I know you mean Nomenclature.  Ship models are challenging since everything 
in the nautical world uses a different name for ordinary words (wall = 
bulwark etc.) and then they have all the weird bits (course, lower topsail, 
upper topsail, topsail halliard).

Are you cataloging ship models?  Two critical references are the 
International Maritime Dictionary by Rene de Kerchove and The Lore of Ships 
by A B Nordbok. (sorry the underlining thing isn't working in this 
software).  I catalog ship models as part of the appraisal process and, 
frankly, it took me 10 years as the Registrar at the maritime museum in San 
Francisco to begin to get a handle on the nomenclature.  I typically 
describe the rig (use Lore of Ships for this) and then get technical when 
some crazy moving company has separated the "mizzen mast" from the deck.  I 
feel it is important to be technically accurate naming the parts that I need 
to discuss that are poorly done or damaged.  I wish i had some quick fix. 
My fix was working with "those salty guys" at the museum and I picked their 
braines on a daily basis.   You can contact me offline if you have some 
specific questions, I am happy to help.  Sara Conklin, ISA CAPP  Certified 
Appraiser and Nautical Queen.  [log in to unmask], PH: 800-464-4208. 

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