National Maritime and Buy a Musical Instrument Day? 🚢🎸🪈🎻⚓

May 22nd

May22nd

Bon voyage?

UPDATE: May 23rd, 2025

Cruise ship crew rescues four people
 and three dogs from stricken boat

Considering that the National Maritime Day webpage says that "National Maritime Day is not necessarily about the ocean at large, it is more about those men and women who spend their lives working on and around it.
This day specifically focuses on the safety, security, and all the little elements that make up the lives of those on the sea, as well as a little bit of remembrance for how much people have to thank them for!"

I see this national (Australia) news story the morning after above about "Carnival Splendor's crew plucked the sailors and their three dogs from the catamaran in the South Pacific on Thursday.
The cruise ship was alerted by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in New Caledonian capital, Noumea, of the boat's distress call.

Those on board the boat included couple Dusty and Helena, who are living aboard with their dogs.
They are Aussie bloggers with a YouTube page called Sailing Barking Cat.

They were on a trip "sailing around the world".

After sailing the coast of Australia, they were heading to Fiji, with two French bulldogs and a mini husky in tow.

Joined by another couple, a German and an Italian, they set off on May 14 but their engine failed and mast broke in bad weather."

That's one way to get on board a cruise ship:-)