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BK>>  Oh, BTW, on the Great Lakes the freighters are boats. On the  ocean
BK>> those same boats would be ships. Just a matter of
BK>>  terminology convention. Just like submarines are boats, no
BK>>  matter how big they are.

 RW> YEp, that's for sure.  IT just works.

 RW> I call just about everything we work with on ham radio
 RW> "boats" unless it's somebody on a commercial vessel >

 All of those were commercial vessels, and some large enough to
 be ocean freighters. Actually, most of them. Some were. They are
 still called boats if they sail the lakes.

 Oh, and ocean going vessels are called 'salties'.

 Or were. It's been over 35 years.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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