What happened to the mad castaway Paddy of Post Office Bay? Do you know that there is only one known cure for a GRP hull once it is attacked by polyestermites? Why do girl crews on sail training vessels manage to get their safety harnesses on so much quicker than the chaps? How the author’s dog sank the Bismarck, how the Victorians used blotting paper to cure sea sickness…All these and many other questions are answered in this hilarious collection of intriguing nautical facts, fictions and fantasies.