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Spanish term or phrase:	salchicha
English translation:	Banana
Entered by:	Diana Jiménez Vallejo

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08:34 Feb 18, 2005

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Tourism & Travel

Spanish term or phrase: salchicha

Some kind of small pleasure craft in Spain:
"...se puede practicar windsurfing, catamaranes, pédalos y paseos *en salchicha*..."

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Banana (see explanation)

Explanation:
It's also called "banana" and it's a yellowish plastic float in which people sit down and get pulled by a motor boat.

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Diana Jiménez Vallejo
Italy
Local time: 07:33

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Your answer enabled me to find a reference and picture where it is also called a "Ski Bus". Thank you.
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Banana (see explanation)

Diana Jiménez Vallejo

water sled

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Banana (see explanation)

Explanation:
It's also called "banana" and it's a yellowish plastic float in which people sit down and get pulled by a motor boat.

Diana Jiménez Vallejo
Italy
Local time: 07:33
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Basque
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Your answer enabled me to find a reference and picture where it is also called a "Ski Bus". Thank you.

18 mins confidence:

water sled

Explanation:
Here is an explanation in Spanish:

No se llama “salsichear”, aunque bien podría por la forma de este bote neumático alargado. Lo que solemos llamar salchicha, pepino, o incluso morcilla es un “bus-bob”, una moda bien divertida y refrescante que nos llega del otro lado del charco.

Pero esta salchicha o pepino no se come. Te subes encima, casco y chaleco salvavidas incluidos, te agarras a unas asas que tiene en la lona y... ¡a cabalgar! El bus-bob va enganchado a una lancha, que como en el esquí acuático, lo remolca y hace que cojas mucha, pero que mucha velocidad. Cuando lo hayas probado, el Dragon-Khan de Port Aventura te sabrá a poco

El bus-bob es un neumático alargado gigante que tiene dos flotadores pequeños pegados a los lados, en donde se poyan los pies, no sólo por comodidad, sino para intentar mantener una cierta estabilidad.

Suelen tener una capacidad para cinco o seis personas, entre las que tiene que haber un monitor obligatoriamente. Tiene algunos puntos en común con el ráfting, pero en el bus-bob iréis sentados uno de tras de todo, en fila salsichera y no llevaréis ningún tipo de sujeción. La postura es casi la misma que si estuvierais montando a caballo. La única forma de evitar un buen chapuzón es mantener el equilibrio.
http://www.infoaventura.com/infoaventura/bus-bob.asp

5 PERSON TOWABLE WATER SLED (photo included)
Are you ready for some speed? * Now you can pack the whole family onto this Giant 12.5 foot floating banana! * Accommodates as many as 5 adults. * Triple-chamber design uses a stable central tube with 12'' support tubes on each side. * Inflates in minutes with a standard inflator (not included) * For use in rivers, lakes or oceans http://sporting-goods-cat.ioffer.com/i/AVIVA-5-PERSON-TOWABL...

More pictures here:
http://www.hydrobikes.com/Hydrobike_Video/Products/Water_Sle...

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-02-18 08:54:28 GMT) Post-grading
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If I\'d known you were going to close the question so fast, I wouldn\'t have bothered looking for references for you!

xxxtazdog
Spain
Local time: 07:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 155

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