The Mirror of the SeaAnd shippes by the brinke comen and gon, And in swich forme endure a day or two. The Frankeleyns Tale. Landfall and Departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seamans life and of a ships career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ships earthly fate. A Departure is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term Landfall is more easily understood; you fall in with the land, and it is a matter of a quick eye and of a clear