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Pilots, Crossing the Bar
If you’re planning on staying in the industry for any length of time you need to know a bit about piloting: the purpose, the law, the culture. The book “Crossing The Bar: The Adventures of a San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot,” by Captain Paul Lobo is certainly a good...
Two Years Before The Mast
The purpose of Richard Henry Dana’s book is stated outright: “If it shall […] call more attention to the welfare of seamen, or give information as to their real condition which may serve to raise them in the rank of beings […] and diminish the hardships of their daily...
Geology of Sailing
To the sailor, rock science may seem arbitrary. On the water, a view of the geologic horizon is nothing more than that, a view – at least seemingly so. So then, what is this article all about? I could argue on many fronts: for example; a) that a better...
James Cook
I was in a café, on highway 11, which provided a picturesque overlook of Kealakekua – the place where Captain Cook was killed by the local population. From my vantage point the seas were blue, with small coral beds stretched around the shoreline, which was littered...
Charlie Noble
The derivative of Charlie Noble, is two parts: Noble, in this instance, is grand – in size and/or stature. Charlie comes from Middle English…
Albatross Around Your Neck
Then you know the story of the Ancient Mariner? When you here the saying: “wearing an albatross around your neck”….
A Hungry Sailor
It was a normal flight from Mumbai to Singapore. By normal I mean that it took me from my home - full of noise, heat and excitement - to the almost sterile world of ship board life in the 21st century. Singapore is a familiar place, but I don’t always fly there to...
Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães): 1480 – 1521 Portuguese by birth: Sailed around the globe under the Spanish flag. Sailing Vessel Tinidad, Victoria and 3 others departed Spain in 1519 – Victoria returned in 1522 His route West was accompanied by mutinous crew,...
Sailor Song
I can always tell a fisherman from a sailor, by the eyes. A fisherman’s eyes is kind of set certain, because he always knows what he’s after and when he gets it – or when he don’t. A sailor never knows.
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I believe the social isolation, even if it is aboard a crowded ship, works the mind on a predictable way.
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake: 1540-1596 Knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his command of the Golden Hind on its circumnavigation. Known as a superb seamen, navigator and commander. [Edit: Since first writing this article I’ve become very interested in Drake. I’ve even taken my...
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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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