Sea Captain In Training Gifts

Small boy: 'Now then! All together!'

"Can you tell me the first thing you did wrong?"

Remote control pirate bully

Football Fans

The Dubloon Stops Here

Sailor in Car.

A massive ship pulls in in Central Park.

Captain steering house through flood.

Old sea captains queue to see Monster Whale Revenge.

Sea weed harvest.

Lighthouse Beam.

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

"Well - I've either bought a pack of table napkins, or adopted a Siberian tiger cub..."

'Just in case there is an accident.'

Lifesaver!

Model Building

"How much did it cost to have your ears pierced?"

'...the storm raged and the doctor got drunk to steady his nerves..'

Ship upsidedown in a bottle has rescue boat in bottle next to it.

"Cap'n FancyPants got himself an i-Patch."

"Who ordered the bravest tuna on all the seven seas, anointed with the spice of faraway lands, on wheat toast?"

Pirate dogs burying bones.

Tugboat tugging Iceberg

'May I speak to you alone, Cap'n?'

"No, I said to swab the deck!"

Remote Control Pirate Ship.

"The moment he told me he lived in a lighthouse, I knew he was a keeper."

Lighthouse powered by batteries.

'I heard that the new captain was raised on a farm.'

"Well, we've learned that passengers will mutiny if they are served meatloaf two days in a row... Even if you do call it the South Sea Surprise on the second day!"

'If we took the boat out, it might get dirty or scratched. Can't we sit here for the next several hours and talk about why you accused me of being paranoid?'

Distractions.

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

"I've passed your complaints along to the captain."

"According to the charts, it should be clear sailing after this."