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Upon death, a wicked sailor's body supposedly went to Davy Jones' locker (a chest, as lockers were back then), but a pious sailor's soul went to Fiddler's Green. [52] This nautical superstition was popularized in the 19th century. [54] Kraken were legendary sea monsters that may have been based on sightings of giant squids. [55]
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
1964 - The first Polena della Bravura (The Figurehed of Bravery), an award estabilished in 1964 be the Municipality of Sanremo and the Italian Navy to celebrate memorable feats al sea. Here is the roll of honour: 1964 - Kenichi Horie, sailor 1967 - Sir Francis Chichester, aviator and sailor 1970 - Thor Heyerdahl, scientist and navigator 1974 ...
Bernard Moitessier (April 10, 1925 – June 16, 1994) was a French sailor, most notable for his participation in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, the first non-stop, singlehanded, round the world yacht race.
An Egyptian sailor who was afraid and wanted to go home. And the list stretched on. Wieffering reported from Seattle and Washington, D.C., and Goodman reported from Miami.
The captain or master is the ship's highest responsible officer, acting on behalf of the ship's owner. Whether the captain is a member of the deck department or not is a matter of some controversy, and generally depends on the opinion of an individual captain.
Pinkney's voyage around the world lasted 22 months. He traveled approximately 27,000 miles (43,000 km). [11] He departed from Boston on August 5, 1990, sailing first to Bermuda, then along the eastern South American coastline, across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Town, South Africa, across the Indian Ocean to Hobart, Tasmania, across the South Pacific Ocean, around Cape Horn, and up the eastern ...
On 1 October 2012, at approximately 20:23 HKT, the passenger ferries Sea Smooth and Lamma IV collided off Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island, Hong Kong. [1] This occurred on the National Day of the People's Republic of China, and one of the ships was headed for the commemorative firework display, scheduled to take place half an hour later.