Marine Storyteller Gifts

"...and this one here gave me a real battle!!"

Fish near-death experiences.

"I'd like to welcome you all back to our annual school reunion."

For his next book, he would write an epic novel of the sea.

"Hey grandpa, tell us more about the time you were in that Steven Spielberg movie."

The one that got away

'Are we there yet?'

'So Captain Ahab, I put it to you that you were deliberately stalking my client!'

Naval Veterans Drinking at Greenwich Pub

Fishing with God

"As I was only saying the other day..."

'I wonder why scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats.'

'Well, it wasn't my lucky day... first there was that shark and then I bimped into a bunch of beaver!'

'It's true what they say: People often look like their pets...'

'Son, I told you before: If you circle your prey for too long, you get dizzy...'

'Look Reg, a ship...we're saved!'

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

Scuba: 'You call that a knot, now this is a knot.'

"He's a keeper!"

Octopus Puppet Show (colour)

'It was this big. I swear'

Two Men Angler's In A Storm.

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

'Fear of getting caught is understandable but fear of water, I think, requires counselling.'

'I win!'

Angler poses with mermaid catch.

'To think we used to complain about a little flotsam and jetsam.'

'I've told you time and again, if you didn't east so fast, you wouldn't swallow so much flotsam.'

'It's grossed over a billion dollars. Let's go see the Titanic wreck.'

"Have ye seen a whale that matches this swatch?"

"My new book will be an epic novel of the sea."

'I'm afraid the motion has been carried and you lost.'

'Lucas A Non Lucendo.'

'Well, so much for whale-whispering.'

"I thought it was deeper here."