Tag: Yachting History
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AS WE CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, LET’S DISCUSS PIRATE QUEENS: NASSAU’S LEGENDARY FEMALE BUCCANEERS The swashbuckling tale of feminist icons Anne Bonny and Mary Read and their search for independence in the azure seas of the Bahamas The power of a successful movie franchise is demonstrated by the impossibility of saying the word “pirates” without…
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I’ve often thought that when it comes to drinking toasts there’s invariably something sentimental about them. “Well, obviously,” I hear you say, as they’re usually conceived with an arm around a best friend and a bellyful of wine. Being a keen amateur enthusiast in the life of libation, I’ve collected in my head (but first…
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Noel’s flood is a joke by Geoffrey Chaucer in his Miller’s Tale – part of the Canterbury set. It’s invented by the young wife of an older carpenter, and her would-be lodger lover to persuade him to set up barrels hanging from his roof rafters into which they should climb at night, to be sure…