Storyteller Of The Untamed Sea Gifts

'No Jake, I don't want to watch you do it again.'

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!'

'Oh, no - I have to read each tentacle - that'll be extra, of course.'

'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'

"You may be in love, but can you support my daughter on what a herring makes?"

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

Octopus Puppet Show (colour)

'It was this big. I swear'

Two Men Angler's In A Storm.

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

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

"He's a keeper!"

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

'I win!'

Angler poses with mermaid catch.

'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.'

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

"With the benefit of hindsight, I’d say no, Ed, it wasn’t ‘funny’ letting him steer the boat!"

A crab finds an alternative to walking sideways.

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

'Well, so much for whale-whispering.'

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