Lubber Run
Lubber may refer to: * Lubber, a large, clumsy person * Lubber line, navigational term for a fixed line pointing to the ship's bow or aircraft's nose * Landlubber, sailor's term for a non-sailor * Romalea microptera ''Romalea'' is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States. Its single species is ''Romalea microptera'', known commonly as the eastern lubber grasshopper, Florida lubber, or Florida lubber grasshopper. I ...

Lubber
Lubber may refer to: * Lubber, a large, clumsy person * Lubber line, navigational term for a fixed line pointing to the ship's bow or aircraft's nose * Landlubber, sailor's term for a non-sailor * Romalea microptera ''Romalea'' is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States. Its single species is ''Romalea microptera'', known commonly as the eastern lubber grasshopper, Florida lubber, or Florida lubber grasshopper. I ...

Lubber Line
A lubber line, also known as a lubber's line, is a fixed line on a compass binnacle or radar plan position indicator display pointing towards the front of the ship or aircraft and corresponding to the craft's centerline (being the customary direction of movement). The line represents 0 degrees and is therefore the zero-point from which relative bearings are measured, e.g., "''twenty degrees to port''". Compasses on sailboats may have additional lubber lines at forty-five degrees from the centerline. This represents about as close to the wind as the average boat will sail. These lubber lines may be used when sailing close hauled to see if you are on the closest course to your destination, without having to add or subtract the 45 degrees every few minutes, or recalculate your required heading every time you tack. The main line on the compass reads your current (close-hauled) heading and the leeward lubber line will read the bearing to your destination, regardless of whether you are ...
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Landlubber
In English-speaking popular culture, the modern pirate stereotype owes its attributes mostly to the imagined tradition of the 18th century Caribbean pirate sailing off the Spanish Main and to such celebrated 20th century depictions as Captain Hook and his crew in the theatrical and film versions of J. M. Barrie's children's book '' Peter Pan'', Robert Newton's portrayal of Long John Silver in the 1950 film adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel '' Treasure Island'', and various adaptations of the Middle Eastern pirate, '' Sinbad the Sailor''. In these and countless other books, films, and legends, pirates are portrayed as " swashbucklers" and " plunderers". They are shown on ships, often wearing eyepatches or peg legs, having a parrot perched on their shoulder, and saying phrases like "Arr, matey" and "Avast, me hearty". Pirates have retained their image through pirate-themed tourist attractions, film, toys, books and plays. Origins The characteristics of ...
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