I understand that they might want to keep the ship clean but always??? All we see is a bunch of people hunched over with buckets and mops and just cleaning and cleaning and cleaning :-)
2007-07-17 18:27:19 · 7 answers · asked by apache a 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
If they stood around in the movies there no action, wood decks have to stay wet or they shrink an leak an wood as teak are oily an slippery so they keep them clean.Steel so oil an anything that makes the deck slippery removed. Fishing boats fish parts & blood.
2007-07-18 02:26:18 · answer #1 · answered by 45 auto 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The decks on old ships were made of teak. They had to keep this scrubbed to that it offered sure footing when the deck was wet. (in a storm, etc). If not, then you could slip and fall.
New ships have decking with grip built into it, but it gets dirty and if its not clean, you can also slip and fall. I know that my fiberglass deck doesnt offer as much grip and sure footing if its not clean. Below I have teak and plan on leaving it unvarnished. If you varnish it, it looks nice, but you need three hands and a tail to hold on if it gets wet.
There is a calk between the planks to keep it from leaking. On modern boats its a polysulfyde but in the old days it was pitch. The planks are put together with a toungue and groove system. Pitch is put into the groove before the toungue of the next plank is set into place and the plank is screwed down.
The surface of the teak is not slippery when its been out in the sun and weather. ITs scrubbed to keep it clean from debris and give you traction.
Below decks, there is teak with holly strips. The holly was raised higher than the teak so that you'd have some resistance and not slide towards the leeward side of the boat when she was heeled. Todays boats, that look is done with plywood and its strictly for asthetic reasons. If a smaller boat has solid teak planks on the cabin sole, then there probably wont be holly strips between.
Some of the cleaning has to do with keeping a tidy ship and keeping the crew busy, but mostly.... it is a safety at sea issue.
2007-07-18 07:25:08 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, on old wooden sailing vessels i beleive they had to keep the wood wet to keep it swelled up so it would be tight.
When I was a cadet on our school training ship, we would drag the mops in the sea to clean them. A bucket is easily lowered to the water!
Cheers!
2007-07-18 01:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by mainsailorus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i just went fishing and on the return trip the crew went over the floors like three times then twice over the railing. then one guy came back and made sure as much as possible is gone. I am assuming its to ensure the boat does not stink as much and its safer to walk around a clean boat.
2007-07-18 01:36:13 · answer #4 · answered by henrysol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, boats get "Filthy", cleaning is a big part of boating for keeping the decks safe and clean.
2007-07-18 04:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, cuz that's how it's done, still the best way, sea water has lots of sea life in it and it's corrosive, you gotta keep cleaning or you end up with a boat no one wants to be in.
2007-07-18 13:25:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You must be referring to Navy ships. It's not uncommon to have swabbed the deck and when you're finished, you're told to do it again just to keep you busy.
2007-07-18 01:32:51 · answer #7 · answered by tiscpa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋