#love boat captain

[looseygoosey66]

This is a heavy subject but there's a side of it few people are actually aware of. OnJune 30th 2000 nine people were killed at a festival being co-headlined by Pearl Jam. While most people associate the event with PJ (with the event coordinator even going so far as to claim that the band was known to instigate rough behavior from their audiences), IMO it's pretty unfair given the abject failure by event security and staff. 1 of the organizers even said that something like this was bound to happen because of how lax the rules were up to that point.

After the Roskilde tragedy in 2000, many people who had attended were questioned by police who were trying to determine if anyone could be held legally liable. Below is the account of 2 sisters from that night. To hear their version of events, at least 2 of the people who died that night were already on the ground unresponsive before Pearl Jam even took the stage. The girls insist that the statements they made to law enforcement were later altered because of how damning they were towards event security and festival organizers. Read for yourself - what do you think?

[sadclowncentral]

hi would you say the barrier of entry for sailing is very high?

my family had a house near the beach so i spent every summer in the sea so i absolutely ADORE IT and wanted to learn how to sail recreationally but it's always seemed so expensive + hard to get into

advice or opinions are greatly appreciated if you have any to offer<3

btw i love ur blog ty :)

i would absolutely encourage you to try sailing out and i think it's a great sport to get into! i have introduced dozens of people to sailing so far and almost all of them hit the ground running. the learning curve is steep and even just joining for the first times without touching anything is exhilarating so no moment learning is wasted. strong motion sickness or a paralyzing fear of the ocean notwithstanding, i truly think everyone can learn the ropes (haha) and that quickly! we always joke that it is very easy to get a boat sailing and very hard to get it sailing fast, but you have the rest of the life to figure out the latter and even if you don't you will have a grand time on the water.

you did not specify if you want to get on a sailing yacht (that you can sleep and do long tours on) or a smaller dhingy so i will answer both and i hope it is helpful!

SAILING YACHTS:

when it comes to sailing yacht, the real challenge is not sailing but owning a boat, and that is where the financial barriers come in. i will not lie to you - owning a boat is really expensive, and i am talking 5 to 6 figures a year expensive for a middle-sized sailing yacht including mooring, fixes, equipment, utilities, tools, and everything else. you can absolutely find cheap boats sold at every coast line - but buying a boat is not expensive, having a boat is. (guy who just bought a rope for 600 human dollars voice) heed my warning.

THE GOOD NEWS: you absolutely do NOT need a boat to learn sailing on a yacht. everywhere there is a marina there is people looking for crew, and many sailing clubs have programmes for beginners to get you on a yacht and try it out! there are also many summer programmes to join on larger tours and learn sailing. i would encourage you to bring a friend or two because it's much easier to flounder around on a new ship in groups, but it is absolutely worth trying out and again - even being on a boat is exiting, and you learn by doing!

now. sailing is not a dangerous sport and this is my heightened sense for safety of a sailing instructor speaking. but! if you join on a boat even as a visitor please think of that sailing tumblr blog in your life and tell the captain that before you go out of the water you would like to know: 1) the number for local search and rescue, and 2) the position of the fire extinguisher, the lifeboat/life ring, and the emergency shut-off and 3) that you want to wear a life vest unrelated to weather conditions. if they make jokes about you being a worry-wart, take them in stride, but if they refuse to do any of this, you tell them that they are irresponsible and leave. things rarely go wrong but they can and i want you to know what to do. okay? sailing is not scary but being unprepared is. okay PSA over.

DHINGY SAILING:

dhingy sailing is the most fun, the closest to the water, and the fastest way to learning sailing because you are together with one other person max facing the winds. yes you will most certainly get wet, but it is very safe, close to shore, incredibly fun and exhilarating, teaching you self-reliance, reflexes, trains your sense of balance and gives you abs. it's the perfect sport. can you tell i teach dhingy sailing

if you want to learn dhingy sailing, again, do NOT immediately buy a dhingy. while they are far less expensive they are still a hassle and setting up the mast without knowing your way around a boat will discourage you from sailing forever. instead, again, join a sailing club or a short course to learn dhingy sailing!

many places can give you intensive courses and certificates that qualify you to lend out dhingys afterwards our you join a sailing club with their own dhingys (which there are a lot of everywhere!). most offer weekly or even daily sailing lessons and group sailing and faster than you know you will flying over the water. the financial barrier here could be the course cost as they vary widely (my students pay 50 euros a year but some places will cost you that or more an hour it's hard to gauge). apart from that, you will have to invest in a neoprene suit and a sailing west, but that's the extent of it.

all in all, give sailing a try! it is the most rewarding hobby i can think of and my heart aches for everyone who lives at the coast and doesn't best the waves one way or another. and again, i cannot stress it enough: being on the water is half the fun. everything else will happen in due time. the ocean waits for you! happy sailing!

[revelisms]

He knows the sweet must of parchment and black-inked pens as much as he knows the dew-damped green of spring; knows the taste of lemon gin as much as the cool dash of seaspray off a sunkissed stern; knows that he is feared before he is fawned for, is loathed before he is loved, forgotten for his two left feet and the hairless crown he smothers beneath his caps—

But, oh, his laughter.

Lethal as a dragon's, and warm enough to match. A smile that comes too naturally, when someone finally wrangles it out of him—and plummets, sniffed off, just as swiftly. "Shut up."

What is Secondo, if not stomping boots and perpetual grumblings; lectures that snap one's attention at the neck, and welds eyes too wary to stray; hands that are steady in their roughness, tethered to a body that envelops, cherishes—

He is half-mumbled songs over toiling stews, sleeves shucked over strong forearms and towels thwipped at his shoulder; evening drives into the sun's slow-bloomed decay, the wind whistling at the windows—

He is a man as comfortable in his clothes as he is outside of them, and yet the quickest to flush at any scrap of admiration. Patience thin as a hair, with temper Vesuvian enough to match.

With his eldest brother, he is a snarking spouse; with his closest, an absent father; with his youngest, a beast not to be poked.

To their congregation, he is voice like fire and heart like glass, the Past on his breath and blood-magick in his veins, demons at his heels and Hell painted beneath his fingertips.

To himself—

Wrist cocked at the helm, a motor broiling beneath his feet, sun sweet in his eyes. The sea his horizon, her breath his home.

To himself, he is linen shirts and wine on his teeth, pirate captain that never was; Charon for souls no longer lost, ferried across an ocean well and living.

The day's warmth is slipping down, down to the tides: a glow more vibrant than the Fallen Light, itself. Salt and simplicity and free with laughter, her shores ebbing and glimmered.

One final glimpse of summer, before autumn comes to paint their valleys red.

Secondo will drink it in, long as he can.

On a rickety old radio, guitar strings murmur.

Sul mare luccica l'astro d'argento...

He breathes deep, breathes slow. Turns the wheel beneath his hand, and sings along, soft and smirked, like always.

Placida è l'onda, prospero è il vento...

secondo / sunrays

[gummywormqueen]

guess who’s clown ass made a baby for their fave crk ship ever + some designs for older licorice and dark choco <33

[alejunsu]

PlayBoyy EP11 (Keen x Captain)

[aye-aye-captain]

Richard Burton & John Hanning Speke | Mountains of the Moon (1990) | Part 1/2

[civilization-illstayrighthere]

89 year old baby girl that says whatevs

[honeylemonbutte]

It's still Oct 30th (here) so my Happy Birthday January Cohen post isn't late! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MC!!! 🥳

Sofia: I'm Ripley from Aliens, in the power loader. Jam is Jonesy the cat. Jam: I think this counts as a couple's costume, and look - Sofia made this! The whole thing! I helped a little! James (aside to Ruby): If I recall correctly, wasn't January a cat last Halloween too...? Ruby: I believe Cohen is "committing to the bit" Detective. Although, I confess, I am more partial to last year's costume.

Sofia & the Fernweh gang by @lacunafiction, January Cohen is my MC.

[dextraicarus1994]

This scene is what made me love this two. Even if Sam didn't knew Marcus very well, he saved him from that hell of a prison because he believes in his convictions and wanted to stop Eden madness. Man, how I wish there was a flashback where they get to talk about the big attack in the Wastelands and maybe a goodbye coming from Sam (who in a way knew he would die in the battlefield but knowing that he was figthing for a just cause, for the freedom of people and maybe thanking Marcus for what he was doing and to never fall into the corruption of what Eden became) Man, I feel alone in this boat. 😢😢😢💔💔💔💔 I need more content of them, dang it.😭😭😭😭😢😢😢 Can't be the only one who love this two. 😢😢😢👉👈💔💔💔💔

[s0fter-sin]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Call of Duty (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: John Price & Simon "Ghost" Riley, John Price/Simon "Ghost" Riley Characters: John Price (Call of Duty), Simon "Ghost" Riley Additional Tags: Drabble, Pre-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Platonic Relationships, Ghost’s Comic Backstory, Past Abuse, Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Simon "Ghost" Riley Has PTSD, Panic Attacks, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Sensory Deprivation Series: Part 5 of Soft’s Twt Threads Summary:

Simon who’s still new to being Ghost; new to the mask, new to Price’s team and maybe let too early back in the field when he’s caught in a blood bath.

There's fallen enemies everywhere, all by his bullets or his blade; his uniform more red than black as he stands panting, staring at nothing.

Lost to the abrupt stillness.

[morffyne]

@pulpbrother

[awtysm-cryptid]

the way Barbossa made a face of exasperation when Jack went flying from Becketts ship to the Pearl in At World's End

how many times has smth like that happened? how many times has Barbossa had to witness this in their youth? how many times did it go wrong at first and Barbossa have to save Jack?

[glasscatowl]

I'm torn between thinking that Lucy is low-key psychic and her general 'sensitivity' is her sensing a disturbance in the Force, and thinking that if the old dude I'd been regularly chatting to was found dead by a broken neck on my favourite bench that very morning, I'd be freaked out too.

[gameraboy2]

Lorne Greene and Richard Hatch stopping by for Thanksgiving dinner on The Love Boat (1977), "Thanksgiving Cruise"

[brewed-pangolin]

@glitterypirateduck over here sprinkling out inspiration dust like some kinda smut fueled fairy.

First, ya got me to put our Johnny boy in a 4Runner...

And then you just slide in asking for the Captain on a beach!?!?!

What!?!?

I'll do you one more!!!

Yeah. We're putting the Captian on a boat.

[rxttenfish]

sits here and thinks so so so much about the official miravi anthem