June 2011
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“SEAMEN’S PROVERBS.
“A red sky in the morning,
Sailors take...”
– ~ From Young Sailor’s Assistant in Practical Seamanship, Emory E. Taut 1883
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“Ariel sings:
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;...”
– ~William Shakespeare, The Tempest I.ii. 1616
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“At night, indeed, when the waltzes were swinging in the saloon, and gifted...”
– ~Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out 1915
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Boats vs. Ships
boat, n.
A small open vessel in which to traverse the surface of water, usually propelled by oars, though sometimes by a sail.
ship, n.
A large sea-going vessel (opposed to a boat); spec.(in modern times) a vessel having a bowsprit and three masts, each of which consists of a lower, top, and topgallant mast.
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“May you have a year full of blessings and success spiritually and physically.”
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The Rabbi Eli Marcus, on a 30th year.
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