Seafaring Storyteller Gifts

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

'Ten minutes after leaving Southampton, the Queen Mary 2 arrives in Fort Lauderdale.'

"It's a setback, but you're not all washed up."

"You look good for your age."

'I hope you realise that this could give us all a really bad name.'

"If I'm going down with the ship, the rest of you are, too."

'We watched aboard the Skylark - the Brits were blue, the French were Red and Tom was Green.'

"Always remember - what happens in the pea-green boat stays in the pea-green boat."

"It's from the standards committee, Capt'n. They claim our plank doesn't have wheelchair access."

Help! Trapped on a desert island cartoon...

Funk Facts: Pirates.

"The cruise is off dear, apparently I've just joined the Navy!"

'Wounds from battles? Oh, no -- I used to live next to a golf course.'

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

'I'm not sure what country he's representing, but he seems a real natural!'

'Are we there yet?'

'We are now passing through the Sicilian Triangle, otherwise known as 'The Drink','

"I'd like to report this stowaway I discovered two weeks ago, Captain."

'I REALLY disapprove of our mandatory retirement plan!'

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

Captain Cuttle consoles his friend

Replacement Lighthouse

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

"It's a 'Dear Long John' letter."

"Actually, I’m Peg. She’s Jackie."

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

"Harold Cohen attorney at sea"

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

'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.'