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senormechanico · 07-01-2017, 09:53

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Originally Posted by HopCar

It was drawn by Darrell McClure. I think it was first published in Yachting Magazine. Vintage 1950's?

McClure was famous for the cartoon strip Little Orphan Annie but he was a boater and did beautiful nautical art as well as cartoons.

My favorite of his cartoons shows John Truesalt kneeling by his bunk, surrounded by sail boat models, praying, "Oh Lord, Forgive me! I went out on a powerboat and liked it!"

I think many Trawler owners have been there.

I've got a large print of "Old Salts" some where. I'll try to find it and scan it to post.

Delmarrey posted this one a long time ago:

**Adelie** · 07-01-2017, 10:40

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Originally Posted by AnglaisInHull

Can anyone find one titled "The old salts" or something like that, probably from the New Yorker decades ago? If not you'll have to get by with my description.

Two sailors in the cockpit of a small boat in stormy weather. Rain coming horizontally, sou-westers on, pipes upside down to keep the tobacco dry. Sailor one looks at sailor two and says "It must be plain hell ashore on a night like this."

I'm sure I have it on paper somewhere in the house ...

I have that one somewhere too.

Mirage35 · 07-01-2017, 11:36

That's the one! Many many thanks.

Steadman Uhlich · 07-01-2017, 11:54

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Originally Posted by the_alpine

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This is the first time I have seen this cartoon, and it gave me a very different impression than the one I got by reading an earlier description of it.

It is interesting (odd) that this is:

1. Titled "Hard Cases"

2. Has one sailor "spitting in the wind" (and labeled as "To Windward")

How do you interpret that?

Mirage35 · 07-01-2017, 13:36

It's a bit "darker" than I remembered it, but I suspect that's the style of the era rather than anything meaningful. As for spitting into the wind, I'll read it as an indication that they're ready to take on anything.

But this is getting way too philosophical

**Jim Cate** · 07-01-2017, 15:24

Another Hagar classic (and the origin of our boat's name). Dik Browne must have been a yottie... he drew so many spot-on boating oriented cartoons.

This is a photo of the original drawing, presented to us as a boat-warming gift years ago.

Jim

Ryan H · 07-01-2017, 19:33

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Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Another Hagar classic (and the origin of our boat's name). Dik Browne must have been a yottie... he drew so many spot-on boating oriented cartoons.

This is a photo of the original drawing, presented to us as a boat-warming gift years ago.

Jim

That last one kinda hurt a bit :-P

**JPA Cate** · 08-01-2017, 00:35

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Originally Posted by Ryan H

That last one kinda hurt a bit :-P

Ryan, no intent to hurt; we're old farts now, but we've been cruising a long time!

Ann

El Pinguino · 08-01-2017, 00:54

Mike Peyton is my favourite cartoonist

Mike Peyton's cartoon of the day: Friday - YBW

And my favourite is the one which I can't find ... big yacht motoring up a creek - presumably on the East Coast UK - bucketing down with rain... three men in cockpit in full foulies ... one saying to the owner ' so all things considered it costs you five thousand pounds every time you take her out'

Had a copy of that on my office bulkhead for many years...

**JPA Cate** · 08-01-2017, 01:14

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Originally Posted by El Pinguino

Mike Peyton is my favourite cartoonist

Mike Peyton's cartoon of the day: Friday - YBW

And my favourite is the one which I can't find ... big yacht motoring up a creek - presumably on the East Coast UK - bucketing down with rain... three men in cockpit in full foulies ... one saying to the owner ' so all things considered it costs you five thousand pounds every time you take her out'

Had a copy of that on my office bulkhead for many years...

Clicked on your link, El Ping, yesterday's cartoon was pretty funny. An old joke that has many forms, yes, but funny.

Ann