Rolly IS a proper word!
You know how you can tell that the English language dictionaries are not edited by boaters? Because the word rolly does not exist in them.
No, computer autocorrect, I do not want to change the word to roll, and you can keep your red squiggly line underneath it for as long as you want. The word I want is rolly.
Rolly is the universal adjective for an anchorage which has an uncomfortable swell, typically hitting the boats on the beam. Even Urban Dictionary doesn’t have that correct.
When we left Long Bay the other day there was a swell working its way into the harbor that was definitely making it less than calm. In other words, it was rolly. Sorry, cat lovers, that is uncomfortable for multihulls too, although perhaps much less so than it is for our single-hulled neighbors.
Brewer’s Bay, where we ended up moving to, was by comparison extremely protected. So much so that we couldn’t tell if that swell had dissipated or not. Yesterday, when we moved the boat back to Long Bay to complete some errands, we found that it had in fact not dissipated. Yes, the bay was still rolly. I think we may have to once again go searching for some more comfortable waters.
Note: I have since taught my computer’s autocorrect function who is boss, forcing it learn that rolly is actually a proper word!
I’m sorry to tell you but the word you want is spelled (spelt in some usages 🙂 ) ‘roly’. It seems to me all wrong, but that is how it has been for a long time. I have seen rolly and roley, but even going back many moons, it has consistently been roly. It looks wrong to me, it always did, rolly seems better, but English usage is very strange.
Cheers!
Mike
Look that up too. It is not listed either.
It’s in your encyclopedia list above.
Mike
GOOGLE IT!
I did, and am still laughing. I did not realise that google might be used in preference to the OED Chambers or Websters!! 🙂 🙂
Roly poly is the only current usage. Where roly refers to the round shape, so it rolls. Sorry but I can’t do better at the moment.
Mike
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/roly?s=t
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rolly?s=ts
Suck it up Princess!
Whatever Dude.
My house slab has a crack in it, does that mean Huntsville is Rolly?
Likely just on a fault line. Nothing to worry about.
How about a list of your top 5 non rolly anchorages in the USVI and BVI’s
All depends on wind and swell. What is calm today might be ROLLY next week.