An absolutely charming video that explains the different rigs of tall ships. (Thanks Rachel W!)
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  January 26th, 2012  4 comments  Nautical Terms and Phrases  Age of Sail, rigging, sails, tall ship By Kevin Zelnio, on August 8th, 2011 5 comments Nautical Terms and Phrases, New Research, Scientist!, Weird cussing, linguistics, Swearing like a Sailor We would be remiss at DSN if we didn’t blog about a paper that was brought to our recent attention. Warning the following material uses profanity with high frequency. Click the more button on your own risk. . . . → Read More: Expletive Infixation and Marine Scien-****in-tists
By para_sight, on April 7th, 2011 One comment Nautical Terms and Phrases, Vessels and Equipment, Weird boat, I'm On A Boat, yacht I want one of these for Christmas or sooner. If some of you all could make that happen for me, that would be super. Just park it next to my dinghy. Thanks. WANT! By Kevin Zelnio, on March 25th, 2011 Leave a comment Music, Nautical Terms and Phrases Melodysheep, Surfing, wave From my favorite science autotuning remixer on youtube, melodysheep. By Miriam Goldstein, on February 26th, 2011 One comment Nautical Terms and Phrases, Social Sciences Sea shanty In honor of Southern Fried Scientist & Bluegrass Blue Crab’s new chickens, I give you the popular mock-shanty “Chicken on a Raft.” Written by British folk singer/songwriter/Royal Navy petty officer Cyril Tawney, the eponymous chicken is actually a fried or poached egg on a piece of toast, served cold and congealed. Ewww. This is the . . . → Read More: Sea Shanty Saturday: Chicken on a Raft
In news that no doubt had you at the edge of your seats all day, Starbucks today unveiled a brand new logo that will be used on all cups at coffee retail locations beginning in March. Well, actually not a brand new logo. More like a modified iteration of their old logo by dropping . . . → Read More: A Tale of Starbucks, Sirens, and Geoffrey-With-The-Great Tooth
After struggling for just the right tattoo design for awhile…I think I found a contender. If I can I just convince to do something with Giant Isopods we may have a big WIN! ~ Derek Nobbs ~: Ballad Of The Wicked. By Dr. M, on November 26th, 2010 One comment Music, Nautical Terms and Phrases, Pictures and Movies, Social Sciences rock and roll, Rock-N-Roll Jennifer Viegas at Discovery has an excellent piece on first use of the term Rock-N-Roll and the first Rock-N-Roll song. “That’s All Right Mama” by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup is the world’s oldest rock and roll song, according to Southeastern Louisiana University rock historian Joseph Burns, who also thinks this song could contain the . . . → Read More: You Can Thank Mariners for Rock-N-Roll
By Dr. M, on March 3rd, 2010 Leave a comment Knots, Nautical Terms and Phrases, Social Sciences Bowline, Eskimo bowline, Inuit, John Ross, Knots The Arctic explorer Sir John Ross brought an Inuit sled back to England. On that sled the rawhide lashing were tied in knot similar to the bowline illustrating that this variant knot’s history does indeed tied to the Inuits. The eskimo bowline is actually much more secure than a typical bowline, especially in the synthetic . . . → Read More: Knot Wednesday: Eskimo Bowline
By Dr. M, on December 2nd, 2009 7 comments Gadgets & Gear, Knots, Nautical Terms and Phrases, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Social Sciences bar fight, DIY, Knot, Knots, monkey's fist Behold! The Monkey's Fist Every ocean scientist should know how to tie a half dozen or so knots. One of those should be a monkey’s fist, name because it looks like a small clenched fist, it was originally tied into the end of a line or rope to add weight. The weighted end could be . . . → Read More: Knot Wednesday: The Monkey’s Fist
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