All morning I sit on deck, leaning back against the mast, alternately gazing at the islands ahead and reading from The Travels of Marco Polo.

BBC: Sailing in Croatia

Each week when my internship work was done, we would sit together and watch his programs or raw tape on the video deck in his office.

FORBES: Remembering Andy Rooney and the Tiffany Network

The weather was excellent and it was most pleasurable to sit on deck with a good drink and watch history unfold while leisurely passing castles, churches, deep river gorges and numerous locks along the way.

FORBES: Watching History Unfold: A Cruise Expert Takes His First River Cruise