OLD MAN SEA

a personification (speaking of something which is not alive as though it were living) of the ocean. The phrase "old man" is often used in this way to denote the largeness or significance of the thing specified. And the method by which you navigate is the all-important thing in an examination on navigation, and that you navigate is the only test that Old Man Sea requires of you.a personification of the ocean. (A personification is the act of regarding or representing an inanimate, lifeless object or thing as a person.) The phrase old man is often used in this way to show the largeness or significance of the thing specified.

a personification (speaking of something which is not alive as though it were living) of the ocean. The phrase "old man" is often used in this way to denote the largeness or significance of the thing specified. And the method by which you navigate is the all-important thing in an examination on navigation, and that you navigate is the only test that Old Man Sea requires of you. - Study and Intention (18 Aug. 66)