Boating acronyms

[ditchcrawler]

31 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

PRV  Pressure Relief Valve.

MCB  Miniature Circuit Breaker.

RCD Residual Current Device.

RCD Recreational craft directive

RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker.

RCBO Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Over Current.

VSR Voltage Sensitive Relay.

 

I'll think of more later, great idea by the way.

 

Tracy.

 

 

[Alan de Enfield]

12 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

 

 

 

Thats not what I'm seeing maybe different systems are showing different versions of the same post ?

 

 

 

 

 

[magpie patrick]

25 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said:

 

my point is, when you're on a mouseless device that you can't hover with and are faced with an acronym with multiple possibilities the feature becomes redundant.

 

perhaps i'm just used to looking at things and thinking how would someone with no clue view it, comes from years of writing idiot-style guides to things

I think the point is that people will use these acronyms anyway - I regularly use RCHS and SCCS, both have other options but in a canal context these are few

 

That said, the late Charles Hadfield admitted once that, when taking notes he had used the reference W&B, and a year later he realised there are three canals with these initials and he didn't know which one he'd been making notes on!

[David Mack]

2 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:

 

That said, the late Charles Hadfield admitted once that, when taking notes he had used the reference W&B, and a year later he realised there are three canals with these initials and he didn't know which one he'd been making notes on!

But for 2 of them the B is the same!?

[Jerra]

It works on my ancient laptop with ancient windows.

[Tracy D'arth]

8 minutes ago, Jerra said:

It works on my ancient laptop with ancient windows.

Bull's eye glass panes?

[Jerra]

1 minute ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Bull's eye glass panes?

Only just past that point in history.

[Alway Swilby]

2 hours ago, Bigtwin said:

HP? ?

Hewlett Packard.

[TheBiscuits]

2 hours ago, Hudds Lad said:

perhaps i'm just used to looking at things and thinking how would someone with no clue view it, comes from years of writing idiot-style guides to things

 

This is a good forum to post on then.

 

Have you tried the Brexit threads?

[zenataomm]

Oi - Excuse me, are you using that WP?

WP - Water Point

Toofast - Good afternoon, I am of the opinion you've lost your water skier.

 

[Mac of Cygnet]

4 hours ago, Kendorr said:

All I do is to move the cursor over the abbreviation, don't click anything and after a very short time, the word appears

 

Even on this, hover above Nb in all 4 cases, Narrowboat shows.

 

Nope, nothing happening.

 

Edited to say that after I typed that, I tried again and now it works!    Actually, I'm not sure I want these things popping up - I managed quite well with acronyms in context before.   Can I turn it off, or is that just being awkward? ?

Edited January 19, 2021 by Mac of Cygnet

[Theo]

On 19/01/2021 at 08:14, Kendorr said:

Works fine, HP laptop, Win 10, Chrome browser.

 

And on FireFox

 

N

[RichM]

On 19/01/2021 at 11:02, Tracy D'arth said:

PRV  Pressure Relief Valve.

MCB  Miniature Circuit Breaker.

RCD Residual Current Device.

RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker.

RCBO Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Over Current.

VSR Voltage Sensitive Relay.

 

I'll think of more later, great idea by the way.

 

Tracy.

 

 

On 19/01/2021 at 11:10, magpie patrick said:

IWA - Inland Waterways Association

RCHS - Railway and Canal Historical Society 

FMC - Fellows, Morton and Clayton

WI - Waterways Ireland

EA - Environment Agency

TLA - Three letter acronym  

 

Confusion is possible, I had a brief but engaging correspondence with the treasurer of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society due to a minor error in an email address

 

 

Thanks, please keep them coming.

 

On 19/01/2021 at 11:31, Hudds Lad said:

 

my point is, when you're on a mouseless device that you can't hover with and are faced with an acronym with multiple possibilities the feature becomes redundant.

 

perhaps i'm just used to looking at things and thinking how would someone with no clue view it, comes from years of writing idiot-style guides to things

 

That may be true but unfortunately we cannot possibly please or cater for everyone but that's not to say we won't do what we can with the best of intentions.

[Momac]

WAFI    Wind Affected Fekkin Idiot

BSS       Bloody Stupid Survey

SOG     Speed over Ground

WOT     Wide Open Throttle

GPS     Global Positioning System

AIS        Automatic Identification System

VHF       Very High Frequency

RADAR  RAdio Detection And Ranging 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 25, 2021 by MartynG

[Momac]

MFD   Multi Function Display 

BT      Bow Thruster 

 

 

 

 

 

[RichM]

3 minutes ago, MartynG said:

MFD   Multi Function Display 

BT      Bow Thruster 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks. Will miss out BT though due to it commonly being used to refer to British Telecom. Any that are likely to be misconstrued are probably best left out. 

 

[Jerra]

14 minutes ago, RichM said:

 

Thanks. Will miss out BT though due to it commonly being used to refer to British Telecom. Any that are likely to be misconstrued are probably best left out. 

 

Surely any that are likely to be misconstrued should be in there.   Somebody reads a post mentioning the use of the BT in maneuvering and thinks what the blank blank blank has British Telecom to do with maneuvering.   Mouse over and discover there are things called Bow Thrusters. 

[Ray T]

44 minutes ago, RichM said:

 

Thanks. Will miss out BT though due to it commonly being used to refer to British Telecom. Any that are likely to be misconstrued are probably best left out. 

 

Does that include NBTA which can have a multitude of meanings?

 

Also H N B C = Historic Narrow Boat Club.

[RichM]

34 minutes ago, Jerra said:

Surely any that are likely to be misconstrued should be in there.   Somebody reads a post mentioning the use of the BT in maneuvering and thinks what the blank blank blank has British Telecom to do with maneuvering.   Mouse over and discover there are things called Bow Thrusters. 

 

Unfortunately the forum system is not clever enough to consider context. If we run a search on "BT", (link below) you will see there is approx. a 60/40 split between the acronym being commonly used to describe Bow Thruster and similarly British Telecom.

 

https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/search/&q=BT&quick=1

 

 

4 minutes ago, Ray T said:

Does that include NBTA which can have a multitude of meanings?

 

Also H N B C = Historic Narrow Boat Club.

But what are the odds of someone joining CWDF to discuss the National Baton Twirling Association? 

[Momac]

PWC Personal Water Craft

RYA Royal Yachting Association

MMSI   Maritime Mobile Service Identity

EPIRB  Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon

PLB Personal Locator Beacon

RIB Rigid Inflatable Boat 

 

[Ray T]

 

The Baton Twirlers have had quite a few mentions on the site over the years.

 

MAIB = Marine Accident Investigation Branch

[Momac]

ATF  Automatic Transmission Fluid

UJ  Universal Joint

AC  Alternating Current

DC  Direct Current

V    Volt

A    Ampere or Amp

LED  Light Emitting Diode 

 

 

OHV   Over Head Valve

OHC  Over Head Camshaft

 

[ditchcrawler]

API C  S  for oils

[Momac]

EVC  Electronic Vessel control

HMS Her Majesties Ship

DSC  Digital Selective Calling

MOB Man Over Board
MV Motor Vessel

 

 

ATIS Automatic Transmitter Identification System

RAINWAT Regional Arrangement Concerning the Radiotelephone Service on Inland Waterways

 

[Momac]

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