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a white plate topped with fish and vegetables

Did you know the tern "a square meal" came from the way meals were served to crew during good weather? Warm, on square wooden platters. Follow along and learn more nautical terms with Viking! #wordoftheday #nautical #phrases #vikingcruises #funfact #myvikingstory #seafaring

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an image of a boat with the caption nautical term, the devil to pay

Did you know that the phrase "the devil to pay" came from the nautical practice of "paying," or sealing, the deck seams with tar, the "devil" seam being the most difficult. "Paying the devil" was considered to be a most unpleasant task. Follow along and learn more nautical terms with Viking Cruises! #wordoftheday #nautical #phrases #vikingcruises #funfact #myvikingstory

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the title page for sailors'language

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

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an article about sailing jargon

Ever been confused by nautical terms and sailing jargon? Do sailing expressions and nautical phrases leave you all at sea? Can’t tell your boom from your bumkin or your tumblehome from your baggywrinkle? This glossary of seafaring jargon will have you speaking like an old salt in minutes!

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the different types of sailboats are shown in black and white on a white background

San Francisco September 5, 2012 281 days until the Arctic Circle expedition So yesterday I promised to help us all avoid future humiliation when hanging out with sailors: what to call his or her ve…

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the parts of a sailboat labeled in black and white, with names on it

I have to say that I never thought of this blog as a general one. It is not. It is a blog dedicated to yachtsmen all over the world, even if they own or not their boat, but it can be visited and enjoyed by any other person. For them this time, there is the […]

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