by John Konrad (gCaptain) A new ship can be an intimidating place for a deck officer, so here are a few tips to get you started and to remind you...

The Norwegian NGO who brought us How to Dock Like a Boss and How to Launch Like a Boss is back with its third commercial reminding viewers that “docking is...

The P&O cruise ship Oriana was departing Southampton’s City Cruise Terminal last month when its horn malfunctioned and got stuck on blast for more than 20 minutes.  The hilarious fail was of course...

This Irish commentator has absolutely no idea about sailing (heck, I’m not sure this guy could pilot a kayak) but he tries to narrate the Olympic Laser dingy race. It is...

Once launched in 2019, it will be one of the most sophisticated polar research vessels ever built. A $300 million state-of-the-art newbuild capable of carrying out the most advanced floating research...

Apparently this guy was a local legend down in Brazil. He was known around the port of Aracaju as Zé Peixe, or Joe Fish, aka the swimming pilot. He spent his...

This video is making its way around the internet today as possibly one of the greatest pranks in U.S. Navy history. Now I don’t know if I’d go that far but...

The timing on this is flawless.

A lifeboat onboard the MV Logos Hope is swarmed with bees while in Kochi, India, forcing some of the deck crew to go to battle with some help from firefighting...

This video side-splitting video is not new. In fact, it was first posted on gCaptain way back in May 2007 but, we ask you, does it ever get old? [contextly_sidebar...

In a recent Ask Reddit subreddit, one user posed the question: "what is the laziest thing you've ever done?" One sailor's response by far takes the cake.

Here are two examples of how not to pull your boat out of the water, in honor of summer of course.

This relief Captain was apparently giving the deckhands a hard time so they had him put his money where his mouth is.

A Dutch reporter is onboard a ship to interview the Mayor of Kampen when, well, this happens...

A reminder to always sleep with one eye open...

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Piracy is no laughing matter, especially these days, but let’s face it, talking like a pirate is. That’s why every year September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. ...

This week in Crazy S#[email protected] Rich People Do, we have Johan Huibers from The Netherlands who this week opened the doors to his Noah’s Ark re-creation on a river just...

I know this is technically the second Incident Video of The Week but I felt like this is a good one for a Friday afternoon and rules are made to...

It’s that time of the year,  time to play  – once more – gCaptain’s all time favorite TV commercial… the German Coast Guard.