The term was encountered in an article of the Cambrian Jan 09 1857: "...The main-mast of the latter was carried away, as was the Dutchman’s scutwater..."
2006-10-21 07:57:38 · 4 answers · asked by JP Hazelhoff 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Scut water is a fresh water vessel on deck near the galley.
2006-10-22 03:00:16 · answer #1 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is no doubt a sail. I am having problems locating the specifics but looseing one's main mast would result in looseing the attached rigging for additional sails...such as a spinicker or spanker or in this case a Dutchman's scutwater...I'll bet on it.
I have spent an hour trying to shore up my response. Scuttle is to let water in to sink a ship. scutwater may be what that water was referred to in 1857 by the writer. Dutch is sometimes assciated with being cheap...none of this makes conjecturing sense to me. Perhaps you could include more of quote from the article...say the words following what you have offered and prior perhaps. I have done dogpile and wiki searches and find nothing refering to Dutch nor Scut...scudd or scud but not what you refer. Sorry...I tried!
2006-10-21 08:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by Capt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a sail, then it's of the family known as "water-sails"... sails which were actually lowered from a deck-level boom, down towards the water. This was in the days when long passages were undertaken downwind, and the square-rigger design used to fill every available "hole in the wind" with yet another piece of canvas.
Or, it may be a modification of the word "cutwater"... a metal cap, or cover, laid over the stem of the vessel and down the length of the bow.
2006-10-21 12:37:29 · answer #3 · answered by IanP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice try with the sail related answers, but science teacher has it right
2006-10-23 02:42:46 · answer #4 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋