[Tagging] Is a ship-lift a crane

[Bert -Araali- Van Opstal]

There is less or no ambiguity about the term lock.  In all locks the
boat or ship remains in water and is used only to take a ship or boat
from one level of a waterway to another level in a waterway.

In a boat lift or ship lift or ship crane, whatever you call it, that is
not a strict requirement. It can be intended to lift a boat or ship to
dry land or to a dock, which is not a part of the waterway, the boat or
ship is lifted out of the water.
It can also be a term to use when the boat is lifted in a containment of
some kind, still remaining in water but not with the primarily use of
taking it to a different level in a waterway.
A device that lifts a boat or ship to a dock or dry land can not be
called a lock since a lock's only purpose is to let the boat or ship
continue it's journey within the same or connected waterway(s).


On 21/02/2021 01:54, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal wrote:
>
> I think lift lock creates less confusion then boat_lift or ship_lift
> or ship crane.
>
> Rename boat_lift to lift_lock and use boat_lift for ship_lift,
> ship_cranes etc...?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Bert Araali
>
> On 21/02/2021 01:43, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> Am Sa., 20. Feb. 2021 um 22:16 Uhr schrieb Peter Neale
>> <nealepb at yahoo.co.uk <mailto:nealepb at yahoo.co.uk>>:
>>
>>     Well, you can always find examples of terms being mis-used.
>>
>>     As I read it, they admit that they are the exception in using
>>     "boat lift" for a device to remove boats from.the water. 
>>
>>     One exception does not disprove the rule.
>>
>>
>>
>> maybe 2 do?
>> http://bayboatlifts.com/
>>
>> 3?
>> https://www.boatliftanddock.com/category/1/boat-lifts
>>
>> 4?
>> https://www.definitions.net/definition/boatlift
>>
>> 5?
>> https://www.shoremaster.com/lifts/lift-models/vertical-lifts/
>>
>>
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