Many countries celebrate Valentine’s Day. Whilst in the UK we tend to buy cards, flowers and chocolates for our Valentines, other countries have other Valentine’s Day traditions to show their love to their Valentine.
Here are some of the more unusual nautical terms used aboard a seafaring vessel.
A baggywrinkle is a material, often old or scrap rope, that is used to wrap around parts of the rigging or mooring lines to prevent chaffing.
There is great excitement tinged with sadness in our house this evening. My daughter, of nearly 23 years, is preparing to leave home to live in London!
Crewing Opportunities Winter 2020 – Here are a few of our top picks from the crewing section on Lovesail. If you are interested in any of the posts then log into your Lovesail account and either go to the crewing section or contact the member directly.
The 16th century paved the way for the East India Company, which would become one of the most notorious organizations in history. It was a hotbed of naval exploration. Our oceans belonged to Portugal and Spain, as they blazed trails through unchartered seas. Such was their dominance they agreed to split the world in half with the Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494.
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This week sees Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week in the UK, but it’s a timely reminder wherever you are of the dangers of carbon monoxide and why you should be aware of it in confined spaces like a boat.
“…we have better maps of the surface of Mars and the moon than we do the bottom of the ocean. We know very, very little about most of the ocean.” Gene Feldman.
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