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[2bucks]

I'm looking for information on what a growler is. Does anyone know any websites that could explain that for me? Gosh, I just don't know where to look to find information about boats. Or maybe someone could recommend an overpriced, highly opinionated magazine that would help me.

Any ideas?

YTTIC
Ken

 

[Carey]

Here you go Ken. This is straight from Wikepedia.com.

<ul>[*]Growler (electrical device), for testing electric motors [*]Growler (calypsonian), pseudonym of singer Errol Duke [*]EA-18 Growler, a jet fighter [*]USS Growler, any of four ships [*]A size of iceberg [*]A type of beer bottle [/list]
In fiction:
<ul>[*]A house robot in the television show Robot Wars [*]A species from the fictional Honorverse universe [*]A species from the fictional VOR: The Maelstrom universe [/list]

 

[wingspar]

Here's a growler....

http://ecologicalhumanities.org/Images/dog%20in%20boat.jpg

Dave

 

[Yorksafloat]

OK I'll stick my finger in this light socket....

A growler is a barely submerged iceberg or more commonly a rock or reef that is barely submerged and generally adjacent to deep water.* As a result, you don't get the surf pounding that you get as the bottom comes up.* Instead, you get a "growling" of the water surge.* Especially at night, you might not get any white water but only the mutter of the water surge to warn you.

 

[Keith]

Well, at least "I" got it, Ken! :0)

 

[Carey]

Ken
**** You got me with that one. Yes, the first thing to come to my mind was Passagemakers "Growler" because it's the same hull as my boat, but as I often do, I didn't read your post carefully enough before firing back a response.

Keith
**** Thank goodness you piped in or I might never have gotten this one.
************************* Carey

 

[Marin]

Anybody know why the Passagemaker guy--- who is it, Parlatore or something like that--- chose that name for his wannabe version of Carey's boat?

 

[2bucks]

Ah, you guys made my day. As I started reading the responses I thought, didn't I give them enough information? The YTTIC, Yours Truly, Tongue In Cheek is always my dead giveaway.

No list from our Passagemaker fellow though. I guess I'll have to use a different lure next time.

Now I've got to go look for info on Jim's explanation of growler. I haven't heard of that one before. Is it more common in areas with lots of coral reefs?

Ken

 

[Tidahapah]

Ken,
It is not a term we use in the reef areas in Australia.
Our common term is "bommie" slightly submerged coral outcrop that is likely to rip your keel out.
Growler I always think of an iceberg or Bill's boat.

Benn