A couple of questions about boats?

Question

Is the PLACE where you tie your boat up, if it's an extension of the land out to sea, a manmade structure, is it called a jetty?

What are the post things called that you tie your boat up to? I mean the things you wrap and tie the ropes around?

Any help at all will be very gratefully received. I'm writing a fictional book about pirates, among other things, and am just a tad bit stuck. To be honest I know nothing about boats. With most things, I can just write anything and people tend to just generally accept it. But with this, well its basic stuff and I just don't have a clue.

Look, I'm not an idiot. I just don't know much about boats but I want to learn.

Answer 1

Ships tie up at piers, a wharf or a dock. A jetty is used for protection against rough water or currents or to keep a channel open. When they tie up they tie to BOLLARDS , PILINGS or Cleats.

Answer 2

1st answer: It can be called a pier, jetty, or dock depending on its size and what it is constructed with.

2nd answer: There are bullards, which are like two stubby posts sticking up, and there are also cleats which look like a metal bars attched to the jetty or a ship and running horizontaly.

If you are doing a book on pirates, you might want too do a bit of sailing in your local marina and get more of a feel for things.

Answer 3

The posts are called bullocks.

the man made structure into the water is called a pier. A jetty is used to stop waves, you do not tie to it.

Answer 4

Yes, it's a jetty..from the French "jetée", meaning "thrown", because it's "thrown out from the shore".

The "post things" are usually known as "bollards", specifically when you're mooring a boat to them.

Drop me a line if I can help further.

Answer 5

You have a lot of answers but none of them are right. Pirate ships didn't use docks. They were loaded and unloaded at a pier. The were anchored off shore in a Bay when not in use. I might suggest you watch the two new movies by Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean" It's fairly accurate in the ways they used ships

Answer 6

great question! you really pulled the "weiners" out of the woodwork with that one. a jetty is a manmade structure, but you wouldn't tie your boat to it unless you needed to collect the insurance. the "posts" are called BOLLARDS. if they're small & horizontal they're called CLEATS. you might ANCHOR your vessel near the jetties, but not moor to them. aye! matey! aargh!

Answer 7

first question no its a dock. a jetty is most time a rock wall to divert water flow or waves #2 the post things are called pilons

Answer 8

yes its called a jetty or a pier the post things are called ballards hope this helps you.

Answer 9

hi

Answer 10

hi clueless.the poles that we tie our boat up to are called poles....the rope we tie our boats up with are called ropes....you rap the rope around the pole(NOW PAY ATTENTION CAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT GETS COMPLICATED) and tie a knot>>>>dont fall in because you cant swim and the sharks will eat ya up...ahoy matey!!!!!! WALK THE PLANK!!!thats pirate talk....NOW NEXT QUESTION??????