"A Boat goes on a Ship" ...Originally Posted by RICHARD
A dear friend would always corrected me when I said something like, "Hey, nice boat!"
"NO, A BOAT GOES ON A SHIP"!
Not always.... Sometimes 'little boats' ride around on 'BIG Boats'.
It depends on WHERE you go sailing with your Boat or Ship - the Where determines
if you're sailing a Boat or a Ship.
If you're out on the High Seas, sailing in Oceans ... you're probably sailing a SHIP.
BUTT ... if you're puttering around on the Great Lakes, any other Inland body of water, or
one of the major (Inland) Rivers, you're fur sure driving a BOAT - regardless of
how BIG or small it may be. A giant Great Lakes Ore Boat, measuring a huge 1,000 feet long,
(and a lot bigger than some ocean-going "Ships"), is very affectionately called their "Boat"
by the crew, it's never called a "ship".
Likewise, Laura cooks on a Mississippi River "Tow Boat" (even though it always *PUSHES* it's
cargo barges, never "tows" them), it's a TOW Boat - and the crew refers to the vessel
as "their BOAT". And it's a pretty darn BIG "Boat".
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