RipshinRidge

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Royal Sovereign (1701), “The flagship Royal Sovereign saluting at the Nore”, L. De Man, ca. 1725 (detail)

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The pungy schooner Lady Maryland sails north from Norfolk, Virginia en route to St. Michael’s, Maryland, October 23, 2025.

Similar schooners were used between the 1840s and the 1920s as oystering vessels on the Chesapeake Bay.

Video ©️ @the-golden-vanity.

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Roman mosaic depicting Triton, a dolphin, and a fish, found in the Sanctuary of Artemis (Ephesus)

ca. 200 CE

British Museum 1872,0803.72

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The exceptionally beautiful Angie Dickinson

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What is a Knot?

Knots are used to measure speed.

One knot is equivalent to one nautical mile per hour, or approximately 1.15 statute miles per hour.

The term ‘knot’ dates back to the 16th century, when dutch sailors measured their ship’s speed using a device called a ‘common log’. The common log was a rope with knots tied at regular intervals, attached to a piece of wood shaped like a slice of cake. The sailors would lower the piece of wood into the water and let it drift freely behind the ship for a set period of time (often measured using an hourglass).

Once the time had elapsed, they would count the knots between the ship and the piece of wood, and use this number to estimate their speed.

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Bark Europa

Source

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An Ava Gardner photo dump 🌹

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Classic Beauty: Ava Gardner went from Smithfield, NC to Hollywood and became one of the most accomplished and celebrated actresses of her time.

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Sailors aloft on Skongen, the Danish Fifth Thule Arctic Expedition's ship, in Hudson Bay, 1924.

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Sunflower

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Sharon Tate photographed in between takes during the production of “The Fearless Vampire Killers” in 1966

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beautiful

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Fantastic ! :)

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Virginia Mayo 1954

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Gorgeous Virginia Mayo played opposite Dana Andrews in "The Best Years of Our Lives," a fantastic 1946 movie about WW2 veterans trying to adjust to life after the war.

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The paddle steamer Commodore, built in London in 1834, in an 1839 painting by William Clark.

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SS Great Western, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built in 1838, was the first steam vessel specifically made for trans-Atlantic service. Her hull was made of oak, and her 750HP steam engine was complemented by sails on four masts.

1838 aquatint print by Rudolph Ackermann, John Sell Cotman, and Henry P. Papprill.