As a Christmas at Sea (CAS) volunteer, you are joining an inclusive, supportive community that represents the oldest and longest continuously-running charter knitting program in the U.S. CAS delivers the highest volume of knitted gifts to international seafarers of any non-profit, and we are the only chaplaincy delivering knit gifts to the ...

Christmas at Sea knit and crochet patterns for mariners’ garments and the sewing pattern for ditty bags are available as free downloads here:

The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand; The decks were like a slide, where a seaman scarce could stand; The wind was a nor'wester, blowing squally off the sea; And cliffs and spouting breakers were the only things a-lee.

2013年12月2日 · Christmas at Sea Lyrics: The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand; / The decks were like a slide, where a seamen scarce could stand; / The wind was a nor'wester,...

2023年12月1日 · Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson. The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand; The decks were like a slide, where a seaman scarce could stand; The wind was a nor’wester, blowing squally off the sea; And cliffs and spouting breakers were the only things a-lee. They heard the surf a-roaring before the break of day;

2012年11月17日 · Christmas at Sea - I "For most of the nineteenth century, Thanksgiving outranked Christmas as New England's premier holiday. On shipboard, festivities usually centered on food, sometimes limited to the captain's table, sometimes available to all hands.

The Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Christmas at Sea (CAS) program was originally called the Seamen’s Benefit Society and the Women’s Council. It was founded in 1898 by philanthropist, Augusta de Peyster, to supply mariners . with knit items and “ditty bags” while they were off at sea during the Spanish American War.

Christmas at Sea Pattern Book - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. A beautifully bound book that presents six of the most popular knitting patterns published by the Seamen's Church Institute (SCI).

2011年5月13日 · To be here and hauling frozen ropes on blessed Christmas Day. They lit the high sea-light, and the dark began to fall. 'All hands to loose top gallant sails,' I heard the captain call.

To be here and hauling frozen ropes on blessed Christmas Day. They lit the high sea-light, and the dark began to fall. 'All hands to loose top gallant sails,' I heard the captain call.