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Steinbeck and the Sea
When the Senior Chief says to read Steinbeck, what choice do you have?
Empathy for Coast Guard Seaman Ethan Tucker
Ethan Tucker is on trial for his life. Indeed, his life is being destroyed. This is a different side to his case, one that should be understood.
How accurate was fisherman Quint in Jaws?
Was fisherman Quint’s story of the USS Indianapolis true? Was it accurate? What is the true story of the USS Indianapolis in WW2? Dirty Sailor Company investigates.
Juan Sebastian Elcano
The story of the first to circumnavigate the world, Juan Sebastian Elcano and his crew of 17.
The Brendan Voyage
Did an Irish Monk reach the Americas in 500ad? This article seeks to understand the Brendan Voyage, and why such a voyage matters.
Maiden
Dirty Sailor Company reviews Maiden, “The inspiring true story of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World yacht race.”
The Ice Master
Dirty Sailor Company reviews The Ice Master, the amazing story of the Kurluk stuck in artic pack ice, and the attempt to survive, by Jennifer Niven.
Shackleton’s Ross Sea
Dirty Sailor Company reviews the story of Shackleton’s The Ross Sea Party; “The Lost Men.”
Captain Ernie Blanchard
The Destruction of Coast Guard Captain Ernie Blanchard,” by Ladson F. Mills 3, hits home for this Coast Guard veteran. But not in the way Mills intended. Every Coastie, enlisted and commissioned, needs to read this text.
Shackleton
I knew nothing of Shackleton’s trans-Antarctic expedition going into the book “Endurance.” My goal, as always, is to try to infer, even if it is a ridiculous inference, how the story has affected maritime culture. And typically, I run into a major problem: is my focus...
Meteorology
The motion of the ocean is not due to your sexually endeavors of your boat. Though since we are on the topic, I wanted to point out that sex shouldn’t lead to rocking-of-the-boat. It should lead to “surging.”
Jacques Cartier
Columbus had reached the Caribbean forty years before the voyages of Jacques Cartier. Columbus had set off a series of Spanish expeditions to South America, eventually leading to Vasco Balboa crossing Panama in 1513. While the Spanish were busy conquering the Natives...
Mission
The people we’ve sailed with and the environments we’ve struggled to overcome have left us salt covered, weather worn, and in awe of the sea. Through digital and hard copy media, Dirty Sailor Company documents the attitudes and beliefs of seafarers, across all seafaring sects, to promote maritime culture and heritage in the 21st century.
In this condition, like all true seamen, who are perhaps the least of all mankind, given to forethought, they gave it over. – Robinson Crusoe
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