Nigerian Pirates Release Hostage
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Pirates in Nigeria have released a French sailor kidnapped from a tanker on
June 13 off the coast of Nigeria, a military commander told Reuters.
suffer no singers
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A short post about pussies today. - photo by Mitch Waxman Your humble
narrator has been stumbling about the last few days, reeling from
obligation and worr...
Foggy morning
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I was up up 5: 30 this morning. Things were calm in the harbor and I
thought I might do some testing of the electric the propulsion system. Then
while I w...
The ever-stunning Amalfi Coast
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Photo album: Six days of Greek ruins, Roman ruins, dormant volcanos,
fishing villages, seafood galore, pristine white fiano, hefty red
aglianico, lemon tre...
FOILED
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courtesy of sailing anarchy With lifting foils getting more and more
important and complex at the top end of multihull racing, our pal Dario
from Carbonic ...
Whatzit 13
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Here was the 12 in this series. Type in the word whatzit in the search box
upper left to see the others. Now if you were out this morning walking
along th...
German Fish Balls with Green Sauce
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Fish meatballs! What's not to love? This is a German version, doable with
pretty much any fish that swims, and it's served with a bright, herby green
sauce...
The George Washington Bridge - New York
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Photo Credit: Jason L Gelman
The George Washington Bridge from the New York shore.
*Imaged on an iPhone, 4.3mm, 1/1000 sec. f.2.4, ISO 50*
http://www.fe...
Sunny Sciacca, Sicily
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The wind picked up yesterday afternoon just as the faint outline of
Sicily's hills came into view. On the vhf we heard something about a gale
warning so o...
Latest News: 28 February
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28 February AEDT & GMT/UTC The Shackleton Epic crew are now back in the UK
and have spent the past few days being interviewed by media including: BBC
1 B...
radio lilac
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Radio LILAC coming soon to a USCGC near you! the next one is saturday, June
29th. Dress up in your 1960′s wardrobe and come go-go on the welldeck! shop
on ...
Rock The Dock Summer Concert, July 20th!
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Come Out For The Concert Of The Summer at City Island Yacht Club on
Saturday, July 20th!
~ Help CIYC Rebuild after Hurricane Sandy ~
For more info, or ti...
2013 Season Opener
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Saturday, April 27th, was not only the season opener, the first “official
paddle
of the season” for the Sebago Canoe Club in Brooklyn, it was also one of
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Greater Yellowlegs and Black-bellied Plover
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Migration is starting to ramp up, and I was fortunate to have a chance to
sit with and photograph a couple of cooperative shorebirds in the morning
light d...
Where Am I?
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This one should be a good puzzle. The location where this photo was taken
isn't visible via the Google Street View (at least I just checked and I
coul...
Catching Up
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I’ve been working in Vancouver for the last several weeks. After several
years off sailing, I’m enjoying working (in computers) again. While I
expect the...
Northwest Passage 2012 - ARCTIC DREAMS Video
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Looking back on 2012 hindsight is 20/20... ARCTIC DREAMS lead by Bob
Shepton aboard DODOS DELIGHT did an amazing 7,000 mile feat.... rather than
tell you ...
Dance Me to the End of Love
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Tonight, Barclays Center sports arena is packed almost to limit of its
seating capacity. 19,000 people came to hear Leonard Cohen. It is strange
to see all...
New : Who's where: September 24-30
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*Bureau Vallée:*
*What is Louis Burton doing this week?*
Monday: Last medical training in Port La Forêt.
Tuesday: Aerial photo shoot.
Wednesday: Offici...
Going for Gold
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WOW, so many emotionally charged events have taken place here in Africa
since our last blog post. Sorry we have not updated you since then but
after we s...
2012 Star Island Shark Tournament
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This article below may be appearing in the PYC newsletter, so I am printing
it here as well. I need some pictures from the crew members, so send them
over...
Design 90 - 76'-6" Shoal Draft Schooner
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Only two drawings were prepared for this preliminary design proposal; a
Lines Plan and a Sail & Deck Plan. I believe the Lines Plan that is shown
here i...
The Winter Cometh...
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Captain Russ doing his good deed
*The Winter Cometh....*
The wild winds have come, the waves are blowing in, the temperatures are
bouncing high and low...
Quirpon to St. Anthony 20110802
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Quirpon, pronounced “car pon”, is in the NE corner of western Newfoundland,
the NE tip of the Great Northern Peninsula. Photos of more icebergs and
coastline.
Inside CAMPER
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In the first video of our Volvo Open 70 build series, shot by CAMPER MCM
Hamish Hooper, skipper Chris Nicholson takes us to Cookson Boats in
Auckland where...
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Young Larry Blog - a continuation of Dermot's account of Young Larry's
transit of the Northwest Passage. We hope to up-date the blog at least once
a week....
Build Your Dream Boat #16
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Continuing the boat building dream #16… Since my father began Glen-L Marine
in the early 1950′s, boat building has been part of my life. I thought I’d
shar...
Homecoming
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*Final Blog Entry for this Voyage*
Imvubu is now back at the Bluff Yacht Club where she is undergoing a refit
after the hard use over the past three year...
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
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Took a look around on a cold (free) day. Yeah, it’s free admission on most
weekdays through the winter!
There is a lot going on with plants during the cold ...
Money Shot
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Okay, I now confess that my real motivation for riding all the way to
Ushuaia was to take this obligatory photo in front of the Tierra del Fuego
sign. Ever...
Broome Street no. 512-514, Manhattan.
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New York Public Library posted a photo:
[image: Broome Street no. 512-514, Manhattan.]
Digital ID: 482849. Abbott, Berenice -- Photographer. October 07, ...
Il varo dell’EA
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Evviva, Evviva. Un pò di silenzio per produrre un magnifico risultato
Sabato 28 Giugno 2008, L’altro ieri, Ea è stata varata dopo 18 mesi di
lavori e fatic...