Sailing Terms

s/v Honey Ryder Cuban locker

Like everything else in life, sailing has it's own terminology.  Some of it very kewl sounding, Boom Vang is one of my favorites.  Some of the terminology is funny (ha ha) sounding which somehow causes it to take on a life of it's own depending on the company you hang with......and we hang with some really questionable characters that have terrific sense of humors.
Lazarette aka Cuban locker has developed into one of those hilarious words.  Of course there is a story behind it.  No, I am not going to tell it here.
Below is borrowed from one of my favorite blogs s/v Veranda.  ALL credit goes to them so cruise over to their blog and read the whole posting.  However....
" Lazarette is actually French for “screaming baby receptacle”. Just open up the lid, slip the screaming child inside amongst the fenders and docklines, close it up tight and the noise goes away."
Now that is funny stuff.  No, we don't have kids.  Why do you ask?