Readers of the July/August issue of WoodenBoat magazine (No. 203) were directed here to view a sampling of cartoons by Darell McClure. McClure, for those just happening by this site, was a cartoonist of some renown who drew for years for Yachting magazine. We discovered a file of his correspondence and original works--presumably made for WoodenBoat--during a recent office reorganization. One of those cartoons appears in the July/August issue issue, as a caption contest. Several others appear here.
It seems that Mr. McClure was working for WoodenBoat on a whimsical article on the traditions (and at least one pitfall) of marine sanitation. Here, as promised, is a sampling of that work:
I sailed on a schooner years ago that had one of those deck head "scuttles" like the ones in the top cartoon. The bo'sun went in one day and a few of us crew wrapped a line around the scuttle so he couldn't get out.
It became a paint locker after that!
Posted by: Dave Tew | June 22, 2008 at 07:55 AM