{"id":46304,"date":"2026-10-22T12:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=46304"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:33:45","slug":"mindbender-587","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2026\/10\/mindbender-587\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindbender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Send your answers to <a href=\"george@bwsailing.com\">george@bwsailing.com.<\/a> A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What does it mean when you hear that a vessel is &#8220;hull down&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to everyone who sent in answers to last week&#8217;s question on the meaning of the term &#8220;Bristol fashion.&#8221; The winnner this week is regular Mindbener player Bob Pickett who emailed, &#8220;The phrase &#8220;<span class=\"marktdrfhe6yz\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\">Bristol<\/span> <span class=\"markc6n3pg3id\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\">fashion<\/span>&#8221; (or &#8220;shipshape and <span class=\"marktdrfhe6yz\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\">Bristol<\/span> <span class=\"markc6n3pg3id\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\">fashion<\/span>&#8220;) means that a vessel is in excellent, seamanlike order\u2014tidy, well-maintained, and with all equipment properly stowed. More generally, it refers to anything that is in good order, neat, and clean. The term dates back to the mid-19th century and originally saw nautical use, referencing the commercial prosperity of the English port of <span class=\"marktdrfhe6yz\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\">Bristol<\/span> when its shipping was renowned for being kept in top condition.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers. &nbsp; What does it mean when you hear that a vessel is &#8220;hull down&#8221;? &nbsp; Many thanks to everyone who sent in answers to last week&#8217;s question on the meaning of the term &#8220;Bristol fashion.&#8221; The winnner this week is regular Mindbener player Bob Pickett who emailed, &#8220;The phrase &#8220;Bristol fashion&#8221; (or &#8220;shipshape and Bristol fashion&#8220;) means that a vessel is in excellent, seamanlike order\u2014tidy, well-maintained, and with all equipment properly stowed. More generally, it refers to anything that is in good order, neat, and clean. The term dates back to the mid-19th century and originally saw nautical use, referencing the commercial prosperity of the English port of Bristol when its shipping was renowned for being kept in top condition.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46305,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46304\/revisions\/46305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}