Left wrist strain

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Port is a wine. A proper sailor would call it larboard. Always deploy the mainstand from the larboard side of your motorcycle.

I don't wish to be picky, but a 'proper' sailor who referred to the port side of his vessel as 'larboard' would by now be in an advanced state of decomposition. I can't date it exactly, but it appears the usage changed in the early to mid 19th century due to problems caused by the similar sound of the words. ([url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/the-origin-of-port-and-starboard/]reference)

I don't wish to be picky, but a 'proper' sailor who referred to the port side of his vessel as 'larboard' would by now be in an advanced state of decomposition. I can't date it exactly, but it appears the usage changed in the early to mid 19th century due to problems caused by the similar sound of the words. ([url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/the-origin-of-port-and-starboard/]reference) Yes, the last proper sailor took up residence in Davy Jones' locker some time ago, back when clipper ships, schooners and real sailors plied the seven seas. The Ghost, Dirigo, and Snark were the last real sailing ships, may they rest in peace.

[Papa Weeley_imp]

Port is a wine. A proper sailor would call it larboard. Always deploy the mainstand from the larboard side of your motorcycle.

I don't wish to be picky, but a 'proper' sailor who referred to the port side of his vessel as 'larboard' would by now be in an advanced state of decomposition. I can't date it exactly, but it appears the usage changed in the early to mid 19th century due to problems caused by the similar sound of the words. ([url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/the-origin-of-port-and-starboard/]reference)

I don't wish to be picky, but a 'proper' sailor who referred to the port side of his vessel as 'larboard' would by now be in an advanced state of decomposition. I can't date it exactly, but it appears the usage changed in the early to mid 19th century due to problems caused by the similar sound of the words. ([url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/the-origin-of-port-and-starboard/]reference)
Hahaha - you beat me to it - it appears that term went the way of the dodo bird in the mid-nineteenth century. I thought it sounded familiar, possibly from some old historic novels, but didn't recall ever actually hearing it in use.

From Wikipedia:
"Etymology: From Middle English ladebord, referring to the side of the ship on which cargo was loaded. Changed to larboard in the 16th century by association with starboard.
Noun: larboard ‎(usually uncountable, plural larboards)
(obsolete, nautical) The left side of a ship, looking from the stern; port side.
Usage notes: In the British Navy it was not until 1844 that larboard was abandoned for port in reference to that side of the ship. The term port however had always been used when referring to the helm (ie. sailing direction), in order to avoid any confusion between starboard and larboard in such an important matter. (Reference: Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, ISBN 0-522-85093-6, page 56.)"

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Now let's move on to "leeward"...and I forgot to mention the Sophie Sutherland.

[Papa Weeley_imp]

...somebody's quite the Jack London fan, eh?

[emptysea]

I've been sailing since I was about 8 years old. Small boats and nothing so sophisticated as Sailor's Cape Dory. So, I'm happy to have a discussion about nautical terms and their meanings, but this is a motorcycle thread so rather than providing a definition of "leeward", I suggest that we take a different tack and let this be the last wind word.

[SailorRider_imp]

I've been sailing since I was about 8 years old. Small boats and nothing so sophisticated as Sailor's Cape Dory. So, I'm happy to have a discussion about nautical terms and their meanings, but this is a motorcycle thread so rather than providing a definition of "leeward", I suggest that we take a different tack and let this be the last wind word.

Aye to that!!

[Inhouse Bob]

So, OP, how's that wrist?

[SailorRider_imp]

So, OP, how's that wrist?

Thanks for asking. It was never excruciating, I seem to have caught it before aggravating it too much. It's barely noticeable now and I expect it to completely resolved soon. A lesson learned to read instructions carefully. Most descriptions here had already said not to pull with the left wrist and let the leg and right hand do the work. I do that with my Vespa all the time, but it's so light I never seemed to need to pull back to get that bike on its center stand. The extra weight of the CB is something I had to get used to.

[Ulvetanna_imp]

...somebody's quite the Jack London fan, eh?

You got it!

And his books are about all I know of sailing; my dad had a boat just about exactly like the Snark, though, same size and very similar design. Sailed with him a few times but never learned myself. It was kept in Sausalito. We sailed in the San Francisco Bay, SF was London's home town.

[Cormanus]

Luff said.