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Thursday, October 28, 2010

"American Star"

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Dennis Willard: Athens, New York, United States; Some old hippie with a sailboat and a camera wandering up and down the Hudson River looking for what "used to be" and "just not there anymore" . . . .

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tugster: a waterblog

Kaministiqua Landing - The angle said it all, what was coming next. And here it starts to happen, one crew over the side for a soft safe and fast landing, followed by another. Ka...
The Newtown Pentacle

Tour-Ed Mine and Museum, Tarentum PA - Friday – photo by Mitch Waxman This particular location has been ‘on my list’ for a while now, and were it not for having shattered my left ankle a while b...
The Log of Spartina

a little bit of everything - Twelve days into the fall sail on Chesapeake Bay and I am just now able to sort the apple phone/google sign-in issues and make a post. First of all, tha...
Cape Ann Images

Sunrises To Rainbows ! - It was a great sky week. Resurfacing at Parsons Playground.Early morning at Maritime Gloucester.Good Harbor Beach footbridge.Surfers und...
Bookman's Log

September 28, 2026 - [image: September 28, 2026] Considering the fact that I stupidly signed up for the ABAA Virtual Book Fair the same weekend that we were traveling to Virgin...
Stormdrane's Blog

A lazy Sunday pocketdump... - Sunday edc traveling light with a Spyderco Para 2 and an Olight i5T. Spyderco catalogs came in the mail yesterday, so let the drooling commence...
Upstate Meanderings

Poem inspired by Paul Celan published in Eratio - "We Drank Something Difficult to Name" is loosely inspired by a poem by the holocaust survivor Paul Celan and appears in the April edition of the contemp...
Port-na-Storm

Slack Water Alice. - Its been a long time coming. Designed over ten years ago as a simple two sheet canoe but never built due to "life" and a lack of confidence, she's final...
Creeksailor

FOR SALE - Sailing Just For Fun: Rare opportunity to own wooden gaff cutter Shoal Waters. Owner retiring. New sails. Yard trailer. Spare original sails. Ghoster sail....
Boat Bits

Post #3641... - Something about blogs, way past time, and in the *"a significant break from reality"* department... *"Just roll with the flow wherever it goes even if i...
Messing About In Sailboats

Please visit the new imprived Messing About In Sailboats - You can view the new site here.
SharonBensonMusic

David Carradine... Gone 10 Years... A Country Mile of Musical Memories - Thinking of my Spirit Bro David Carradine on what would be his 83rd Birthday today, December 8th, 2019. It's hard to believe he has been gone 10 years... H...
The Hudson River Birder

WHO IS THIS NEW LIBERTIES BIRDER - WHO IS THIS NEW LIBERTIES BIRDER? It has been a long time since I did anything with this blog. While I was in the Hudson Valley I did some serious birdin...
DoryMan

Capsize - I capsized last week for the first time. Ever. Those who have been here for a while will recognize the eighteen foot long *Saga*, a design based on the ...
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- A man we had never met wrote us, saying he felt inspired to write about his maritime experiences. He asked what he should write about. We said "Write about...
Joe's blog

I collect cars, you know... And they are everywhere. -
scottishislandsclass

Update on the Islanders - I haven't posted on this blog for a long time, as most of my efforts have been devoted to www.scottishboating.blogspot.co.uk, where you will find an arc...
Building, Designing, Rowing & Sailing Small Boats on the Coast of Maine

Happy New Year from Chase Small Craft - Looking back on 2016 New name, new growth, new boats from Chase Small Craft Early this year, I decided to relaunch a company focused completely on my de...
ROWING FOR PLEASURE

David and goliaths - Went sailing up Southampton Water with the Dinghy Cruising Association on Saturday. Winds were light to nothing at all so almost everyone relied to a con...
Tales of the New Jersey Shore

The Boardwalk Flyer - mystery solved... - With Atlantic City falling on hard times I enjoy looking back at the time when the resort was America's Playground. I hope reading about the glory days wi...
kingston progressive

BROADWAY TREES - So, who is responsible for the maintenance of the trees along our Broadway corridor? Oh, thats right. We have a tree commission don't we? ...
Black Tie And Flip Flops

Haiku Sunday : Summer - Brilliant Blue Skies The Garden Bursting With Life Summer Is Now Here
Cold is the Sea

They Don't Like it Up 'Em! - This has nothing to do with Maritime art, but here's a t-shirt I did: [image: Clear] You can purchase it here on Redbubble. For those of you unfamiliar ...
The Bowery Boys: New York City History

History in the Making 1/9: Main Squeeze Forever Edition - The Lower East Side lost a great one this week. *Walter Kühr*, the owner of the *Main Squeeze* accordion store, died last weekend. He completely succee...
Sail, Salt and Sawdust

Rolling, rolling, rolling! - Gradually getting this roll sorted!
70.8%

CW Morgan readies for her 38th Voyage! - from 1962 all photos courtesy Muffy Aldrich www.muffyaldrich.com. The CW Morgan left Mystic Seaport yesterday, May 17...
green BOATS

Winter Sleep - URCHIN is spending the winter under her canvas cover at the cape. We decided to leave her there since this is where we want to use her when we are there an...
Paradox Build

Poole July 2013 - [image: P1000893][image: Little Jim in the sunset][image: P1000895][image: P1000963][image: P1000826][image: P1000828] [image: P1000827][image: P1000832][im...
Dylan Nelson's Photo Spot

Around the World - Around the World, originally uploaded by Dylan Nelson.
Talkin' Shit About A Pretty Sunset

Got Towed, Drank, Danced a Little ... - Not gonna elaborate so much, but I had to call the tow boat recently. Luckily, I'd bought unlimited towing insurance for $125 and got $1100 of towing when...
sailorgirl

Winter cover - Waiting out the winter.
David Anderson's Small Boat Sailing Adventures

Like a Steam Locomotive Rolling Down the Track - She's ga-a-on, she's ga-on Nothin's gonna bring her back. Farewell, Lapras.
The Tidal Zone

Heron Hideout - I had my after school environmental club with 3-6th graders from School 25 in Yonkers. We did our marsh exploration program and as we entered the pathway ...
Knockabout Sloops

Knockabout Sloops Blog, The End - With my dwindling blog posts, it will come as no surprise that I am ending my KnockaboutSloops blog. All along this blog has been a personal resource that ...
Blog of the Catboat Silent Maid

Two Maids in Winter - Workshop on the Water was so named because the first shop was housed on a retired lighter barge. Now in the depths of winter with better than a foot...
Twin-Keeler Newsletter

Boats, canals and trains - *By John Simpson* There are many interesting ways to take a holiday. Recently my son Wes visited Morocco with friends so he could go wind surfing and skii...
Cat is my Copilot

wow, its been a while, huh? - so, my first post in a year or so... i got shanti sailing for a summer and did some short trips, mostly staying in the straits between whidbey and the ...
The River Letters

Old World, New World - Remains of Bolognesi Winery, 2008 - Lucey Bowen Highland, New York ...
Just Furling Around

Eva Cassidy - Somewhere over the Rainbow -
Frederick LeBlanc Photography

Maine Windjammer April Newsletter - * Maine Windjammer* *April 2010 **Newsletter*
Gypsy Blonde Report

Sweet Potato Enchiladas, Mexican Rice, Guacamole Spring Salad and Sangria - This enchilada recipe was shared with me by John Gerbstat, captain of Marilyn, a 65′ Gulfstar. While on Marilyn, I learned a lot about what makes for aut...
Worse Maritime Disasters

ms Armenia, 1941 - *ms Armenia* Only eight passengers of the sanitary boat survived the attack of Nazi aviation in 1941 The Soviet hospital ship Armenia was sunk November 7, ...
Practical Tarot

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