The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor.
My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship.
Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.
No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.
The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better ports, seafarers head for a seamen's mission.
I'd been an Army bomber pilot and fascinated by the Navy and, particularly, the story of the Enterprise, which at Midway really turned the tide in the whole war in our favor. I'd always been proud of that ship and wanted to use the name.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.
I swear like a sailor.
I'm not an experienced sailor.