After Rumble on the Harlem River, a New Crew Takes Over the Sharp Boathouse - NYTimes.com

After Rumble on the Harlem River, a New Crew Takes Over the Sharp Boathouse - NYTimes.com:
Row New York has taken over the beautiful Sharp boathouse on the Harlem Creek - a great rowing venue.



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Voyager 1 - first to leave the solar system

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by Carl Franzen, Talking Points Memo  Voyager first to leave solar system 




NASA’s unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, has become the first vessel in history to reach the edge of the solar system, NASA announced in mid-June.

It’s hard to overstate the milestone: At some point in the near future — it could be days or months, possibly, but not likely even a few years — Voyager is expected to break away from the bubble of particles emitted by the Sun encasing our solar system and enter the totally new, completely unexplored region of interstellar space, the black void separating us from the other star systems in our Milky Way Galaxy.

Longest day of the year

at New York		Length of day		Solar noon
Date	Sunrise	Sunset	This day	Difference	Time	Altitude	Distance
							(106 km)
Jun 21, 2012	5:25 AM	8:31 PM	15h 05m 39s	< 1s	12:58 PM	72.7°	152.034

Hazards of spear fishing: harpoon through the skull

The doctors say no vital structures were damaged.

North River 2 on the mooring and at the dock - City Island Y.C.

a Buzzards Bay 14 - L. Francis Herreshoff - designer

What I Miss Most About My Father - George Vecsey

What I Miss Most About My Father - George Vecsey:


Recollections of his father by the great Times writer - the sports columnist and Brooklynite George Vecsey.

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Novice crew for Father's Day

Nik Wallenda at Niagara = Philippe Petit at the Twin Towers

Man on Wire - the Philippe Petit story told in an Oscar winning movie in 2008 (trailer below)

Philippe Petit - 1974 - at the World Trade Center
no TV, no tether, no permit, no crowds, no sponsors

Nik Wallenda - 2012 - media circus, tethered, permitted, sponsored

Hell is the Bay of Biscay

565 nm - 24 hour distance record - Volvo Ocean Race

Camper set a 24 hour distance record yesterday during leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race - a sprint from Lisbon to L'Orient - 565.8 nautical miles.

North River 2 - splashdown

floating floorboards

Launch June 11, 2012

Issuma: Journey's End

From Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C.  Richard writes from aboard Issuma:
The Future:
I have had a fantastic time sailing Issuma the last few years. Now I want to do something different, and go back to working (I do computer work for a living). So I don’t expect to be sailing far from here in the near future. I don’t expect to be making frequent blog entries until my next adventure (which has not been decided on), so if you’re interested in following along, you may want use the Subscribe menu at the top of the blog so you will be emailed whenever there is a new entry.

Golden Eye - St. Maarten to Bermuda

from WoodenBoat forum - all other pix Jesse Fradkin

Golden Eye and crew made the 900 mile journey from St. Maarten to St. George, Bermuda in six days of smooth sailing.  Two of the crew answered the call posted HERE on Voyages.

at sea

entering St. George, Bermuda

Captain Emmert & crew

on the hook in Bermuda

at anchor in St. Maarten

Issuma - Sitka to Vancouver Island

Petroglyph Cove

Issuma has made its way from Sitka down the inside passage to Vancouver Island these past few weeks.  More beauty and good weather.  A trip I've dreamed of making since I read Jonathan Raban's Passage to Juneau.

Monet's Garden - in the Bronx

Jon Gelman captured the beauty at the Monet's Garden show at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx.

Johan Santana pitches first no-hitter in Mets history

I was a Dodger fan - and stayed a fan until the Negro League and Dodger great Jim Gilliam died in 1978.  I switched to the Mets and was a loyal fan for the 1986 World Series, jumping for joy when Bill Buckner watched a dribbler bounce through his legs.  But in the lean years I switched to the Americnan League Cleveland Indians - because Washington Heights's Manny Ramirez was playing for them.  I followed Manny to the Red Sox who were making themselves attractive by winning.  I am still a Sox fan but I'm happy for Santana and the Mets that Johan Santana has pitched the first no-hitter in franchise history.