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  1. The #USSAbrahamLincoln arrived in #Thailand Wednesday for its first port call in 9 months during a patrol that’s included 208 consecutive days at sea, 200 days in a #combat zone & concerns about conditions aboard the aircraft carrier.

    …The carrier & its crew of ~5k #sailors & #Marines have been at sea nearly continuously since departing San Diego on Nov 21, 2025.

    …Aircraft carriers typically make port calls every 30 to 45 days for maintenance, resupply & crew rest.

    stripes.com/branches/navy/2026

  2. USS Lincoln headed to port after mental health concerns

    Rachel Mealey: Thousands on board the USS Abraham Lincoln will finally get a rest this week after reports…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #CA #Canada #Health #Irán #MentalHealth #podcast #sailors #UnitedStates #USNavy #USSAbrahamLincoln #war
    newsbeep.com/ca/878002/

  3. USS Lincoln headed to port after mental health concerns

    Rachel Mealey: Thousands on board the USS Abraham Lincoln will finally get a rest this week after reports…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #Health #Iran #MentalHealth #Podcast #sailors #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #USNavy #USSAbrahamLincoln #War
    newsbeep.com/uk/755351/

  4. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    They were a rough lot indeed, as sailors mostly are: being men rooted out of all the kindly parts of life, and condemned to toss together on the rough seas, with masters no less cruel.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Novel (1886), Kidnapped, ch. 7 “I Go to Sea in the Brig Covenant of Dysart”

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cruelty #difficulties #sailors #hardlife

  5. A Red Sun Rises

    My trip to the mailbox this morning began peacefully enough, a quiet stroll through a slowly brightening day. Then I looked up. The sun hung in a hazy sky, its light filtered by particulates from fires in Quebec, leaving a visible disk that looked like a second moon. The smoke changed the usual morning light from bright yellow to a darker, ruddier hue. Very dramatic.

    Today’s forecast? Thunderstorms, which brought to mind the old adage about skies and sailors. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.” It turns out to be based on atmospheric science, and while the logic doesn’t hold up everywhere all the time (and yes, smoke can interfere with its accuracy), it can be useful. 

    Red Sky at Night: Is the Sailor’s Saying Really True?

    The folklore lines up with two pieces of plain physics: how air moves and how light scatters. Low pressure pulls air together and lifts it, which builds clouds and brings rain. High pressure does the opposite. Air sinks and spreads out, which keeps the sky clear and traps dust and fine particles near the ground. Sailors learned the shorthand long before anyone measured a millibar: low pressure for foul weather, high pressure for fair.

    Happily, forewarned is forearmed (to use another old adage). Now I wait, and watch for the coming storm.

    A red sun rises.

    * * *

    Photo by Red Dot on Unsplash #365Ways #365Ways2026 #atmosphere #folklore #oldSayings #physics #predictions #sailors #Thoughts #weather
  6. #RIP Chris.
    The #RCN It was a small Navy. The senior guys all knew every other. I worked all around this guy, and sailed on the same ship, but not at the same time. Good guy, we were never close, just remembering his service and personality.

    There's fewer of us every year now. #Sailors
    thechronicleherald.remembering

  7. 🚢 Ahoy, sailors! #Iran wants your cash 💸 before you sail their Strait of Hormuz waters. It's like a toll booth, but with extra layers of #bureaucracy and more fine print than a novel 📜. Enjoy those "mandatory" fees while navigating the sea of #legalese and cookies 🍪!
    lloydslist.com/LL1157571/Iran- #Sailors #StraitOfHormuz #TollFees #HackerNews #ngated

  8. #INDIA PROTESTS AFTER 3 INDIAN #SAILORS KILLED #HORMUZ STRAIT: On #June 13, India’s Foreign #Minister summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to formally lodge a complaint after U.S. forces’ hit three #ships off the coast of #Oman, killing 3 #Indian sailors. India stressed that the use of force against commercial #vessels was unjustified.

    dw.com/en/india-news-new-delhi

  9. Tin Can Titans "The Heroic Men & Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron" Sale: $19.99 to $1.99 by John Wukovits Rating: 4.6/5 (1,022 Reviews) #history #wwii #navy #military #books #pacific #destroyer #sailors #war #america #booksky

    Tin Can Titans

  10. In one of the most blatant pieces of malevolent corporate greed I've seen, I'm greeted by headlines today that around 2500 seafarers are still stranded in the Persian Gulf, simply because the shipping companies they work for don't want to spend any extra to fly them back to their homes.


    #Corporategreed #war #iran #persiangulf #shipping #merchantmarine #sailors #seafarers #evil #greed #globalism #corporatism #oligarchy
  11. If #MobyDick has taught me anything, it's that #sailors are #gay, #GayMarriage was always legal under #MaritimeLaw, and whaling ships are just big gay orgies, and that's why they don't want women there to tempt them into being straight.

    This is simply a straightforward reading of the text. If you don't like it, maybe you don't like classic #American #Literature. 🇺🇸 📖 🫡

  12. Definition of insanity via NYT Arrival of 2,500 #Marines + another 2,500 #sailors is keeping no. of American troops in #Mideast region at over 50,000 roughly 10,000 more than usual as Tump decides next step. Still unclear just what Marines, from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, will be charged with US officials say president is weighing whether to try a larger #attack, like venturing to seize an island or other ground as part of Trump’s effort 2 open #StraitOfHormuz nytimes.com/2026/03/29/us/poli #war

  13. 3,500 U.S. #MARINES AND #SAILORS ARRIVE IN MIDDLE EAST: The USS Tripoli arrived in the Middle East, carrying the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), which is capable of seizing territory and intercepting vessels. aje.news/zgevw1?update=4443575

  14. Chilean Photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)

    Captured images of bars, nightlife, sailors ... moments that really tell stories.
    Larrain spent ten years on the road doing photography before pursuing a life of solitude - writing, drawing + meditating.

    #sergiolarrain #Valparaiso #photography #photographer #sailors #blackandwhite #nightlife #streetlife #bars #barlife #london #chile #bwphoto #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #fotografia #fotografie #streetmeeting #barmeeting #rendezvous

  15. Chilean Photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)

    Captured images of bars, nightlife, sailors ... moments that really tell stories.
    Larrain spent ten years on the road doing photography before pursuing a life of solitude - writing, drawing + meditating.

    #sergiolarrain #Valparaiso #photography #photographer #sailors #blackandwhite #nightlife #streetlife #bars #barlife #london #chile #bwphoto #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #homoeroticphotography #homoerotic #streetmeeting #barmeeting #rendezvous #fotografia #fotografie

  16. Chilean Photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)

    Captured images of bars, nightlife, sailors ... moments that really tell stories.
    Larrain spent ten years on the road doing photography before pursuing a life of solitude - writing, drawing + meditating.

    #sergiolarrain #Valparaiso #photography #photographer #sailors #blackandwhite #nightlife #streetlife #bars #barlife #london #chile #bwphoto #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #homoeroticphotography #homoerotic #streetmeeting #barmeeting #rendezvous #fotografie #fotografia

  17. Chilean Photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)

    Captured images of bars, nightlife, sailors ... moments that really tell stories.
    Larrain spent ten years on the road doing photography before pursuing a life of solitude - writing, drawing + meditating.

    #sergiolarrain #Valparaiso #photography #photographer #sailors #blackandwhite #nightlife #streetlife #bars #barlife #london #chile #bwphoto #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #fotografie #fotografia #streetmeeting #barmeeting #rendezvous

  18. 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.

    #PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSports #AdaptiveSailing #Sailing #Sailors #AdaptiveSports #AdaptiveRecreation #VictoriaBC #RVYC #DisabilitySports #WeCanDoIt #AccessibleSports #Inclusion #YYJ #VancouverIsland

  19. *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 [email protected] 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.

    ablesailvictoria.com/calendar/

    If you or your family or friends would to make a donation to Able Sail Victoria you can do so directly: 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.

    #PeopleWithDisabilities #AdaptiveSailing #DisabledSports #DisabledSailors #SailingFundraiser #FunRegatta #RaisingFundsForASV #VictoriaBC #YYJ #CanadianForces #SailingEvent #AccessibleSports

  20. I had a fantastic sail adventure today. Took my friend, Nadene, out for her first Martin 16 sailing experience. She loved it & took a ton of photos. We had fab winds on the waters today & I got to do a lot of keeling 😀 Fun time, on the ocean, on a gorgeous day!

    #PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #boats #OakBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub

  21. It was really foggy out on the ocean today!
    Almost no winds until we reached mouth of the bay. I was happy to take Mom out for her very first sailing experience ☺️ She found it to be very relaxing. We saw some seals, mergansers, few American coots & a couple of buffleheads.
    Back at RVYC on August 22.

    #PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria #AsianMastodon #Teochew #MomAndDaughter

  22. I had a great first solo #sailing session this afternoon. Winds were tricky today. Winds changed directions 5 times in 2 hours. Lots of adjustments on my sails today.

    I got yacht club approval to take my Mom out as my passenger, for her very first sailing adventure, tomorrow morning! I'm pretty stoked about that. Mom has never been in any sailboat before! I'm not taking her very far because she gets scared of open ocean (while I love open ocean!). It will be very nice to take my Mom out for her first sailing experience 😊⛵️

    #PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria

  23. Saving some time by getting towed out to sailing practice course markers, by one of the #RVYC safety/coach #ZodiacBoats.

    I'll upload brief clip of sailing back to marina after practicing some demo race course navigation, soon. Had some nice winds during my first solo adaptive #sailing session today ⛵️😊

    #PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSailing #AdaptiveSailing #ParaSports #AdaptiveSports #DisabledSailing #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Watersports #Sailors #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Coastal #nautical #Sailboat #Martin16 #VanIsle #LekwungenTerritory #SalishSea #PNW #PacificOcean #mariners #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub #AbleSailVictoria