A young boy went on a field trip to Robben Island with his school class. He was very interested in the boat that would take them to the island, and once underway, he nagged the skipper to let him steer the boat for a while.

Skipper: "You don't know anything about boats, young man. How can I place all our lives in your inexperienced hands?"

The cruise ship captain had a very smart parrot that loved attending the shows aboard ship. He'd perch on the beams above the stage and carefully observe the entertainer throughout the show.

After a while, he'd know the routine so well that he'd often start singing along, if a band had performed the same song a few times. This sometimes added to the entertainment. But when a new illusionist started to perform, the parrot's close observation became a problem.

The NSRI in Cape Town picked up a faint radio distress signal from a sinking pleasure yacht:

Yacht radio operator: May...ay ...ayd... Mayday ... is yacht Nal...i ... am sinking fast... need assis...

A ship sailed under command of a new captain and the crew did not know what to expect from their new commanding officer.

One morning, while sailing the seven seas, the ship's look-out spotted a pirate ship. The crew became frantic.

Sarah approached her house doctor with a medical problem: "Doctor, James is snoring very loudly every night, and I am not getting any sleep! Isn't there anything you can do to help him stop snoring?"