Sea voyage terminology

[Michgal 32]

For me, most of the words used to describe the sea vessels were fairly new. The word that was repeated mostly and almost became annoying was 'aft'. I must confess that there was a constant urge to refer to the dictionary.

That word was annoying in deed.

[Azrevread]

I'm aware of certain nautical terms and sailing phrases, because of the books and stories I've read. I thought that the use of sea voyage terminology gave the novel a certain level of realism, so I didn't mind looking up a few words in the dictionary.

[Bukari]

The jargoons used by the sailor were a bit difficult for me to comprehend because I wanted to get their definitions to better appreciate the author's work. In fact, I learned some of the terminologies from the narrative.

[Ekta Kumari]

I didn't understand many technical words characteristic of sea voyages. I must say that I had to refer to dictionary very often while reading the part about Warhorse attaching the lines to Seattle Express. Words like mooring, winch, bitts were new for me. I didn't feel irritated or amused, though.

[flaming_quills]

Personally I like it when I can get completely immersed in a world but I hate it when I have to refer to a dictionary. Nothing irritates me more than having to pull away from the story to look up a word. Some of the terms were fairly new but I had to highlight others to come back to.

[Manang Muyang]

I personally like the term fo'c'sle. Even ship parts have nicknames, and this one's a challenge to spell. LOL!

[Unielain]

I'm aware of certain nautical terms and sailing phrases, because of the books and stories I've read. I thought that the use of sea voyage terminology gave the novel a certain level of realism, so I didn't mind looking up a few words in the dictionary.

Even though English isn't my first language, I didn't mind the use of sea voyage terminology either. The language used made reading the book an experience, one could have listening to a story told by a seasoned sailor. Of course, I had to look up many of the terms used, but that's part of the appeal of reading: storytelling is a great method of teaching. Of course, checking the words can break the flow of reading at times, but as a reader who writes down a lot while reading and does some searches while reading, I don't mind it at all. I think the novel would have been less enjoyable to read without the language familiar to the characters.

[Raja28]

Technical terms are what lend the story authenticity and I look forward to learning those. From my earlier experience of reading books related to seafaring, the nautical terminology was not much unfamiliar.

[Connie Otwani]

After looking up a few words, I learned to just assume meaning from the way the words were used, in order to move on with the story. I was amused by the word 'sea' for 'wave.' I am sure my friends will try to correct me next time we are on the beach, because, I am so going to use it!

[Lisa A Rayburn]

I already knew quite a few of the terms from former reading but there were also a few I didn't know. I didn't bother to look at the dictionary though, I just kind of skimmed over them and hoped the meaning would come through in the narrative. Sometimes it did, sometimes it didn't.

[ayomie]

I am totally unfamiliar with sea voyage terminologies. As such, I wonder if I would find this book interesting.

[Sonya Nicolaidis]

One of the reasons I love to read is that little snippets of knowledge come from the most unlikely sources. This book is no exception and I love the fact that I can come away from reading it with a little more knowledge than when I started. I find this rather satisfying as opposed to irritated or confused.

[Julie Petitbon]

I hard a tough time with some of the terminology as well. I had to look up some of the words in the dictionary, but I did think some could be figured out through the context. The terminology definitely contributed to the authenticity of the book.

[Kaylee Elmer]

I didn't know what most of the sea voyage terminology meant, but I found that didn't take away from the story too much. It was the only part of the book that bored me, but I understand why the author would have included it all. So while I found parts tedious to read, for example, the part where they were attaching Warhorse to the Seattle Express, I didn't feel I needed to look up what words meant to understand what was going on.

[YL_Eytka]

Being completely ignorant about boats and all the terminologies that come with it, there was definitely times where I had no idea what a character was saying, but I sometimes due to the author's writing I didn't need to know what something was to insinuate the effect it would have on the story