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“ Ebb Tide “  Lyrics

First the tide rushes in Plants a kiss on the shore Then rolls out to sea and the sea is very still once more So I rush to your side Like the oncoming tide with one burning thought Will your arms open wide? At last we’re face to face And as we kiss through an embrace I can tell, I can feel You are love, you are real Really mine in the rain, in the dark, in the sun Like the tide at its ebb I’m at peace in the web of your arms Ebb tide

“ Subway Car of Redbird Reef “  …  Artificial reef created with old subway cars from the Mass Transit Authority of New York.

“ CHUMS “  …  English and French sailors on leave at a French port [1891]

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Looks just like Lion's Arch from GW2

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“Storm be brewin” the bosun mutters, a tightness in his tone of voice. Back home, rainclouds meant nothing. But on the sea they mean something entirely different.

Back home they mean a warm fireplace. They mean family together around the hearth with a hearty meal and a steaming tea.

On the sea, storms mean hardship. A weathering of body and spirit. Crackling fireplaces are replaced with crackling thunder and lightning. Winds that stir up swells taller than mountains.

It’s here where sailors get separated from landlubbers to salty dogs. It’s here a sailor truly understands the meaning of “Hold Fast".

from Katie Jeffrey pinterest

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Every sailor knows how the unforgiving heat can cause even the most steadfast of minds to unhinge.

Tasked with scraping off barnacles from the hull, Baltus sat dangling off the side of the ship while it was moored in the bay of a small island. His eyes caught movement from the corner of his eye. Turned his head to see and was greeting by a woman sitting on the rocks. Sweat dripped in his face and he raised an arm to clear his vision, but the woman was gone. Left behind were ripples in the water and empty, salty rocks.

[16/? pirates gifsets]

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Just new to the concept of Drabble writing. Here's one of my latest attempts.

Cannons erupted like thunder across the waters as two ships broadsided each other. The larger brig of the Kul Tiran Navy outgunned the smaller cutter of the pirates, but where the pirates lacked in firepower, they made up for in tenacity. Billy heaved on the heavy bronze cannon to reload another shot. Like sangrenel rounds, they used bags filled with tar in hopes to ignite fires on the enemy brig. Billy stirred the bubbling pot filled with tar, thick and black like coffee. Then the sailor loaded the shot followed by the water-drenched bag of tar. “FIRE!” the master gunner yelled.

Character-wise, Billy would be more like Mr. Gibbs, portrayed by Kevin McNally.

Nothing finer than owning yer own ship, matey.