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Underseas Treasure - Yachting to Submerged Wrecks in the British Virgin Islands By Barry E. Monteiro With over four hundred years of ocean traffic going through its balmy waterways, it would be remarkable if the waters around the British Virgin Islands did not hold some.

Sailing Ships in the 1800s By Candis Reade Marine History is dubbed with various tags that characterized the use of the ships and/or the style. The mid-1800s to early the 1900s was dubbed with some affection as the golden age of sailing or the golden age of sailing ships.

The Wonderful Experience Of A Tall Ship Sailing Adventure By Gordon Banks With tall ships being very rare these days, it is becoming more difficult to enjoy a cruise onboard a traditional rigged sailing vessel. However there are still some around and the most popular ships of this kind include brigantines, topsail schooners, barques and brigs.

Yacht Charters Offer Intimate Voyage Alternative By: Tom Sample Sailing the deep, blue waters of an ocean on holiday is a dream come true for many. But, some prefer to do so on a much smaller scale than most cruise ships allow. More rugged and especially private, yacht charter trips are a great alternative for vacationers.

The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to the Financial District. The Seaport is usually considered a historical district, distinct from the neighboring Financial District.

Shanna of Pink Trees sent this fabric in. She said that the ships were at least 12″ high, and the print reminded her of Lisa Congdon (here’s a representative piece) so she gave it to her. I’d love to see more woodcut-y and/or tattoo-flash-y ship imagery on contemporary fabric, wouldn’t you?

1950’s Colourful Yachts Fabric (sold out), at Donnaflower.com. She has a whole section of nautical fabrics.

Inspired by Blair’s venture into fabric screenprinting, it’s all sea-related vintage prints this week. This one is from Bella Dia on Flickr. Add yours to the True Up Flickr pool, tag “sea.” P.S. I know “nautical” is more pithy but I’ve never liked the sound of that word. Plus, I want to include fish.

Here are the top 10 famous sea stories with plenty of atmosphere, adventure and excitement. Runners-up include the Bounty Trilogy, Forrester’s Hornblower saga, Ed Beach’s Run Silent, Run Deep and Tom Heggen’s Mr. Roberts. 10.

I’m Packing Up My Shadows & Setting Fire To Sinking Ships. I think of you sometimes, on nights like this, when I’m alone with my memories; my ache, my time, my head filled with music we used to make through our words.