Leadership as multi-tasking
You get to steer the ship because you can handle multiple tasks at once. Here, John demonstrates his leadership skills:...
Of ships, boats, and prows
On a warmly, windy day, perfect for summer sailing, bringing you a trio of triologisms with a maritime theme: 'wood-wreathed...
Caique-dwelling tom
Leigh Fermor's Mani has a fine selection of memorable cats. I liked this description of the limited gene pools of...
A letter by boat and about a boat
This letter is magical. It is delivered by boat and announces the arrival of another boat at an assignation point.
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Easy-limbed stirring
I liked this description of a boat responding like a limber-limbed youth to the movement of the sea. 'Easy-limbed stirring'...
Two ancient long-haul boats
Lopez refers to some of the ancient boats that reached the Arctic from Europe, including the Irish carraughs and Norse...
A sense of happiness in the light of spring
What a beautiful corrective lens for the 'nasty, short and brutish' view of distant human lives. I did not realise...
It would have felt good
A persistent question when I read or think about the past, is 'how did they feel?'Â Â What was the tint...
Like fluid sculptures
A fine idea to describe a flotilla of sail boats, as liquid sculptures, and note too that passing flock of...
Of rumours
A superb simile to describe the velocity and trajectory of rumours, a watery version of 'spreading like wild-fire'. In the...
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