Answers to the quiz

by Chris Rayner

1. 71% : 29% (est.)
2. Commodore.
3. Bissotwo.
4. Salt.
5. Cymobphobia.
6. St. Venerius.
7. A rower.
8. E H I S.
9. Sweethearts and wives ( may they never meet )
10. South easterly, North westerly.
11. It was made of gopher wood, was 300 cubits in length and 50 cubits in breadth. It was 30 cubits high, had 1 window, 3 decks and carried 8 people. (A cubit is 28.1inches).
12. Bletonism.
13. 2 part vodka, 3 parts cranberry juice, 2 parts grapefruit juice, lime peel. Shake the ingredients with ice and strain into a tall glass.
14. M O T.
15. The extremity of the fluke; the fluke being the palm or hook of the anchor, therefore the pointed bits.
16. It refers to a vessel that has run aground at high water during the last of the spring, where she might have to wait until the next spring tide until she can float off.
17. Another name for a cleat.
18. Sewed refers to a vessel aground and it is the amount of water required to float her off; thus if she has a 12ft draught and she is in 6ft of water, she is said to be Sewed by 6ft.
19. Still - calling for formal attention.
20. 03.30; 16 bells.