Description
In this episode I continue the ABC of sailing, with the letter J. and ’J is for Jargon’
This time I look at the history, benefits and disadvantages of all the jargon used in sailing and take a look at the entries in the J section of the 1952 volume, ’Mariner’s Dictionary’ that help to underline just how dense, granular and historically-rooted many of the words used in sailing really are, and how nonsensical it is to make language a barrier to teamwork on a vessel at sea.
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Recap
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