After Hurricane LOTA: Sailing To Old Providence Island Season 2 Episode 17

After Sailing three nights and four days, we arrive in the Island of Old Providence also know as Isla de Providencia generally known as Providencia or Providence, is a mountainous Caribbean island that is part of the Colombian department of Archipelago of San Andrés. The island was destroyed In November 2020, Hurricane LOTA directly impacted the island. An estimated 98% of all infrastructure was destroyed from the impact, making it one of the worst and strongest tropical cyclones to impact Colombia.

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ATTENTION pirates, pirate lovers, & #piratecore perusers: PLEASE listen to ship in a bottle by fin aka steffan argus - & his whole album lost at sea. i really like the song abandon ship too. thank me later

Sea Shanties and Shipboard Music aboard Warships

Traditionally, sea shanties were sung on board both warships and merchant ships to help light the work involved in sailing the ship. They are usually divided into two main groups - capstan shanties, designed to accompany the hard effort involved in heaving on the bars of the ship's capstan, and halyard shanties, where either the rhythm or the words were designed to help the men pull together, for instance when raising a sail pr raising up a new spar to the masthead.

Most shanties follow the same pattern, with short versesand boisterous but repetitive choruses. Sometimes the lyrics were either made up aas the seamen went along, or else improvised or repeated, especially if the task proved longer than the shanty. The words were often less important than the rhythm of the song, although some shanties such Shenandoah or Blow the Man Down have become famous as songs in their own right. Oh and by the way the first known shanties date from the mid-16th century, recorded in the Complaynt of Scotland (1549), but their origins probably lie much further back than that.

It has been argued that sea shanties were much more commonplace on merchant vessels than on warships, as the later were comparatively well manned, so the labour involved in sailing the ship was less arduous. This theory isn't borne out by what we know about life in the sailing navies of the world. While shanties might have been less commonly used as working songs, they were widdely sung as a means of recreation. Music was important on board a sailing man o'war, and instruments such as fiddles, fifes and flutes were often played when sailors were off-duty. And the sailors loved singing on board until ordered to their hammocks at pipe down, these shanties are known as fo'c's'le songs or forebitters. Dancing was also popular, and many captains encouraged it, as a way of keeping spirits high and of providing exercise.

Popular songs in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars were Nancy Dawson, Spanish Ladies and Drops of Brandy and some ships carried an official band, and during the approach of the British Fleet to the enemy at the Battle of Trafalgar, many ships played Rule Britannia, Hearts of Oak or Britons Strike Home.

Shanties during work on board depended on the captain, because not everyone wanted music. It was more like silence aboard a warship so that the men could hear the orders better and not get lost in the singing. But it also happened that there was singing or a flute was played when the anchor was being aweight but that mostly depending on the situation on the ship.

Well the truth was, music such as sea shanties made the work appear easier, whether on board a merchant vessel or a warship. But the shanties went out of favour with the coming of steam. With no sails to raise, and with steam powered capstans there was little need to sing during work. By the later 19th century they had lost their original workmanlike purpose, and shanties became something that were sung for fun and get mixed with the so called sailors songs, rather than as a song of work.

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I’ve had this song stuck in my head for days.

A selection of illustrations by R.F. Zogbaum from the 1898 book Ships and Sailors by James Barnes (Internet Archive), which contains music and lyrics for a number of songs of the sea.

— Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack

I'm very happy to report that the traditional seafarer's ballad "Oh Cruel" now has a great Kate Rusby recording on Spotify!

I learned about this song when Marryat included some of the lyrics in Poor Jack, quoted above. I like Rusby's slightly different lyrics, singing "Haul away, boys, haul away" and not "tura-la, tura-la, tura-lara ley." This needs to go on every classic sea songs and shanties playlist!

Marryat's taste in music is generally good, and he was also credited with helping to revive the song "Spanish Ladies" when he included the lyrics in a popular novel.

HECK YEAH PIRATE SHANTIES !!!

"Come, men, can't any of you sing? Sing now, and raise the dead." - Herman Melville

Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Sea Shanty Bracket! This is a silly little competition to see which sea shanty everybody loves the most. (Or the majority of people, at least.)

I'm currently taking submissions for songs to put in the bracket, which will be comprised of random match-ups. Feel free to include a version of the song that you particularly like along with your submission, if you feel like it!

I've decided to keep my definition of "sea shanty" pretty loose. Songs can be traditional shanties or foc's'le songs, or modern songs modeled after them (ex. Barrett's Privateers). Songs that are generally about the sea or oceangoing lifestyle, but that aren't quite sea shanties (ex. The Mariner's Revenge Song) won't be included in the bracket, but we love them anyways.

Songs that have already been submitted:

Leave Her, Johnny

Mingulay Boat Song

Drunken Sailor

Barrett's Privateers

Randy Dandy O

Fish In The Sea

Running Down To Cuba

Lowlands Away

Happy submitting, and fair winds and following seas to you!

Sailing and Diving with Hot Bikini Sailor Girl | Sail to the Bastimentos Island | S02 : EP25

Hey there, adventure seekers! If you're ready to embark on an unforgettable journey of sailing and diving with a hot bikini sailor girl, then you're in for a treat. Join me and Winnie when we set sail for the stunning Bastimentos Island, located in the enchanting Bocas del Toro, Panama.

In this exciting episode, I will introduce you to the charming Winnie, our hot bikini sailor girl, whom I met at a lively Sunday party at the floating bar. The energy and excitement of sailing with Winnie for the first time is incredible. Together, we navigate the crystal-clear waters on our sailboat, Shanti, as we make our way to the enchanting Bastimentos Island.

As we delve into the depths of the ocean, I go diving underwater to witness the mesmerizing marine life, from vibrant fishes to fellow scuba divers exploring the underwater wonders. The experience is nothing short of exhilarating, and every moment is filled with pure joy and adventure.

So, if you're ready to immerse yourself in the world of sailing, diving, and the irresistible allure of the sailor girl, Winnie, then this episode is tailor-made for you. Join us as we capture the essence of sailing and diving around the stunning Isla Bastimentos, and get ready to set sail and dive into the heart of this captivating journey.

When out on the water, sailors will tend to write shanties, songs, poems, that sort of thing.

Hence the old saying: Verse things happen at sea.

A sea shanty, by Charles Napier Hemy, 1903

The sails are old her sides are rotten - leave her Jonny leave her- His charts the skipper had forgotten. Tome for us to leave her...

The work was hard the voyage was long - leave her Jonny leave her- The seas run high the gale was strong. Time for us to leave her...

We sailed away fro London city - leave her Jonny leave her- Never got there more's the hity- It's time to leave her...

Oh! Leave today or leave tomorrow- leave her Jonny leave her- And leave we that old ship in sorrow. It was time indeed to leave her...

🚢Boat Song Tournament🚢

Round 3A, match 2

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The conversation with @digital-magus (and a subsequent, off-Tumblr conversation with @artcorevelay) about the folk revival origins of "The Wellerman" got me thinking about historical sea songs about the same/similar subjects. This is my favorite version of "Greenland Whale Fisheries", a song which in its earliest form dates back to the early 18th century!

RIP Shane MacGowan.