The only thing more nerve-wracking than watching people clamber around 60 metres above the ground – posting about it on Mastodon with no idea if I’m throwing around the right nautical terms in the alt text. Masts. Mast-climbers. Climbing. Clambering. Cables. Ropes. Rigging. Who knows.
Careful, casual, confident, competent - a joy to see young seafarers in action
@CiaraNi It's pretty straightforward. There's port and Starbucks. The stern and the happy. The mainsail and summer sales. Bow and curtsy.
@psneeze I'll go with those, so. I'll point the reply guys in your direction when they turn up.
@CiaraNi *Dons helmet* I'm ready.
@psneeze Good man. Good luck.
@CiaraNi :woodenspoon: at the ready
@psneeze You got out the wooden spoon. Bless you. Those reply guys won't know what hit them.
@wannabemystiker Oh yeah, I was all at sea for years. @CiaraNi
@wannabemystiker What they lacked in salt water they made up for in bogs. @CiaraNi
@psneeze
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@CiaraNi I have done that on modern ships in my schoolholidays.
Also on bridges high above the water .Following in my dad' s and brother's footsteps.
Deciding then not to continue with that.
Looking down from the ship's mast, the ship is just a narrow thing, with lot's of water around it...
@hanktank61 That's an impressive skill. And a difficult job.
'Looking down from the ship's mast, the ship is just a narrow thing, with lot's of water around it.' That is nerve-wracking even to imagine.
@CiaraNi @hanktank61 and even if the ship is rolling only very slightly, the movement is magnified several times over at the top of the mast.
Terrifying.
@peterbrown @hanktank61 Yikes, I hadn't even taken that leap in my mind. I only saw them in the masts when the ships were moored and at rest. The thought of that while the ship is rocking and rolling on high seas.
Jul 5, 2026, 5:43 PM@CiaraNi Your pirate name is Ci-arr-a and that's a very fancy parrot climbing rack you got there.
@yngmar :-)
@CiaraNi
If your’re interested… This dictionary is for a famous sailing novel series but explains everything…
@mildpeach Thanks. I'm going to stick with instinct in this case, but good to know it's there.
@CiaraNi is it frigging in the rigging ?
@richardinsandy Thank you very much now I have that song stuck in my head