| Steaming up the Coast |
| Yarns and Poems by |
| Captain Rick Ashton |
This is the second book containing sayings, stories and antics
taken from the experiences of Captain Rick Ashton and his
past and present shipmates from over thirty-seven years in the
Canadian Coast Guard.
Captain Ashton weaves these stories into his sometimes rough
and rugged poetry and shares the feelings of the sailors who
experienced them.
At the end of the book are brief definitions of nautical terms
used in Captain Ashton's poems.
These poems create a world of familiarity for those not familiar
with the sea with its infinite roads to adventures and fantasies.
taken from the experiences of Captain Rick Ashton and his
past and present shipmates from over thirty-seven years in the
Canadian Coast Guard.
Captain Ashton weaves these stories into his sometimes rough
and rugged poetry and shares the feelings of the sailors who
experienced them.
At the end of the book are brief definitions of nautical terms
used in Captain Ashton's poems.
These poems create a world of familiarity for those not familiar
with the sea with its infinite roads to adventures and fantasies.
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| Excerpt from "Lost Luggage": We were in the Gulf, north of PEI. A guy came on board by helicopter, from Ottawa; then to leave a week or so later with others, on their way ashore; his luggage, on top of the pile in the cargo net. “Almost too windy for flying,” the Pilot told the Mate just before he lifted off the deck. The chopper was quite high in the air but not high enough that you couldn't see the “Suit” his hands and nose pressed against the side window. You could just about make out his tonsils. Not only did his suitcases jettison themselves out of the net but …- blue sky and white fluffy clouds their background - one opened, somehow allowing his clothes and papers… and things to flutter like confettee. Yes, his pants, shirts, socks and underwear twittered in the air like drunken birds flapping their way towards the water and icepans. But not all was a twitter; forty pounders unravelled themselves from his apparel plummeted like bombs. One hears all the time of people losing their luggage when flying. I doubt many actually get to see it go. |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| About This Book Acknowledgements I. Steaming Up the Coast Steaming Up the Coast Steaming Up the Coast 2 II. The Good Old Days The Mail Work Hard Play Hard Steak Day Oh Don’t Exaggerate Sir Johnny Howard Hey Doryplug Dirty Lies The Bluff Coitus Interruptus Lower Than Sharkshit You Say Old Dogs New Tricks Do the Funky Chicken Oh Yeah, Real Funny High Rollers Fire Drill? The Stupid Bastard Another Thing Booze Could Do For You Mother Daughter Routine Springtime in the Icefields Lost Luggage |
| III. Observations Forever Changing Always the Same Hot Rum Toddy Crow’s Nest Sailor’s Cat Once in a Blue Moon Lust What You Lookin’ at Bird Does Fog Make You Cranky? Couldn’t Sleep Bum Island Contingency Plan The Chief Uncommon Event Chilling Sacrifice Bus Tour Sparrow at Sea The Fish Dragger Rats Rats as Big as Alley Cats Out on Deck One Night The Crab The Humpbacks Harmlessly Out to Sea Colorful Quotes Gaya’s Children lV. Supernatural Sea The Letter The Man from Alamo Rocks Definitions |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rick Ashton |
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