After many years sailing about the waters of Australia and New Zealand, experiencing many bouts of mal de mer because he is a lousy matelot, our waterfront roundsman has picked up many , often salty, expressions .
His nautical vocabulary has been expanded recently due to his discovery of the above 1990 book published by International Marine , Camden , Maine, USA.
The author, Frank Mastini, a New York resident, graduate of the Italian Naval Academy, included an Italian-English dictionary of nautical terms in the well illustrated work .
As a result, the Shipping Reporter has been tacking about the Little Darwin den conducting annoying nautical quizzes, which includes trying to name in Italian the parts of sailing vessels..
