Pictures and other stuff of Nautical Coolness, in the broadest sense. During my travels over the great uncharted waters of the Interwebs, looking for victims for my other site I do occasionally stumble upon pictures/video’s/quotes and/or other stuff of extreme nautical coolness. These will be posted here, without (hardly) a word. Just enjoy! Ask me anything below. Submit your own Nauti-Cool item, also below Email me : Tumblr (3.0; @nauticool)http://nauticool.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4e3137fad2678b9c9954d912b59064c9/tumblr_moiqp7JOYP1qd7ygho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://adventures-of-the-blackgang.tumblr.com/post/53168827974/it-is-a-tried-and-true-cinematic-gimmick-to-trap" target="_blank">adventures-of-the-blackgang</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>It is a tried and true cinematic gimmick to trap adults in a confined space so they must face their past and confront the present.  Ships crewed by sweaty nomads with checkered pasts have all the right ingredients. Just add water and you get</p> <p><span><em>Heart Stopping Terror<br/> on the High Seas!!!</em></span></p> <p><span><em><img alt="" src="http://c.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image_thumb71.png"/></em></span></p> <p><em><strong><a href="https://gcaptain.com/maritime-monday-june-seventeen-twentythirteen-horror/" target="_blank">Maritime Monday for June 17th, 2013: The Horror, The Horror…</a></strong></em></p> <p>By Monkey Fist On June 16, 2013</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/53187418030http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/53187418030Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:45:07 +0200maritime mondaylink<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fbf76bc8af4f227e3ba0482e6ffa03a4/tumblr_mkjz7pbPwP1qe31lco2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1c08fa5bfec8d16584b23288884b73f2/tumblr_mkjz7pbPwP1qe31lco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3325df909ab80fdf87a050bcbf73e030/tumblr_mkjz7pbPwP1qe31lco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5aa87d617a91a1b8a92a2640285ec694/tumblr_mkjz7pbPwP1qe31lco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb1597990d62d5c21c9a6747d1525769/tumblr_mkjz7pbPwP1qe31lco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ce0fe817133455f22445f2dbb12c85c/tumblr_mkjz7pbPwP1qe31lco6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://youcancallmealfosho.tumblr.com/post/52712926928/hiroshi-sugimoto-seascapes-1980-93-caribbean" target="_blank">youcancallmealfosho</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/index.html" target="_blank">Hiroshi Sugimoto</a>, <em>Seascapes, </em>1980-93</p> <ol><li>C<em>aribbean<em> Sea, Jamaica </em></em></li> <li><em><em><em>Sea of Japan, Hokkaido</em></em></em></li> <li><em><em>Tasman Sea, Ngarupupu</em></em></li> <li><em>Black Sea, Ozuluce</em></li> <li><em>Red Sea, Safaga</em></li> <li><em>Tyrrhenain Sea, Scilla</em></li> </ol></blockquote> <p>These pics also look like they’ve been taken during restricted vis (rule 19).</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52724701712http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52724701712Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:54:46 +0200seabwart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3272e38d04254cba83e86d765191556e/tumblr_mo11xkcU0Y1ssmi7mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ocean-liners.tumblr.com/post/52380799516/r-m-s-olympic-in-the-southampton-floating" target="_blank">ocean-liners</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>R.M.S. Olympic in the Southampton floating drydock.</p> <p>Source: (<a href="http://ultimatetitanic.com/rms-olympic-britannic/#.UbHvkvnVB8E" target="_blank">X</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52724681075http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52724681075Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:54:28 +0200oldbwpassengerlinerdrydock<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dcedaaedcf2fe7382f1cf2abad19fd54/tumblr_mo74ryZJES1qldhy8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/07b23250f9940febd18c6397cde9423b/tumblr_mo74ryZJES1qldhy8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb096d20c2fa8f5c784b6c950845a3f4/tumblr_mo74ryZJES1qldhy8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sailorgil.tumblr.com/post/52679051093/jicoo-floating-bar-departs-from-hinode" target="_blank">sailorgil</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>” Jicoo — Floating Bar “</strong>  …  Departs from Hinode Pier, Odaiba Seaside Park, Tokyo Bay</p> <p>More Info:  <a href="http://www.jicoofloatingbar.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.jicoofloatingbar.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jicoofloatingbar.com/</a></a> </p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52697936730http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52697936730Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:26:59 +0200coolfloating restaurant<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c3d1bc51c6427790dab787d2b1b1203/tumblr_mo5u78Ynhv1qd7ygho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://adventures-of-the-blackgang.tumblr.com/post/52604712874/ss-exodus-the-ship-built-at-sparrows-point-md" target="_blank">adventures-of-the-blackgang</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img alt="" src="http://cf.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image_thumb43.png"/></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://c.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image_thumb44.png"/></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Exodus" target="_blank"><em><span>SS Exodus</span></em></a></p> <blockquote> <p>The ship, built at Sparrows Point, MD in 1911, was formerly the packet steamer <strong>SS <em>President Warfield</em></strong> for the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Steam_Packet_Company" target="_blank"><em>Baltimore Steam Packet Company</em></a>, (American steamship line from 1840 to 1962) providing overnight steamboat service on the Chesapeake Bay, primarily between Baltimore, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia.</p> <p><strong><em>President Warfield</em></strong> was expropriated in 1942 by the War Shipping Administration for national defense as a transport during World War II. Following the end of World War II, the <em>President Warfield</em> was decommissioned and returned to the War Shipping Administration for disposal as surplus.</p> <p>The old President Warfield was eventually acquired in early 1947 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad_Le%27aliyah_Bet" target="_blank"><em>Mossad Le’aliyah Bet</em></a>, a Jewish organization helping Holocaust survivors illegally reach Palestine, then under British mandate.</p> <p>The former Baltimore Steam Packet and U.S. Navy steamship was renamed <strong><em>Exodus</em></strong> when she embarked from France for Palestine on July 11, 1947, carrying 4,515 passengers. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Steam_Packet_Company" target="_blank">+</a></p> </blockquote> <p><img alt="" src="http://c.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image_thumb31_thumb_thumb.png"/></p> <p>The <strong><em>Exodus</em></strong> arrives at Haifa in July 1947<br/><a href="http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=http://www.nam.ac.uk/images/online/palestine/images/112806.jpg" target="_blank"><em>1000 × 767</em></a></p> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://gcaptain.com/maritime-monday-june-ten-twntythrteen-exodus/" rel="bookmark" title="Maritime Monday for June 10th, 2013: Movement of Jah People" target="_blank">Maritime Monday for June 10th, 2013: <em>Movement of Jah People</em></a></h2> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52617422795http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52617422795Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:50:00 +0200Maritime Mondaylink<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc70ee328bd8466fc59afa650017d598/tumblr_mffthixFff1qhcnj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arcroll.tumblr.com/post/49362102781/unita-di-misura" target="_blank">arcroll</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>| unitá di misura |</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52406340830http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52406340830Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:21:43 +0200bow<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/92b9593f4ebfb590d145c965cd3f9d2d/tumblr_mo153xs5cr1s7f3fyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/52384448903/boats-ferry-through-a-canal-to-bypass-the" target="_blank">natgeofound</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Boats ferry through a canal to bypass the Peloponnesus in Corinth, Greece, December 1956.<br/><span>Photograph by David Boyer, National Geographic</span></p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52405045070http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52405045070Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:03:51 +0200canaltug<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fa55d324a288a48595665bd72c9aa5b2/tumblr_mn84p7666V1r953sco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckeverythingbecomeapirate.tumblr.com/post/51934762129/blue-ayrfield-by-rodney-campbell" target="_blank">fuckeverythingbecomeapirate</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Blue Ayrfield, by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodneycampbell/5489770781/sizes/o/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Rodney Campbell</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52237907688http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52237907688Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:19:36 +0200wreckbushnight<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/190926eb617c8772b6fa0b5bfbfedecb/tumblr_mnvor29UpB1qzleu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52170322200http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52170322200Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:14:27 +0200sailing yachtaerial<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c4d31ab631e4c39a747b2db196dadcda/tumblr_mnubn0CMgf1qhcnj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52170291151http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52170291151Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:14:01 +0200passengerlinerOld<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ef7de72c575c94d8ca5bb4ad47b2410/tumblr_mnsljluo8V1s7d53bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52169391127http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52169391127Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:01:53 +0200wreckcanoe<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcvdlqbjWU1qaobbko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52127934467http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52127934467Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:28:30 +0200just saying<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b884bd1f10df346fa9ac9cb5109e33d6/tumblr_mnsrjpq7951qd7ygho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://adventures-of-the-blackgang.tumblr.com/post/52028028176/maritime-monday-for-june-3rd-2013-float-float" target="_blank">adventures-of-the-blackgang</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img alt="" src="http://cf.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/saucers.jpg"/></p> <h1><a href="http://gcaptain.com/maritime-monday-june-third-twntythrtn-hovercraft/" target="_blank">Maritime Monday for June 3rd, 2013:<br/><em>Float, Float On…</em></a></h1> <p><img alt="" src="http://c.gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image_thumb2.png"/></p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52073716220http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52073716220Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:03:28 +0200Maritime Mondaylink<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/583b9cce73de079a9c15e862cc323d80/tumblr_mn2dcsAoPR1sptjjto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mrsmarky.tumblr.com/post/50850924771/a-boat-carrying-boats" target="_blank">mrsmarky</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A boat carrying boats!</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52073606350http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52073606350Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:01:58 +0200tiltshifttugGeneral Cargoyacht<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vesgFkgP0Oo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://captainrande.com/post/52053633021/motor-lifeboat-jam" target="_blank">captainrande</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Motor Lifeboat Jam</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52073563104http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52073563104Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:01:24 +0200videorescueboatwave<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bea77740af908bcffd69fed12381aab/tumblr_mnhe8sNKnw1qzgm16o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jooces.tumblr.com/post/51809303118/keep-sailing" target="_blank">jooces</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9939547@N08/8833496194/in/pool-627001@N23/lightbox/" target="_blank">Keep Sailing</a></p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52072961112http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52072961112Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:52:35 +0200Bowwave<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c1a22ee3904027ceb4709de5b39b760/tumblr_mnrttwdWVs1qhttpto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6eaaf53bf75b3ec73d79099cbf4bd735/tumblr_mnrttwdWVs1qhttpto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff08435a635fcfb77d00521e74370a6a/tumblr_mnrttwdWVs1qhttpto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b9087fdc4cc92da78603dd1e2e63566c/tumblr_mnrttwdWVs1qhttpto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4090788822a220f0db04a8181f5fb79d/tumblr_mnrttwdWVs1qhttpto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theartofanimation.tumblr.com/post/51971804206/denis-zilber" target="_blank">theartofanimation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://deniszilber.com/" target="_blank">Denis Zilber</a></p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52002991069http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/52002991069Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:47:12 +0200funnycartoonsea<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a0f79b9d60c43893f02ea8b6770eefa/tumblr_mnkuc7tmUK1qmz3kto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/51823094909http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/51823094909Fri, 31 May 2013 21:53:57 +0200HDRAnchorbulbousbow<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ef854f30a12ea7ea18d878484d5a1be4/tumblr_mnh6urmHOY1qldhy8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sailorgil.tumblr.com/post/51502830531/waikawau-bay-new-zealand-photographer" target="_blank">sailorgil</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>” Waikawau Bay, New Zealand</strong>  <strong>“ </strong> …  Photographer:  Steve Burling</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/51551944850http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/51551944850Tue, 28 May 2013 13:01:14 +0200sunreflectionclouds<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/04addab77cfd986f18a1649855c1a508/tumblr_mm8p0dyeAb1s1n0i8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://livingthatfreelife.tumblr.com/post/49533799463/the-wreck-of-the-co-worker-by-hugh-spicer-on" target="_blank">livingthatfreelife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65166290@N00/8701653348/" title="The wreck of the Co-Worker" target="_blank">The wreck of the Co-Worker</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65166290@N00/" target="_blank">Hugh Spicer</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/51551905465http://nauticool.tumblr.com/post/51551905465Tue, 28 May 2013 13:00:16 +0200wreckbeach