Merchant Mariner Pillows

'Actually, being the Captain and leaving a sinking ship last would go against all my instincts...'

"You're very interesting, for a civilian."

"Don't you think it's time we talked about Operation Doug?"

Captain in a storm

Build a Raft

'This has the makings of their toughest season ever.'

Bermuda Triangles

"Harry—Let's get brunch and day drink."

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

In a cycle - one bucket out, one bucket in.

'Another one? Do you realize it will make the third time this month we've held a fire drill?'

Old sea captains queue to see Monster Whale Revenge.

Lighthouse has energy efficient light bulb.

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

Battery Lighthouse

Ishmael's First Day on the Pequod was Full of Surprises: "A harpoon!? Don't you practice catch and release?"

Saved...life is good!

'Just in case there is an accident.'

Lighthouse Hammock.

"I've always wanted to live on a lake so I can go boating and fishing. Since we don't live on a lake, I thought I'd make my own."

'But you're an admiral. How can you feel seasick on a waterbed?'

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

'That must be the 'Jolly Roger' they're always on about.'

"How can you feel queasy, we're barely out of port."

Distractions.

'I never saw a tracer bullet that I didn't admire for color, clarity and swiftness.'

"Let's see, this one is cherry flavored, I think this one is blueberry ..."

'My predecessor left some big shoes to fill.'

Lighthouse powered by batteries.

Late Night with Patrick O'Brian

"Ramming Speed!"

Marine-LAPD Ridealongs

"A storm rages from the East - tell the men to get below and snuggle up for movie night."

"Honestly, sweetheart, they haven't brought out a little Ellen MacArthur set. As soon as they do daddy will get you one."

The grim reaper racing a lifeboat to reach a drowning man