To: nwctwx
Excuse my ignorance of nautical terms - what is the difference between ship's master & captain?
To: looney tune
nothing I guess... Just relaying exactly what I heard reported.
32 posted on
07/22/2004 11:02:07 AM PDT by
nwctwx
To: looney tune
Maybe nowadays there is a difference, but I always thought they were basically one and the same (maybe one is "civilian", and one is "Naval"?)
41 posted on
07/22/2004 11:03:28 AM PDT by
Chad Fairbanks
(Liberals - The Other White Meat.)
To: looney tune
... what is the difference between ship's master & captain?Usually one & the same ... however, at times, it may also be a reference to the ship's owner ... not the Captain of the vessel.
65 posted on
07/22/2004 11:08:47 AM PDT by
BluH2o
To: looney tune
"Excuse my ignorance of nautical terms - what is the difference between ship's master & captain?"They're the same thing. So the story right now is that the ship's master(captain) informed authorites a bomb was onboard and is now refusing to allow the ship to be searched.
Ya USED to have to score high on a TEST to be certified, but this guy is crazy, stupid or both.
80 posted on
07/22/2004 11:11:02 AM PDT by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: looney tune
master steers the boat, captain signs the checks...
114 posted on
07/22/2004 11:20:21 AM PDT by
RaceBannon
(God Bless Ronald Reagan, and may America Bless God!)
To: looney tune
Ship's Master is the proper title for the commanding officer of a merchant ship.
To: looney tune
Ship's Master is the proper title for the commanding officer of a merchant ship.
To: looney tune
>Excuse my ignorance of nautical terms - what is the difference between ship's master & captain?
In older, former nautical terms, Captain was the Senior Sailor aboard, his word was law, all decisions were final, etc.
The Master was the owner or the owner's representative aboard, the guy who looked out for the business end of the ship, etc. He could request things of the Captain, and fire him if necessary, but until fired, Captain's word was law.
These days, however, terms Captain and Master are used sunomimously
269 posted on
07/22/2004 1:54:14 PM PDT by
MindBender26
(Kill all Islamic terrorists now. Then they cannot kill our sons and daughters tomorrow)
To: looney tune
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