Guest Claudia Brooks shared this great video she shot of fellow guests climbing to the crow’s nest on Royal Clipper.

Yesterday we asked, what does “jury” mean and where did the term originate? A jury is a temporary or makeshift arrangement of any of a vessel’s gear due to damage, such as a jury rudder. There are a few possibilities to its origins; one an old French word, jornal, or jurnal, for the day, implyng [...]

Today’s challenge is: Jury. Do you know what this phrase means and how it originated? Sailing Lingo aims to test your knowledge of the peculiar and sometimes indecipherable language of sailing. We pose a question and see who can answer it most accurately in the comments on the post. The following day we’ll post the [...]