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Red Sky Proverb

The Question: What is the correct ending to the quotation that begins, "Red sky at night..."? The Answer: The expression you are referring to…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act IV, Scene VI

Scene VIAnother room in the castleEnter Horatio and a ServantHoratioWhat are they that would speak with me?ServantSailors, sir: they say they have letters for you.HoratioLet them come in.Exit…

The Nautical Knot

The Question: I need to know about nautical knots. Before computers, how did sailors measure them? Why are they called "knots" in the first place…

Brewer's: Ambassador

a practical joke played on greenhorns aboard ship. A tub full of water is placed between two stools, and the whole being covered with a green cloth, a sailor sits on each stool, to keep…

Brewer's: Jib

A triangular sail borne in front of the foremast. It has the bowsprit for a base in small vessels, and the jib-boom in larger ones, and exerts an important effect, when the wind is abeam,…