The anchorage will generally have enough current running to require a sea painter.

It is rare even for a sea painter to know his subject so intimately.

Riding a sea painter helps maintain position and control of the boat.

Attach the sea painter to the bow of the ship.

• Use enough speed on a sea painter to get slack in the line, then cast off once clear.

Follow these steps when securing a sea painter to the boat:

Use helm and power (or a sea painter) to hold the bow in to the other vessel at the same forward speed.

• Never secure the sea painter to the boat’s stem nor to the side of the boat away from the ship.

• For an approach to a vessel at anchor in a strong current, the sea painter provides a means to lay alongside.

If a sea painter is secured to the "outboard" side of the boat, capsizing could result.

He had completed seventy oils and a similar number ofwatercolours, not sufficient work it was thought.to establish him as one of our great sea painters.

Ensure that the sea painter is hauled back on board the larger vessel immediately to keep from getting in caught in your screws.

If ship is sinking, pull toggle pin to release the sea painter from the ship.

History and sea painter, he also worked on paintings featuring cardinals in anecdotal everyday situations theme in vogue at the time.

Several of his numerous brothers were educated as artists, including Henry Moore, R.A., the well-known sea painter.

The sea painter is a line used to sheer a boat clear of a ship’s side when underway or at anchor, hold a boat in position under hoisting davits, or occasionally to hold the boat alongside a ship in order to embark or disembark personnel.

In Maria Wirtemberska's novel "Malvina, or the Heart's Intuition" (1816; English translation 2001, by Ursula Phillips), it is said that a view that is being described merits the talent of Vernet, who as the writer explains in her own footnote was a sea painter.