Mission
The people we've sailed with and the environments we've struggled to overcome have left us salt covered, weather worn, and in awe of the sea. Through digital and hard copy media, Dirty Sailor Company documents the attitudes and beliefs of seafarers, across all seafaring sects, to promote maritime culture and heritage in the 21st century.
In this condition, like all true seamen, who are perhaps the least of all mankind, given to forethought, they gave it over. - Robinson Crusoe
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News, Stories, Ideas, Rants and User Shares, we post new articles often!
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Gear
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Steinbeck and the Sea
When the Senior Chief says to read Steinbeck, what choice do you have?
Maritime Safety Paradox
The problem with new technology in the maritime is the correlation between that and intelligence.
Empathy for Coast Guard Seaman Ethan Tucker
Ethan Tucker is on trial for his life. Indeed, his life is being destroyed. This is a different side to his case, one that should be understood.
Juan Sebastian Elcano
The story of the first to circumnavigate the world, Juan Sebastian Elcano and his crew of 17.
The Brendan Voyage
Did an Irish Monk reach the Americas in 500ad? This article seeks to understand the Brendan Voyage, and why such a voyage matters.
Captain Ernie Blanchard
The Destruction of Coast Guard Captain Ernie Blanchard,” by Ladson F. Mills 3, hits home for this Coast Guard veteran. But not in the way Mills intended. Every Coastie, enlisted and commissioned, needs to read this text.
Meteorology
The motion of the ocean is not due to your sexually endeavors of your boat. Though since we are on the topic, I wanted to point out that sex shouldn’t lead to rocking-of-the-boat. It should lead to “surging.”
Charlie Noble
The derivative of Charlie Noble, is two parts: Noble, in this instance, is grand – in size and/or stature. Charlie comes from Middle English…
Sailor Song
I can always tell a fisherman from a sailor, by the eyes. A fisherman’s eyes is kind of set certain, because he always knows what he’s after and when he gets it – or when he don’t. A sailor never knows.
Dirty Sailor Company
I believe the social isolation, even if it is aboard a crowded ship, works the mind on a predictable way.
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