All Aboard (July): Sunburn & Ocean Slang
Hello boat lovers and welcome back to a fresh month of tips, ideas, conversation and inspiration direct from the ocean waves. Each month the GS Product’s team bring you the best posts and online resources from out on the water.
This month, stay safe in the sun with suncream 101, learn some fresh maritime colloquialisms to impress old sea dogs and watch a shipping container travel the length of Northern Europe in five stunning minutes.
How to Avoid Sunburn on Deck
With the wind in your hair and the spray on your skin, it can be easy to become complacent about the power of the sun. With the UK experiencing a heatwave this month, it’s never been more tempting to hit the water with skin on show. It’s also rarely been more important to protect your skin from the harmful short and long term effects of UV.
This helpful blog from Max Sea is all about keeping your skin safe from the sun. From a helpful pictorial guide to the right amount of SPF protection for your skin tone and exposure time, to understanding just how waterproof your suncream is, Max Sea has all the info you need to stay safe in the sun.
Do You Speak “Maritime”?
Every subculture has its own lexicon, from Cockneys in London’s East End to drag queens in the ballrooms of New York. On the water, things are no different and ocean-goers everywhere develop their own language for their way of life. This interesting article, posted on Capt. Rodriguez‘s tremendous Bitter End blog, runs through some common maritime colloquialisms.
- Do you recognise any of these colloquialisms? Do you have any alternatives you use in place of terms like “Bristol Fashion” and “Bowling Tom”? Are the terms on this list exclusive to the UK or have you heard them used worldwide? Share your thoughts with other sea-goers below.
Experience The N.Europe Run From a Container Ship in 5 Minutes
If you have five minutes to procrastinate today, there are certainly worse ways to do it than by watching this epic video, filmed aboard the container ship MV Cavat over the course of one run from Riga, Latvia to Bremerhaven, Germany, calling at ports including Tallinn, Klaipeda, Gdynia and Hamburg. It’s a whistlestop tour, all condensed into 5 minutes of breath-taking and completely compelling video.
Big thanks to the gCaptain blog for sharing this treasure, and to creator 2nd mate George Leonov for putting it all together for our enjoyment.
Do you have any maritime lingo to share with us? Do you have any amazing seafaring videos you can’t stop watching? Share it all with other readers below.
