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25.01.2022 Beautiful Coolum, filled with a visual appeasing abundancy of Butterflies. What a day to be 'locked-down'.

23.01.2022 For me, very few things in life beats a lengthy early morning swim at Marcoola Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Waves breaking, swell running and the rocking motion as you rhythmically glide through the water - stroke by stroke. Life is awesome, life is good!

19.01.2022 Maritime jargon: CRACK ON when sails were filled to their full limit by their height up the mast, yards and tackles, the bulging sails and sheets would make ‘cracking’ noises.

17.01.2022 Maritime jargon: ‘to make (both) ends meet’- sailors in the 17th century would splice two pieces of rope in order to make a continuous, and longer rope. This would save money as a new rope was not needed for purchase.

15.01.2022 Maritime jargon: LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG a Sailor found drunk on board was ordered to fashion a cat-o’-nine-tails or ‘make a rod for his own back’, which would then be kept in a leather bag. When sailors ‘let the cat out of the bag’ they were in for misfortune, usually on Blue Monday. The Royal Navy’s cat-o’-nine-tails was kept in a red baize bag, and not removed until the offender was safely secured to the gratings and there was no possibility of reprieve, so ‘the secr...et was out’. Beating seamen with a birch cane, which was even worse than a cat-o’-nine-tails, with miscreants strapped to a wooden frame, was not stopped until 1906. Authority to use the cat was not removed from the Naval Discipline Act until an Order-in-Council of 29 March 1949. The only form of corporal punishment which remained until 1967 was a maximum of 12 cuts with a cane for boy ratings. In South Africa, this was still in use when I was a young lad and an effective deterrent to any ideas of breaking the law it was dished out by the national police force at the local watch-house. (Photo Credit: Ardour Group) See more

14.01.2022 Maritime jargon: ‘pull your finger out’ some gunpowder would be poured into the ignition hole when a cannon was loaded, and to prevent the powder from being displaced, a crew member would put his finger into the hole. The finger would be pulled out just as the time came for firing the canon.

14.01.2022 Maritime jargon: BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON officers in the Royal Navy entered service without having to take examinations where the strength of their family connections catered for this. It was said that they joined the Navy ‘through the cabin windows’. Officers who have obtained their posts by merit entered the Navy ‘through the hawseholes’ and were said to be ‘born with a wooden ladle’ (long handled wooden spoon). Silver spoons were synonymous with wealth, especially inherited wealth.

12.01.2022 Can Australia force COVID-19-hit cruise ships to leave our waters? Two situations are developing off the east and west coasts of Australia both involve cruise ships and corona virus. The Principal lawyer for Pacific Maritime Lawyers, Captain John Kavanagh, was approached to comment on the current situation. https://buff.ly/3bNUoSU

10.01.2022 Maritime jargon: ‘POSH’ on voyages from England to India (and their return), cabins facing the sun would become extremely hot and uncomfortable. Departing England, those passengers who could afford paying a higher premium would have their tickets marked as ‘Port Out / Starboard Home, - POSH - becoming a phase to describe those who were upper class.

08.01.2022 Maritime jargon: CRAP considered to be somewhat offensive and a swear word today, it originated from the typical British attitude held towards the French (in those days 17th century). To a sailor, a Frenchman was ‘General Crapaud’ pronounced ‘crappo’ for short. Crapaud is French for a toad. As the French did not speak the Queens’ English, they spoke crappo, gibberish and everything a Frenchman would say was ‘crappo’, or rubbish a ‘load of crappo’.

07.01.2022 Maritime jargon: SON OF A GUN mistresses and wives of sailors could stay on board whilst the ship was in harbour (but seldom allowed to go out to sea as it meant bad luck). A ship in the age of sail was tightly packed with the necessities for a voyage and space was limited for mothers in labour to give birth. Gangways were kept clear though, and in this space, between the guns on the gun decks a mother could find space for the newborn arrival. Often, no one would know for sure who the father was, and the newborn child was called a ‘son-of-a-gun’, referring to the place of birth.

06.01.2022 Maritime jargon: MANY WAYS TO SKIN A CAT no cat was ever intended to be visualised in this saying which refers to removing the very tough skin from the delicate flesh of a ‘catfish’. Many ways were attempted to remove this tough layer without tearing the edible flesh below.

04.01.2022 Maritime jargon: BLUE MONDAY there existed (and still exists) extensive superstition during the ages of the Royal Navy. Punishments, some which were brutal, were handed out on a Monday as it was believed that bad luck would befall the ship if the punishment was not delivered on Mondays. These included executions.