Hitchin Priory Quiz : The Sea And Ships

[mastermind64]

4. Add to heart, club, crown, spade and diamond (6)
17. Fail to be distressed by escape route (8)
57. When she is put right. Cathy is found here (5)
58. I sailed to Port Said. How did I get there? (4)
61. Pay attention (7)
63. Come up and see me keep you afloat (3.4)

(A lot of help needed - I can't help being thick!)

[ubasses]

17 lifeboat

[vakayu]

57 yacht

[ubasses]

63 mae west

[mastermind64]

Thanks for your help, ubasses, but what's a mae west? (Told you I 'm thick!)

[vakayu]

mae west is a life saving jacket and she was an actress who used to say "come up and see me sometime"

[sandyRoe]

It's a life belt that supposedly gives the user the upper body appearance of an American film star

[guernseyman]

4 Anchor

[boxtops]

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://onlinemilitaria.com/images/USNavyMKIMaeVest.jpg&imgrefurl=http://onlinemilitaria.com/shopexd.asp?id%3D180&h=271&;w=350&sz=102&;tbnid=jz_dO96U5dRoRM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=116&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmae%2Bwest%2Bvest%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&;q=mae+west+vest&usg=__UG5k113D-CjCo515XzXwyI5nRnQ=&docid=b6vrRRbKmLYLkM&;hl=en&sa=X&ei=4_bdUKjzHumr0AWwvID4Bg&;ved=0CDsQ9QEwBA&dur=1482

[mastermind64]

Never knew mae west was a life jacket. Thanks for educating me. Still need 58 & 61

[vakayu]

sai(d)how-dhow

[vakayu]

I should have explained a dhow is a traditional arabian sailing vessel and Port Said is in Egypt.

[quinie]

61 lookout?