Are you clewed-up about all those expressions that so enrich the language of sailors-not to mention the landlubbers who have Shanghaied their vocabulary?Do you know Captain Setab's Second Law of Dynamics, or why timbers shiver, even in horse latitudes, where a brass monkey has nothing to fear?This little book, chock-a-block with the wit and wisdom of a Captain who came up through the hawse pipe to command one of the most famous vessels afloat, gives you the whole nine yards.

Born and brought up in Northern Ireland. Captain Nick Bates obtained his 'Master's ticket' in 1975 and shortly afterwards was offered a position on the luxury cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 Since that fateful day, he has remained with the passenger Division of Cunard Line, and latterly with P&O Princess Cruises.