Hey you boat types...
 

Why do they call the captain of the ship the "Skipper"?






Or am I basing my knowledge of nautical exploits solely on Gilligan's Island?

Anyone in charge gets the "skipper" moniker. They call baseball managers "skipper" as well.

Okay. But what is the origin of the term?

I'd have to leave here and go to another site to find out. It's just not worth it.

Exactly why I asked.

Here ya go!

Origin of the word skipper
English (chiefly Norfolk): 1: occupational name for the master of a ship, Middle English skipper (from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipper.

Yeah, but where did the Germans and the Dutch get it from?

http://www.word-detective.com/021402.html

...The later Dutch form of the same word, "schip," had a derivative, "schipper," which meant "captain of a ship" and lives on in our English term "skipper." Meanwhile, the German form wandered into first Italian (as "schifo"), then French ("esquif"), and finally settled into English in the 16th century as our modern "skiff."

Thanks Skipper.

You wanna be "first mate?" :p

I think its an old naval slang term that means leader.

Forget the link, listen to me. Im the man with all the answers.

I've never been called a boat type, but often referred to as the big torpedo.......

She all ready repped me sucka....hey, you....get off of my cloud.... :p

PBJ PBJ PBJ

I don't know a lot about boats, but I heard they got a new one in Rome today.