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>>458764Shitty photo, hard to take pics of my own arms with a phone. They aren't about looking good, it's about tradition. I got the fouled anchor because I was a boatswain's mate on the North Atlantic, the compass rose when I was inducted into the hon. order of shellbacks by HRH Neptunus Rex after sailing (in a square-rigger not a Navy/Criuse/Cargo motor boat) across the equator, the nautical star when I got my 100 ton master's license with sail endorsement, and the names are 2 ships I skippered and care for, one of which I was the plankowing Captain on.
And the pic I posted wasn't "boatkin" fuckery, it's the Sylvaina W. Beal, a century old oyster schooner I broke in on a long time ago.
Sea tattoos are very popular today, the star might be the most common tat ever, most are fags, but there are a few seaman that still go with it. In tattoos meaning is everything.
