Sailors to bikies — How tattooing became mainstream

Rhys Gordon has been tattooing for over 30 years. (ABC Radio National: Isabella Michie) Tattoos have a long and…
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scientists recommending #sailors
to turn off their engines and take down sails when encountering #orcas in #StraitOfGibraltar, and avoid areas at certain times.
there have been many confrontations in the last few years where orcas damage rudders of yachts there, reasons unknown so far.

#GifsArtidote: humans are destroying nature and encroach with heavy shipping traffic. these highly intelligent animals are just as sick of #capitalism as i am. #solidarity
#press #news
https://youtu.be/O7qlWuc9vNE?

Shore Leave , by James McCormack.
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Drawing - Ink On Paper

Shore Leave is an ink drawing, showing three sailors out on the town on a Saturday night, while their ship is in port. A night of fun, mutual support, a little drunkenness, and making sure everyone gets back to ship. No tar left behind!

[ Prints: https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/shore-leave-james-mccormack.html ]

My #DisabledSailing association, #AbleSail Victoria secured a funding grant from #SailCanada & now can offer a CANSAIL 1 course at Royal Victoria Yacht Club. I signed up this morning for training in August.
Once I successfully complete CanSail 1, I can take their Can Sail 2 course. These will help me reach my adaptive sailing dreams of competing in a future Mobility Cup regatta.

Very grateful for all funding grants & donors for helping Able Sail Victoria with monies needed to keep their programs running. Disabled folks like me wouldn't be able to afford participating if the programs weren't highly subsidized.

In honour of Canadian Forces Day, here are a couple images taken onboard HMCS Margaret Brooke during Op Nanook 2022. #photography #industrialportraits #navy #canadiannavy #sailors #canadianforcesday #EastCoastKin

Bang bang
You shot me down
Bang bang
I hit the ground
Bang bang
That awful sound
Bang bang
My country hit the ground

Everyone in the military is a Nazi scum, too. There were no such distinctions made after World War II.

You are Nazi scum. You can't handle the truth.

JFK - bullet to the head
RFK - bullet to the head
MLK, Jr. - bullet to the head
Adolf Hitler - bullet to the head

General Liar, you're a Nazi, too.

When I left early evening #today the sky was ripe for #rainbows. Views south were #cloudy, north was blue skies w lots of spotty #clouds. I looked around, feeling that stagnant air & threat of #rain. But all I saw on my errands were #sailors. Sailors on the sidewalks, sailors in the Panda Express, FLEET WEEK in midtown, y'all. The world's biggest floating museum is at the end of my street (other way's Times Square!), fourty-sixth yes I still spell it w a U. #FleetWeek #Intrepid #museum #pier

https://www.alojapan.com/1278210/navy-decorates-sailors-after-child-medical-emergency-on-american-base-in-japan/ Navy decorates sailors after child medical emergency on American base in Japan #Japan #JapanNews #news #rescue #Sailors #SailorsRescueChild #Sasebo #SaseboNavalBase Senior Chief Petty Officer Chase Speed, right, receives a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal from Capt. Ethan Rule, skipper of the USS America, on April 14, 2025. (U.S. Navy) A group of U.S. Navy sailors sprang into action during a base open house in Japan, helping to save th…

Couples

Sailor and Girl, Corpus Christi

John Vachon. photographer, June 1943

Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room in England

A historic seafront building established as a refuge for sailors to promote moral living and literacy.#museumsandcollections #peace #navy #sailors #section-Atlas
Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room

Monument als Raiers (Monument to the Raftsmen) in Hortoneda, Spain

These long, lean figures pay tribute to the daring feats of the historical raftsmen of Catalonia.#sailors #rivers #transportation #boats #section-Atlas
Monument als Raiers (Monument to the Raftsmen)

#RussianSailors in the #AmericanCivilWar

Surprised when I came across these photos so researched further ...

The Russia did support #TheNorth during the #CivilWar as a counterbalance to British + French reluctance do so. Russian + US interests coalesced around the prevention of French + British interference in the War. The British decision to declare neutrality opened the possibility of recognition of the South. It was believed France would follow suit.

Do #sailors always use #nautical miles rather than kilometres? #NauticalMiles
I ask because I was wondering how long it would take to sail from #Iona to #Ballycastle - apparently about 15 hours; maybe a two-day trip with a short rest at #Islay

I'm still struggling with PTSD triggers & am grateful for day off work today. I'm going sailing. I have 2 more long work days before taking a full week off work for Vancouver Island Adaptive Snowsports training next week - something I've been waiting on getting back into for 4 years.

Kicking off 2025 on a positive note with my first time #sailing in the annual Not a Whaler fundraiser fun regatta, co-hosted by #CanadianForcesSailingAssociation & #AbleSailVictoria. I'll be on the Big Foot sailboat, with CFSA skipper, Ryan Kaye. Registration is at noon. Race fun starts at 1:30pm. It will be a great time on the waters. We are sailing out of CFSA Baker Dock, at CFB Naden base in #Esquimalt in #VictoriaBC on #VancouverIsland in #BritishColumbia. I'll be at CFSA HQ until around 4pm.

*I'm awaiting to hear back on which crew I'll be placed with for upcoming Not a Whaler #sailing event.*

The annual Canadian Forces Sailing Association’s #CFSA Not A Whaler Race is taking place on January 1, 2025 at the Canadian Forces Base #Naden, #Esquimalt Harbour. #Sailors will gather at the Sail Training dock.  Boats pay $20.00 and each crew member wanting post race food and drink (chili including vegetarian and alcoholic and non-alcoholic Moose Milk (a Navy tradition) will pay $10.00. We invite our ASV members to join in the post race celebrations or perhaps on a boat as we do have skippers happy to take folks out, however, you will need to be able to negotiate getting in and out of boats without a lift and up and down companion ways of boats. If you are interested in being a crew member on a boat for $10.00 you will need to provide your name and contact beforehand so we can place you on a suitable vessel. You will need to arrive at the docks at 1200. The race itself commences at 1:30 pm for about 1-1.5 hours with boats returning to the docks for the apres sail festivities. You can join in the apres sailing festivities and enjoy chili and libations for $10.00 but please RSVP to fleetcaptain@cfsaesq.ca for either crewing or eating.

CFSA has a long history of supporting accessible sailing in Victoria as it was the program provider since #DisabledSailing came into being in the early 1990’s. CFSA supported the association with space, moorage and assistance with equipment, volunteers and training staff. 

Currently CFSA has had to change the location of their marina resulting in the dock not being accessible until the marina development is completed. Despite not being able to host the sails for the former Disabled Sailing Association (now #AbleSailVictoria (ASV), CFSA has continued to support the programs by #fundraising with the Not A Whaler Race and providing storage space for the program’s equipment during the off season.

https://www.ablesailvictoria.com/calendar/not-a-whaler-race

If you or your family or friends would to make a donation to Able Sail Victoria you can do so directly: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/103503

This will help us to continue our successful programs for which we charge $20.00 while the cost to provide the program is $130.00 per sail. We thank you for being members of ASV and for providing support for this worthwhile program.

This fragile #Christmas pudding is believed to be the last surviving from a batch of 1,000 sent to naval personnel during the Boer War at Christmas in 1900.

The puddings were commissioned by Dame Agnes Weston, a philanthropist known for her kindness to #sailors.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy @NatMuseumRN #BoerWar #militaryhistory #pudding #Christmaspudding