25 November 2011
NEWSLETTER
OUR 13TH
SHERATON NORFOLK WATERSIDE HOTEL
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
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DATE OF DEATH |
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Frank S. Moore OBITUARY |
GM3 7th Division 1951-1952 |
11/19/2011 |
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Harry A. Ringleben OBITUARY |
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Division 1951-1955 |
11/03/2011 |
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Origin of: "Fair Winds and Following Seas."
The origin
of the quote "Fair Winds and Following Seas" is unknown. It is often
said to have been lifted from a poem, phrase, or literary work, but to the best
of this researcher's knowledge, it wasn't. Over the last century at least, the
two quotes "Fair Winds" and "Following Seas" have evolved,
by usage, into a single phrase which is often used as a nautical blessing.
"Fair Winds": The
Dictionary of American Regional English defines "Fair Wind" as
"safe journey; good fortune." An early example of the phrase's use is
in Herman Melville's Moby Dick, published in 1851, where it says near
the end "Let me square the yards, while we may, old man, and make a fair
wind of it homeward." In other words, let me square the yards (add on all
sail) and make a safe journey home.
"Following
Seas": Defined by Bowditch's American Practical Navigator as
"A sea in which the waves move in the general direction of the
heading."
It further defines "Tide" as "the periodic rise and fall of the
water resulting from gravitational interactions between the sun, moon, and
earth. . . . the accompanying horizontal movement of
the water is part of the same phenomenon." In simple terms: the movement
of the water, the waves, and the surface, correspond with the movement of the
tide.
"Fair Winds and Following
Seas" is really two quotes originating from different sources. The two
quotes are a nautical phrase of good luck--a blessing as it were--as the
person, group, or thing it is said to departs on a voyage in life. It is often
used at a "beginning" ceremony such as a commissioning ceremony of a ship
or people, as well as in retirement, change of command, or farewell ceremonies.
Source: Researched by Samuel Loring Morison
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