Dave Zobel's Bent Book of Boatspeak
Subtitle: How to Sound Like a Sailor and Know Just Enough to Be Dangerous
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Published: May 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780071358170
Subjects: Humour; Sports & Recreation; English; Sports; Boating - General; General; Sailing - General; Sports & Recreation / General; Humor; Topic - Sports; Boats and boating; Sailing; Terminology
First sentence: In Shakespeare's first draft of The Merchant of Venice, a minor character named Polio, out on a jaywalking tour of Venice, pauses to wring out his clothes and is immediately accosted by one Dranio, intent on selling him a boat before the real owner shows up.