Maritime Memoirist Gifts

Sailor Writing

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

'Are we there yet?'

When laundry ruled the waves.

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

Naval Veterans Drinking at Greenwich Pub

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

"Tell them we only have romaine!"

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

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

Japanese Whaling

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

"Can I interest you in a great white?"

"He's a keeper!"

"The Captain really, really hates losing at shuffleboard."

On the plus side, I'd wager a lot of you folks back there had never seen an iceburg up close before.

"So who ordered the 'Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum on a dead mans chest'?"

Selfie of the Golden Hinde

"Call me Ishmael."

Ever Given

"Someone switched off the freezer...it's melted."

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

Man tried to unload a ship in a bottle.

Help! Trapped on a desert island cartoon...

"Re-calculating, arrive at your final destination in six...five...four..."

'We should talk more.'

"....After ten o'clock is quiet time on board for the comfort of our passengers."

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

"I forget who, but he's somebody's kid."

"Relax, Marge! I'm sure the folks at 'Ultimate Pirate Adventures'. . ."

'What I need now is a good publicist...'

Fish near-death experiences.

"May I suggest hard a-starboard, or port, or whatever!"

'THINGMY ON THE PORT BOW!! You know, what's it called? Long and pointy... Very fast... TORPEDO ON THE PORT BOW!!'

"What a beautiful day to set sail!"