That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 11, 2019

It all started when someone just wanted to hang wet sheets out to dry.

“Warp speed?! Captain, even with me missus’ bloomers on the top mast we won’t be able to outrun that Romulan warship!”

“Blow, boys, blow! They’re gainin’ on us!”

Where is the Pinta?

“Captain? Sir, I forgot to go to the bathroom before we left port. Can we pull over for just a minute?”

It was a good day to be at sea……looking for that man from Nantucket.

It was a low speed chase as the Coast Guard cuter tried to intercept the smugglers.

When they changed the name to Sluggish and Slow To Anger, the show found a new audience.

she sails seaworthy ships on the sea to the shore seasonally.

Greta’s greatest achievement to fight climate change. New Norweigan Cruise Line ships….

Captain, the corvette is gaining on us.

Don’t look now, but I think we’re being followed.

Hanging the canvas out to dry…

The first America’s Cup Race

How cute! The mommy ship is taking her baby ship out for its first sail!

Most sea chases in the time of sail were more like chess matches, with seemingly insignificant moves here and there making the difference in the end.

The main disadvantage to using petticoats for sails were the seamen stains…

I love watching them drift so dangerously close and not fall over the edge of the world.

“I think someone is follow us. Do you think they are using the same wind we are using?”

Two Royal Navy corvettes on patrol in the southern ocean, their stun’sails set to catch the best of the light winds: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Somerscales_-_Two_Royal_Navy_corvettes_(1921).jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelop size painting, along with a Description.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/somerscales_thomas_j.html 

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp38122/thomas-jaques-somerscales 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=9952 

https://www.vallejogallery.com/artist.php?artist=thomas_j._somerscales&id=106 

http://www.artnet.com/artists/thomas-jacques-somerscales/ 

https://thebiography.us/en/somerscales-thomas 

http://www.mcnbiografias.com/app-bio/do/show?key=somerscales-thomas 

http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Thomas_Jacques_Somerscales/11071600/Thomas_Jacques_Somerscales.aspx 

https://books.google.com/books?id=WVjCAAAAQBAJ&q=Somerscales&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q=Somerscales&f=false 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, Google Chrome can translate as necessary, and the askart.com bio can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to than what’s perhaps pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2305 (October 10, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Quite beautiful, actually.

Starring Vin Diesel’s ancestor, Vincent Windpower.

“O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

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_______Walt Whitman

Hmm. We seem to be in the Sargasso Sea. Don’t worry, the wind will pick up in a few months, and then we’ll really pull ahead.

Moments before the alien spaceship emerges from the depths.

Nay!! But remember to pee to the lee…..

Final lap of the Atlantis 500.

The original version of “Corvette Summer”.

Capt. nemo; to make his ship go faster tied on a few extra sails. but it made the ship look really fat.

“Where the f@&$ is he going?”

Well truthfully, the exciting part was when Admiral Nelson crossed old Frenchy’s T!

They piled on even more sail/ but did so to no avail/ for, too seasick for steering/ as they had been fearing/ the Captain hung over the rail.

Is it a cartoonist’s holiday?