Nautical sailor tattoos typically refer to the types of tattoos that are favored by sailors because of the sailing traditions that are attached to these tattoos. It’s every sailor’s desire to adorn such tattoos, and this has been the tradition since time immemorial. Of late, these tattoos are surprisingly gaining popularity among the young people who aren’t even sailors.

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The most common types of sailor tattoos and their descriptions includes the swallows tattoo, indicating that a sailor has sailed five thousand miles. Anchor tattoo – anchor being the most secure object in sailors life and thus represent stability and also that he has sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. Sea turtle tattoo, indicating that the sailor has sailed across the equator. Dragon tattoo means that a sailor has sailed at least in some part of China. Full rigged ship, indicating that a sailor has sailed passed Cape Horn. The shark tattoo was some talisman or charm to protect the sailor from being eaten by the shark in shark infested waters should he fell overboard.