saillie, pour absorber les chocs et éviter que la coque soit endommagée. Elle peut être en bois ou en caoutchouc.
Etant en voyage avec le bateau, je dispose que d'une liaison internet limitée et je ne peux vous envoyer de photo, mais je peux le faire dès mon retour fin juillet"
I think that settles it !
It's not actually a rubbing strake, since it's apparently on the hull rather than just below the bulwark.
But I don't know what it is in English ... any ideas, Miranda, Graham or Kashew???!

07:07 Jul 14, 2009 

"Bourlingue" was at the very outset a type of sail. It then became commonly used to describe an adventurous type of sailor. (Cf. Dico technique maritime, CLOUET, Alain, Mais du Dictionnaire).
"Bourlingue" nom, fém., Petit Robert, description of a person wo travels in such a manner.
"Bourlinguer" the verb to describe folk whose wanderings are determined by the chance encounters, analg. the wind, the currents etc. Subsequently, also to be tossed about.

Given ancient and current usage, I suspect there is simply an error of terminology in your original. I may be completely wrong however, as MG's suggestion makes perfect sense. I have translated tons of survey reports and worked in a bilingual shipping insurance firm and as litigation assistanht dealing with marine claims of may types.
MG's suggestion quite simply makes sense, whatever the word actually is!

06:37 Jul 14, 2009 

and was it a collision?

21:35 Jul 13, 2009 

The rest of the sentence might clarify things. MG's "rubbing strake" is a strong candidate.

20:10 Jul 13, 2009 

http://www.bjr-tourisme.com/fr/barque-plate-composite-verre-...

"La bourlingue de finition en PVC assure une protection contre les chocs."

20:04 Jul 13, 2009 

Je crois qu'il s'agit d'une sorte de liston - rubbing strake en anglais- (ce serait possible, vu le contexte ?).
Voir :
http://s258792424.onlinehome.fr/i4_travaux_2003.htm
Il y a une photo qui semble montrer un "liston" en caoutchouc.
J'ai envoyé un e-mail à ce site pour demander des explications ...
Suite au prochain numéro ...

19:46 Jul 13, 2009 

... car le terme est utilisé ici:
http://www.hisse-et-oh.com/forum/index.php?action=detail&id_...
Malheureusement, la question posée dans le forum ("c'est quoi une bourlingue...?") n'a pas trouvé de réponse .. je vais peut-être relancer Hisse-et-ho.com ...

17:54 Jul 13, 2009 

Je ne crois pas que ce soit carlingue. De plus le mot n'apparaît qu'une seule fois dans tout le document.

17:53 Jul 13, 2009 

C'était parmi les premiers liens, malheureusement en regardant bien il n'y a que le verbe bourlinguer. :(

17:46 Jul 13, 2009 

... Ici : http://traduction.sensagent.com/bourlingue/fr-en/ ?

16:49 Jul 13, 2009 

Ca ne pourrait pas être 'carlingue' ?