barebones
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Anyone know any Sailors lore? such as, "Wind from the East, 10 days at least" or "If to starboard red appears, tis your duty to keep clear" and all that sort of thing.
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Sailors lore
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qsiv
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Too many to remember, too many to list
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Meeting steamers do not dread
When you see three lights ahead
Port your helm and show your red
Perfect safety, go ahead.
If to starboard red appear,
'Tis your duty to keep clear;
To act as judgement says is proper,
Port, or starboard, back, or stop her.
But, when upon your port is seen
A steamer's starboard light of green,
There's not so much for you to do;
For green to port keeps clear of you.
Both in safety and in doubt
Always keep a good look-out;
In danger with no room to turn,
Ease her, stop her, go astern.
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That last also exists as
If in danger or idoubt
slow her, stop her, back her out
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or in the Grey Funnel line
When in danger or in doubt
Don't run in circles, scream and shout,
Go down and call the captain out.
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Colregs lights yields
Red over Red, captains Dead
Red over White, Pilots right
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Meeting steamers do not dread
When you see three lights ahead
Port your helm and show your red
Perfect safety, go ahead.
If to starboard red appear,
'Tis your duty to keep clear;
To act as judgement says is proper,
Port, or starboard, back, or stop her.
But, when upon your port is seen
A steamer's starboard light of green,
There's not so much for you to do;
For green to port keeps clear of you.
Both in safety and in doubt
Always keep a good look-out;
In danger with no room to turn,
Ease her, stop her, go astern.
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That last also exists as
If in danger or idoubt
slow her, stop her, back her out
============3===========
or in the Grey Funnel line
When in danger or in doubt
Don't run in circles, scream and shout,
Go down and call the captain out.
============4=============
Colregs lights yields
Red over Red, captains Dead
Red over White, Pilots right
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Gunfleet
New member
<<In danger with no room to turn,
Ease her, stop her, go astern.>>
The writer had clearly never owned a long keel yacht!
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Ease her, stop her, go astern.>>
The writer had clearly never owned a long keel yacht!
<hr width=100% size=1><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by JohnM on 15/05/2003 16:01 (server time).</FONT></P>
jimi
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thought it was
Red over White
White cap over red nose
Pilots tight ?
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Red over White
White cap over red nose
Pilots tight ?
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Evadne
Active member
What about:
"Red sky at night ... sailor's delight,
drowned sheep in the morning ... global warming"
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"Red sky at night ... sailor's delight,
drowned sheep in the morning ... global warming"
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jhr
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"Even red port gets left in cans" (Channel markings)
"The West has a waist" (Cardinals)
"Never trust a hippie" (the Sex Pistols)
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"The West has a waist" (Cardinals)
"Never trust a hippie" (the Sex Pistols)
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qsiv
New member
Fading memory makes a nonsense of dodgy ditties....
Appologies!
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Appologies!
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qsiv
New member
To be fair - I think the verses were initially aimed at the Merchant Navy - although my Old Man took a friends destroyer astern up Sliema creek in Malta so fast the stern wave flooded over the stern deck. The Admiral (or whoever was IC that squadron) was apparently ever so slightly cross.
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sailbadthesinner
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If its bad advice you hoard
Ask any scotsman on this board
When things get rough and decks get wet
Donot panic donot fret
A well found boat and careful crew
A careful plan will get you through
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Ask any scotsman on this board
When things get rough and decks get wet
Donot panic donot fret
A well found boat and careful crew
A careful plan will get you through
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Little_Russel
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"Don't piss to windward" and "Don't eat at The Folly". (As posted on PBO as well for some reason!)
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jimi
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Leaving of Liverpool
One day a Jew, a Hindu, and a scouser all arrived at their hotel to find that there had been a mix-up with the bookings, and that there was only
one room left for them to share. The manager explained that this room only had two beds, but that there was a barn at a neighbouring farm
which the farmer, an old friend of his, would let one of them sleep in free of charge.
They complained a bit, but since there was nowhere else to go, the Jew graciously said he'd sleep inthe barn. The Hindu and the scouser were
just settling down to sleep in their room, when there was a knock on the door. It was the Jew.
"I'm sorry," he said, "but there's a pig in that barn and because I'm Jewish I feel uncomfortable about sharing the barn with it." "No problem," said the Hindu. "I'll sleep out there instead." So off he went to the barn, leaving the scouser and the Jew to share the room.
They were just settling down to sleep, when there was a knock on the door. It was the Hindu. "I'm sorry," he said, "but there's a cow in that
barn and because I'm a Hindu I feel uncomfortable about sharing the barn with it."
The scouser grudgingly agreed to give up his bed and stomped off to the barn, leaving the Jew and the Hindu to share the room.
The Jew and the Hindu were just settling down to sleep, when there was a knock on the door.
It was the cow and the pig
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One day a Jew, a Hindu, and a scouser all arrived at their hotel to find that there had been a mix-up with the bookings, and that there was only
one room left for them to share. The manager explained that this room only had two beds, but that there was a barn at a neighbouring farm
which the farmer, an old friend of his, would let one of them sleep in free of charge.
They complained a bit, but since there was nowhere else to go, the Jew graciously said he'd sleep inthe barn. The Hindu and the scouser were
just settling down to sleep in their room, when there was a knock on the door. It was the Jew.
"I'm sorry," he said, "but there's a pig in that barn and because I'm Jewish I feel uncomfortable about sharing the barn with it." "No problem," said the Hindu. "I'll sleep out there instead." So off he went to the barn, leaving the scouser and the Jew to share the room.
They were just settling down to sleep, when there was a knock on the door. It was the Hindu. "I'm sorry," he said, "but there's a cow in that
barn and because I'm a Hindu I feel uncomfortable about sharing the barn with it."
The scouser grudgingly agreed to give up his bed and stomped off to the barn, leaving the Jew and the Hindu to share the room.
The Jew and the Hindu were just settling down to sleep, when there was a knock on the door.
It was the cow and the pig
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webcraft
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When in danger or in doubt
Sail in circles, scream and shout
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Sail in circles, scream and shout
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Jools_of_Top_Cat
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Re: Leaving of Liverpool
there you go again scouse bashing.
At least tell it properly, it was a welsh man and it was the sheep.
tch tch, did no-one metion the sense of humour and the beatles
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there you go again scouse bashing.
At least tell it properly, it was a welsh man and it was the sheep.
tch tch, did no-one metion the sense of humour and the beatles
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BrendanS
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Re: Leaving of Liverpool
Hmm!
Brendan (the Welshman) gave up his bed, and went out to the Barn, and in the morning 240 sheep were seen lying fast asleep, with cigarette butts in their mouths, exhausted but happy?
Haven't heard this version, but it makes sense
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Hmm!
Brendan (the Welshman) gave up his bed, and went out to the Barn, and in the morning 240 sheep were seen lying fast asleep, with cigarette butts in their mouths, exhausted but happy?
Haven't heard this version, but it makes sense
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