Messing About In Sailboats

Sailing Video - Bolero and Sonny

A classic (Bolero) and Vintrage (Sonny) yacht overtaking us on my friend Phil's Swan 44, Freebird as we headed towards Edgartown, MA. It's a little rough and jittery but it was a goose-bump moment when these two beauties sailed by us. Read more →

Charles W Morgan Restoration; A Volunteer's Perspective

via 70point8percent.blogspot.com Check out this excellent blogpost by 70.8% on the restoration of the Charles W Morgan, the last surviving wooden whaling ship from the great days of New Bedford, Nantucket and the like. Futtocks, knees and hogging, be still my beating heart! Read more →

Speedboat and Courageous Up Close

Two weekends ago I was in Newport for the Boat Show. Speedboat, the 100 ft Maxi and Courageous Ted Turner's 12M were tied up at the dock. Here are a couple of close-up shots of the layout hardware on both boats. Fascinating to see the evolution of these high-end racing boats. Read more →

If you are in New York this weekend

Received this heads-up from Brian Luster: Karen and I were headed down the West Side Hwy on Saturday when we spotted some very tall masts. Turns out, as some of you know, that HMS Bounty is in town for the 4th. Anyone know if any other tall ships are planning to be here? Any plans for a parade of sail or some-such? Also, I've put up a new post on A Movable Bridge. If you have me in your blogroll and haven't already done so, please change the link to http://amovablebridge.wordpress.com BTW: The photo is Bounty in SF Read more →

Suhaili Spotted

I saw Robin Knox-Johnston's famous boat, Suhaili, in the flesh many years ago at the Royal Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. It was proudly displayed, encased in a faux-sea. Since then, it has been on the move. I thought it had been relocated to the sister museum in St Ives, Cornwall but apparently no more. Blogger, Max Taylor stumbled on her while poking around his local boatyard. It's amazing that this national treasure is up on stands amongst the other boats hauled out for the winter. She is looking a lot nicer than my boat right now so it's good to see that she is being taken care of. Anyone know what she's doing here? And make a note in your calendar that April 22nd is the 40th anniversary of the Robin Knox-Johnston's circumnavigation. Please celebrate! Read more →