tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43249747861602238992024-03-19T01:48:17.144-07:00Voyages>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>adventures and observations*****www.georgeconk.blogspot.com
GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.comBlogger1949125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-24037089732174642702024-03-13T19:57:00.001-07:002024-03-13T20:06:25.761-07:00Cole Brauer, 29, is first U. S woman solo circumnavigator <div class="elementor elementor-50892 elementor-location-single post-52122 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-people tag-circumnavigation tag-people tag-racing" data-elementor-id="50892" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library" data-elementor-type="single-post" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: normal;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-46db07c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-core-v316-plus="true" data-element_type="container" data-id="46db07c0" data-settings="{"content_width":"boxed"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: stretch; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 5px 5px; --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 80px; --margin-block-start: 25px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 25px; --padding-inline-start: 25px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-items: normal; align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-flow: column; flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: initial; height: var(--height); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); max-width: min(100%,var(--width)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); place-content: normal; position: var(--position); text-align: initial; transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="e-con-inner" style="align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: auto; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: 1 1 auto; gap: var(--gap); height: 6026.15px; justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin: 0px auto; max-width: var(--content-width); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); width: 560.286px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-91c0236 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="91c0236" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: flex-start; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: calc( ( 1 - var( --container-widget-flex-grow ) ) * 100% ); --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: var(--widgets-spacing,20px); --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 0px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 0px; --padding-inline-start: 0px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-62344958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-element_type="widget" data-id="62344958" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-72d74f5-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-72d74f5-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-72d74f5-font-weight ); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-72d74f5-letter-spacing ); line-height: var( --e-global-typography-72d74f5-line-height ); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-72d74f5-word-spacing );"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 4341.32px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/people/cole-brauer-completes-the-global-solo-challenge/">By Brinley Hineman, Cruising World</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">Solo sailor Cole Brauer has become the first American woman to race solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, finishing the Global Solo Challenge March 7, at 8:23am CET after 130 days at sea. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">She finished in second place, setting a new Class40 around-the-world speed record and amassing 450,000 followers on Instagram in the process. At just 29 years old, Brauer was both the youngest skipper and the only female sailor in the fleet of 16 boats.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">Brauer, 29, arrived Thursday in A Coruna, Spain, after departing from the city on Oct. 29. She took part in <a href="https://globalsolochallenge.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--e-global-color-primary); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">the Global Solo Challenge</a>, along with more than a dozen other sailors, several of whom didn’t complete the competition. Brauer sailed around the globe on the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">First Light, </em>a 2008 OCD Class40, and traveled about 30,000 miles. </p><div class="bonnier-ads-middle" id="bonnier-ads-middle-1-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px;"><div class="bonnier-ad" data-google-query-id="CMTDmoLg8oQDFXqAWgUdeecJFg" id="gpt-passback-middle1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/22595167374/cruisingworld_5__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: auto; width: 336px;"></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">“It hasn’t really hit me yet. Everyone’s so excited, but for me it hasn’t really sunk in that I now hold these records,” says Brauer. ”It just feels like I went for a little sail, and now I’m back.”</p><section class="hydra-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px;"><div class="hydra-canvas" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; max-height: 675px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Cole Brauer Ocean Racing, Global Solo Challenge Coruna 2024" class="hydra-image" decoding="async" height="600" pinger-seen="true" sizes="(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px" src="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4263-1024x768.jpg" srcset="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4263-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4263-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4263-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4263-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4263.jpg 2000w" style="border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; max-height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="800" /></div><figcaption class="caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="hydra-image-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal;">She finished in second place, setting a new Class40 around-the-world speed record.</span> <span class="article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">James Tomlinson</span></figcaption></section><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">The Boothbay, Maine woman <a href="https://globalsolochallenge.com/cole-brauer-en/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--e-global-color-primary); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">said her purpose</a> in pursuing the challenge was to show how the male-dominated sport can “become more open and less ‘traditional.’”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">Brauer was introduced to sailing after moving to Hawaii for college. She said she didn’t have opportunities to sail as a child, but growing up on a nature reserve cemented her love of nature. She joined Hawaii’s sailing community, who she said took her under their wings. </p><div class="bonnier-ads-middle" id="bonnier-ads-middle-2-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px;"><div class="bonnier-ad" data-google-query-id="CKeA1pHg8oQDFfWcWgUdP7sI7g" id="gpt-passback-middle2" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/22595167374/cruisingworld_6__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: auto; width: 336px;"></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">The goal of solo-racing around the world became Brauer’s dream after a 2018 dinner with her mentor Tim Fetsch, who later sent her solo sailor Ellen MacArthur’s book. She said on Instagram that she wanted to accomplish the feat of being the first American woman to race solo around the world before turning 30. She is also preparing for the 2028 Vendée Globe. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">“The race was for me,” she said. “It was this amazing experience that I got to have, so I feel like the celebration at the finish is almost for everyone else who was involved with this. I already had the amazing experience, I already had the experience I went out there looking for. So this celebration at the end is for the team and the supporters.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">While Brauer is the first American woman to race around the globe alone by sea, she is not the first woman to sail around the world. Polish sailor Krystina Chojnowska-Liskiewicz sailed single-handed around the world in 1978 during a 401-day voyage, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/cole-brauer-sailboat-race-american-woman-c62f806bc011c29faf88f8a9b048953b" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--e-global-color-primary); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">The Associated Press reported. </a>Kay Cottee of Australia was the first woman to complete the venture nonstop in 1987. </p><div class="bonnier-ads-middle" id="bonnier-ads-middle-3-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px;"><div class="bonnier-ad" data-google-query-id="CP_t2ZLg8oQDFSGlWgUdzosKag" id="gpt-passback-middle3" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/22595167374/cruisingworld_7__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: auto; width: 336px;"></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">Brauer said to the media that being away from loved ones for 130 days was the most difficult part of the journey. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">Brauer left A Coruña, Spain, on October 29 with six other skippers. She led the group to the Equator and began picking off the competitors from previous starts. As she turned east and headed for Cape Horn, she began having autopilot issues, one of which led to a broach that tossed her across the boat and injured her ribs. There was concern that she would have to pull into port, but despite the injury, she was able to make the necessary repairs and continue sailing. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">In the South Pacific, Brauer also began having trouble with her hydrogenerator, which supplies much of her power onboard, keeping her steering instruments, autopilot, watermaker, and Starlink going. Even with a back up system and regular maintenance, her power rationing lasted through the end of the race. </p><div class="bonnier-ads-middle" id="bonnier-ads-middle-4-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px;"><div class="bonnier-ad" id="gpt-passback-middle4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;"></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">While her expert seamanship and technical know-how made her one of the top competitors of the race, another hallmark of Brauer’s campaign was her social media presence, which inspired the admiration of hundreds of thousands of followers. Brauer used Instagram to keep followers updated on her journey, providing glimpses of what life at sea looks like when you’re a one-woman show. Between exhilarating shots of ocean waves and painstakingly chartering her journey, Brauer showed peeks into how she spent her downtime, such as watching Formula One and working out.</p><section class="hydra-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px;"><div class="hydra-canvas" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; max-height: 675px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Cole Brauer Ocean Racing, Global Solo Challenge, Coruna 2024" class="hydra-image" decoding="async" height="600" pinger-seen="true" sizes="(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px" src="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4482-1024x768.jpg" srcset="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4482-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4482-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4482-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4482-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/James_Tomlinson_CBOR_4482.jpg 2000w" style="border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; max-height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="800" /></div><figcaption class="caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="hydra-image-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal;">Brauer, 29, arrived Thursday in A Coruna, Spain, after departing from the city on Oct. 29.</span> <span class="article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs" style="box-sizing: border-box;">James Tomlinson</span></figcaption></section><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">Her honest, chipper updates brought followers along for the ups and downs of four months on the seas. She received hundreds of comments from people saying that although they’d never sailed before, they were so amazed by her bravery, tenacity, and positive outlook. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">“This whole experience has been really awesome, and thank you guys so much for participating,” she said in an Instagram video to the nearly 500,000 people who followed her journey on the social media platform.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">“This monumental milestone is not just a physical triumph, but a testament to her courage in facing challenges head-on,” says Project Manager Brendon Scanlon, about her rounding of Cape Horn, and turning northwards towards the finish. “As she sails the rough seas and navigates life’s complexities onboard, we celebrate the indomitable spirit that defines her remarkable journey.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">After completing the Global Solo Challenge, Brauer hopes to campaign for the 2028 Vendée Globe—the highest level of solo circumnavigational races. Her updates can be best followed at <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/colebraueroceanracing/?hl=en" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--e-global-color-primary); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">colebraueroceanracing</a></span> on Instagram.</p></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-287c5d post-category-tags elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-element_type="widget" data-id="287c5d" data-widget_type="post-info.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; margin: 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; list-style-type: none; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px -8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ed9bbb5 elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about" style="align-items: var(--icon-vertical-align,center); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms" color="var( --e-global-color-secondary )" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;">More:</span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;"><a class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item" href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/tag/circumnavigation/" style="align-items: var(--icon-vertical-align,center); background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">circumnavigation</a>, <a class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item" href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/tag/people/" style="align-items: var(--icon-vertical-align,center); background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">people</a>, <a class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item" href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/tag/racing/" style="align-items: var(--icon-vertical-align,center); background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">racing</a></span></span></li></ul></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-11d349b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-element_type="widget" data-id="11d349b9" data-widget_type="shortcode.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="elementor-shortcode" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1eba25a dc-has-condition dc-condition-not_empty elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-html" data-element_type="widget" data-id="1eba25a" data-widget_type="html.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 560.286px;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 683px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div data-spotim-module="pitc" style="animation: 1s linear 0s infinite alternate none running openweb-built-in-host-trigger; box-sizing: border-box;"><ow-gq1u9rgbmv style="--launcher--module-font-size-offset: calc(3 * var(--launcher--global-font-size-level, 0)); --spotim-action-font-weight: normal; --spotim-ads-footer-color: #373e44; --spotim-ads-text-color: #373e44; --spotim-background-color-empty-user-image: rgba(7, 7, 7, 0.2); --spotim-border-color-muted: #00000014; --spotim-border-color: #e3e3e3; --spotim-border-radius-buttons: var(--spotim-border-radius-medium); --spotim-border-radius-inputs: var(--spotim-border-radius-small); --spotim-border-radius-medium: 6px; --spotim-border-radius-modals: var(--spotim-border-radius-small); --spotim-border-radius-popovers: var(--spotim-border-radius-small); --spotim-border-radius-small: 4px; --spotim-box-shadow-medium: 0 2px 15px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); --spotim-brand-color-rgb: 0,0,0; --spotim-brand-color: #000000; --spotim-brand-text-color: white; --spotim-card-background-color: white; --spotim-color-badge: var(--spotim-brand-color); --spotim-color-community-question: var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6); --spotim-color-scheme-g1: #ffffff; --spotim-color-scheme-g2: #000000; --spotim-color-scheme-g3: #35b940; --spotim-color-scheme-g4: #db3737; --spotim-color-scheme-g5: #3968ff; --spotim-color-scheme-l1: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.05); --spotim-color-scheme-l2: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.1); --spotim-color-scheme-l3: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.2); --spotim-color-scheme-l4: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.3); --spotim-color-scheme-l5: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.65); --spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb: 7,7,7; --spotim-color-scheme-l6: #070707; --spotim-content-loader-primary-color: #f3f3f3; --spotim-content-loaders-secondary-color: #dddddd; --spotim-conversation-background-color: transparent; --spotim-conversation-max-width: 700px; --spotim-danger-color: #db3737; --spotim-embedded-comment-background-color: rgba(7, 7, 7, 0.03); --spotim-embedded-comment-meta-data-background-color: rgba(39, 120, 206, 0.07); --spotim-embedded-comment-preview-background-color: #F9F9F9; --spotim-extract-background-color: #ffffff; --spotim-font-family-action: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-badge: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-buttons: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-comments-count: var(--spotim-font-family-t4); --spotim-font-family-community-question: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-font-family-date-format: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-default: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-product-header: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-font-family-product-subheader: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-font-family-t1: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t2: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t3: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t4: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t5: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t6: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-username: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-font-size-action: var(--spotim-font-size-medium); --spotim-font-size-badge: calc(9px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-buttons: var(--spotim-font-size-medium); --spotim-font-size-comments-count: var(--spotim-font-size-t4); --spotim-font-size-community-question: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-date-format: var(--spotim-font-size-small); --spotim-font-size-large: calc(18px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-medium: calc(14px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-message-actions: calc(15px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-product-header: calc(21px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-product-subheader: calc(16px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-small: calc(13px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t1: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t2: calc(20px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t3: calc(18px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t4: calc(15px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t5: calc(13px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t6: calc(12px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-tag-icon-large: calc(26px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-tag-icon-medium: calc(20px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-user-image: calc(15.6px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-username: var(--spotim-font-size-medium); --spotim-font-size-x-large: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-x-small: calc(11px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-xx-large: calc(27px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-xx-small: calc(9px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-style-community-question: italic; --spotim-font-weight-action-button: 400; --spotim-font-weight-bold: bold; --spotim-font-weight-comments-count: var(--spotim-font-weight-t4); --spotim-font-weight-community-question: 400; --spotim-font-weight-normal: 400; --spotim-font-weight-product-header: bold; --spotim-font-weight-product-subheader: 400; --spotim-font-weight-semibold: 600; --spotim-font-weight-username: var(--spotim-font-weight-bold); --spotim-input-background-color: #ffffff; --spotim-input-separator-color: #d4d6d7; --spotim-justify-content-community-question: flex-start; --spotim-layer-background-color: var(--spotim-overlay-background-color); --spotim-letter-spacing-action: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-badge: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-body: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-buttons: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-date-format: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-modal-body: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-primary-button: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-product-header: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-product-subheader: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t1: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t2: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t3: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t4: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t5: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t6: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-username: normal; --spotim-line-height-action: 24px; --spotim-line-height-date-format: 21px; --spotim-line-height-medium: 1.5; --spotim-line-height-product-header: 1.5; --spotim-line-height-product-subheader: 30px; --spotim-line-height-t1: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t2: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t3: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t4: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t5: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t6: 1.5em; --spotim-list-item-background: #f7f7f7; --spotim-list-item-foreground: #e5e6e6; --spotim-live-indicator-font-size: calc(11px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-margin-top-whole-page-modal-header: 0px; --spotim-max-reading-width: 700px; --spotim-menu-z-index: 2147483647; --spotim-message-font-size-large: calc(21px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-font-size-medium: undefined; --spotim-message-font-size-regular: calc(14px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-font-size-small: calc(15px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-font-size-x-large: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-font-size-x-small: calc(12px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-hover-menu-background-color: var(--spotim-color-scheme-g1); --spotim-message-letter-spacing: -0.01111em; --spotim-message-line-height: 1.67; --spotim-message-margins: 5px; --spotim-message-separator-color: #e3e3e3; --spotim-message-stack-margin: 15px; --spotim-message-text-color: #222222; --spotim-message-user-image-wrapper-margin: 10px; --spotim-modal-backdrop-background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); --spotim-modal-backdrop-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); --spotim-modal-border-padding: 10px; --spotim-modal-border-radius: 10px 10px 0px 0px; --spotim-modal-full-width: calc(100vw - 80px); --spotim-modal-margin-top: initial; --spotim-modal-max-width: 1400px; --spotim-modals-backdrop-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); --spotim-notifications-bell-margin-bottom: 30px; --spotim-notifications-bell-margin-side: 30px; --spotim-overlay-background-color: #ffffff; --spotim-overlay-border-color: transparent; --spotim-overlay-z-index: 2147483646; --spotim-page-background-color: white; --spotim-partner-mobile-navbar-height: 0px; --spotim-partner-navbar-height: 0px; --spotim-pitc-article-title-font-family: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-pitc-article-title-font-weight: 600; --spotim-pitc-header-color: black; --spotim-pitc-header-font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; --spotim-pitc-header-font-size: calc(22px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-pitc-header-font-weight: bold; --spotim-pitc-header-line-height: normal; --spotim-pitc-header-margin-top: 35px; --spotim-pitc-top-comment-color: black; --spotim-pitc-top-comment-font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; --spotim-pitc-top-comment-font-weight: 600; --spotim-progress-bar-background-color: #e5e6e6; --spotim-reactions-reaction-font-family: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-reactions-reaction-font-size: calc(11px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-reactions-reaction-font-weight: 400; --spotim-reactions-reaction-line-height: 38px; --spotim-reactions-reaction-text-color: #7b7f83; --spotim-reactions-title-color: black; --spotim-reactions-title-font-family: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-reactions-title-font-size: calc(18px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-reactions-title-font-weight: 700; --spotim-reactions-title-line-height: 30px; --spotim-rich-editor-font-size: calc(16px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-safeframe-modal-backdrop-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); --spotim-say-control-action-color: #a8abae; --spotim-say-control-border-color: #e3e3e3; --spotim-say-control-border: 1px solid var(--spotim-say-control-border-color, var(--spotim-color-scheme-l3)); --spotim-say-control-box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--spotim-color-scheme-l3); --spotim-sayctrl-background-color: var(--spotim-input-background-color); --spotim-shadow-scheme-s1: 0 2px 20px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.07); --spotim-skeleton-background-color: #e3e3e3; --spotim-skeleton-foreground-color: #f2f2f2; --spotim-spotlight-button-font-size: calc(12px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-spotlight-button-font-weight: 600; --spotim-spotlight-card-font-size: calc(16px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-spotlight-card-font-weight: 300; --spotim-spotlight-font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; --spotim-spotlight-title-font-size: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-spotlight-title-font-weight: bold; --spotim-star-color-empty: #e3e3e3; --spotim-star-color-full: var(--spotim-brand-color); --spotim-sticky-say-control-background-color: #FFFFFF; --spotim-sticky-say-control-z-index: 19; --spotim-strong-border-color: #a8abae; --spotim-success-color: #35b840; --spotim-text-align-community-question: start; --spotim-text-color-action: var(--spotim-color-scheme-l5); --spotim-text-color-badge: var(--spotim-brand-text-color); --spotim-text-color-comments-count: var(--spotim-color-scheme-l5); --spotim-text-color-date-format: var(--spotim-color-scheme-l5); --spotim-text-color-default: black; --spotim-text-color-muted: #373e44; --spotim-text-color-product-header: #373e44; --spotim-text-color-product-subheader: #7b7f83; --spotim-text-color-tooltip: #ffffff; --spotim-text-color-x-muted: #7b7f83; --spotim-text-color-xx-muted: #a8abae; --spotim-text-over-brand-color: white; --spotim-text-transform-action: none; --spotim-text-transform-buttons: inherit; --spotim-text-transform-comments-count: var(--spotim-text-transform-t4); --spotim-text-transform-date-format: none; --spotim-text-transform-product-header: none; --spotim-text-transform-product-subheader: none; --spotim-text-transform-username: inherit; --spotim-user-image-border: none; --spotim-user-image-font-color: #373e44; --spotim-user-image-font-size: calc(15.6px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-user-image-font-weight: 400; --spotim-user-image-large: 54px; --spotim-user-image-line-height: 1.67; --spotim-user-image-medium: 42px; --spotim-user-image-normal: 39px; --spotim-user-image-small: 30px; --spotim-user-image-x_large: 64px; --spotim-user-image-x_small: 25px; --spotim-user-image-xx_large: 74px; --spotim-user-image-xxx_large: 114px; --spotim-user-name-font-family: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-warning-color: #fabb09; box-sizing: border-box; display: contents;"><div shell-wrapper="" style="display: inherit;"><div data-openweb-style-wrapper="true" id="spotim-specific" recirculation-ad-container=""><div data-spot-im-direction="ltr"><div product-header-placeholder=""><div class="header__header___3dUzU" data-reactroot="" style="color: var(--spotim-pitc-header-color); font-family: var(--spotim-pitc-header-font-family); font-size: var(--spotim-pitc-header-font-size); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: var(--spotim-pitc-header-font-weight); height: 33px; line-height: var(--spotim-pitc-header-line-height); margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: var(--spotim-pitc-header-margin-top); user-select: none; width: auto;">Popular in the Community</div></div><div class="ads__index__adUnitWrapper--yOrnH ads__index__directionBelow--SRLF_ ads__index__recirculation--q9s0z" recirculation-ad-wrapper="" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; padding-bottom: 5px;"><div class="ads__index__elementWrapper--_XP3a" data-ad-unit-id="1-recirculation-sp_t3ouoZQO-no_post-1-1" data-spotim-module="pitc" ignore-host="" shell-ad-wrapper="" style="width: 560.286px;"><div class="spotim-light" data-openweb-style-wrapper="true" shell-wrapper="" style="display: inherit;"><div data-spot-im-direction="ltr" shell-wrapper="" style="display: inherit;"><div></div></div></div></div><div data-mini-ad-unit="true" style="width: auto;"><div class="ads__index__outerWrapper--vZHJ0" style="width: 560.286px;"><div id="spotim-specific"><div class="ads__index__adWrapper--VsWoL" style="line-height: normal; overflow: hidden; position: relative; user-select: none; width: auto;"><div class="ads__index__outerContainer--tmyAb" style="height: auto;"><div class="ads__Container__container--GEd3I" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: auto; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 560.286px;"><div class="ads__DisplaySlot__displaySlot--tzGgk" style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row; height: 250px; justify-content: center; left: 0px; margin: auto; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 300px;"><div class="ads__DisplayAd__container--tWyyK" style="height: 250px; width: 300px;"><iframe allow-same-origin="" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 250px; width: 300px;" title="ad content"></iframe></div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; width: 560.286px;"><div style="align-items: flex-end; color: #373e44; display: flex; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 20px; justify-content: space-between; letter-spacing: -0.23px; margin: 0px; width: 300px;"><a href="https://dynamic-cdn.openweb.com/yad/adchoice.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="align-items: center; display: flex; justify-content: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="margin-right: 5px;">AdChoices</span><img alt="Ad Choices Icon" src="https://publisher-assets.spot.im/yad/ad-choises.png" style="height: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; width: 12px;" /></a>Sponsored</div></div><div class="ads__VideoFlow__outerContainer--j1gyd" style="height: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 560.286px;"><div class="ads__Container__container--GEd3I" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 20px; justify-content: center; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 560.286px;"><div style="height: 0px; width: 560.286px;"></div><div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; width: 560.286px;"><div style="align-items: flex-end; color: #373e44; display: flex; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 20px; justify-content: space-between; letter-spacing: -0.23px; margin: 0px; width: 560.286px;"><a href="https://dynamic-cdn.openweb.com/yad/adchoice.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="align-items: center; display: flex; justify-content: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="margin-right: 5px;"></span><img alt="Ad Choices Icon" src="https://publisher-assets.spot.im/yad/ad-choises.png" style="height: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; width: 12px;" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></ow-gq1u9rgbmv></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-63f59c1 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-element_type="widget" data-id="63f59c1" data-widget_type="shortcode.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 560.286px;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 476.643px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div data-article-tags="circumnavigation, people, racing" data-module-element-id="823cb4f99218913104a13345cf160532" data-post-id="52122" data-post-url="https://www.cruisingworld.com/people/cole-brauer-completes-the-global-solo-challenge/" data-spotim-module="conversation" style="animation: 1s linear 0s infinite alternate none running openweb-built-in-host-trigger; box-sizing: border-box;"><ow-gq1u9rgbmv style="--launcher--module-font-size-offset: calc(3 * var(--launcher--global-font-size-level, 0)); --spotim-action-font-weight: normal; --spotim-ads-footer-color: #373e44; --spotim-ads-text-color: #373e44; --spotim-background-color-empty-user-image: rgba(7, 7, 7, 0.2); --spotim-border-color-muted: #00000014; --spotim-border-color: #e3e3e3; --spotim-border-radius-buttons: var(--spotim-border-radius-medium); --spotim-border-radius-inputs: var(--spotim-border-radius-small); --spotim-border-radius-medium: 6px; --spotim-border-radius-modals: var(--spotim-border-radius-small); --spotim-border-radius-popovers: var(--spotim-border-radius-small); --spotim-border-radius-small: 4px; --spotim-box-shadow-medium: 0 2px 15px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); --spotim-brand-color-rgb: 0,0,0; --spotim-brand-color: #000000; --spotim-brand-text-color: white; --spotim-card-background-color: white; --spotim-color-badge: var(--spotim-brand-color); --spotim-color-community-question: var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6); --spotim-color-scheme-g1: #ffffff; --spotim-color-scheme-g2: #000000; --spotim-color-scheme-g3: #35b940; --spotim-color-scheme-g4: #db3737; --spotim-color-scheme-g5: #3968ff; --spotim-color-scheme-l1: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.05); --spotim-color-scheme-l2: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.1); --spotim-color-scheme-l3: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.2); --spotim-color-scheme-l4: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.3); --spotim-color-scheme-l5: rgba(var(--spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb, 7,7,7), 0.65); --spotim-color-scheme-l6-rgb: 7,7,7; --spotim-color-scheme-l6: #070707; --spotim-content-loader-primary-color: #f3f3f3; --spotim-content-loaders-secondary-color: #dddddd; --spotim-conversation-background-color: transparent; --spotim-conversation-max-width: 700px; --spotim-danger-color: #db3737; --spotim-embedded-comment-background-color: rgba(7, 7, 7, 0.03); --spotim-embedded-comment-meta-data-background-color: rgba(39, 120, 206, 0.07); --spotim-embedded-comment-preview-background-color: #F9F9F9; --spotim-extract-background-color: #ffffff; --spotim-font-family-action: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-badge: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-buttons: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-comments-count: var(--spotim-font-family-t4); --spotim-font-family-community-question: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-font-family-date-format: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-default: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-product-header: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-font-family-product-subheader: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-font-family-t1: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t2: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t3: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t4: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t5: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-t6: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family-username: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-font-family: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-font-size-action: var(--spotim-font-size-medium); --spotim-font-size-badge: calc(9px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-buttons: var(--spotim-font-size-medium); --spotim-font-size-comments-count: var(--spotim-font-size-t4); --spotim-font-size-community-question: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-date-format: var(--spotim-font-size-small); --spotim-font-size-large: calc(18px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-medium: calc(14px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-message-actions: calc(15px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-product-header: calc(21px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-product-subheader: calc(16px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-small: calc(13px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t1: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t2: calc(20px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t3: calc(18px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t4: calc(15px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t5: calc(13px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-t6: calc(12px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-tag-icon-large: calc(26px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-tag-icon-medium: calc(20px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-user-image: calc(15.6px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-username: var(--spotim-font-size-medium); --spotim-font-size-x-large: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-x-small: calc(11px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-xx-large: calc(27px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-size-xx-small: calc(9px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-font-style-community-question: italic; --spotim-font-weight-action-button: 400; --spotim-font-weight-bold: bold; --spotim-font-weight-comments-count: var(--spotim-font-weight-t4); --spotim-font-weight-community-question: 400; --spotim-font-weight-normal: 400; --spotim-font-weight-product-header: bold; --spotim-font-weight-product-subheader: 400; --spotim-font-weight-semibold: 600; --spotim-font-weight-username: var(--spotim-font-weight-bold); --spotim-input-background-color: #ffffff; --spotim-input-separator-color: #d4d6d7; --spotim-justify-content-community-question: flex-start; --spotim-layer-background-color: var(--spotim-overlay-background-color); --spotim-letter-spacing-action: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-badge: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-body: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-buttons: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-date-format: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-modal-body: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-primary-button: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-product-header: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-product-subheader: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t1: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t2: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t3: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t4: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t5: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-t6: normal; --spotim-letter-spacing-username: normal; --spotim-line-height-action: 24px; --spotim-line-height-date-format: 21px; --spotim-line-height-medium: 1.5; --spotim-line-height-product-header: 1.5; --spotim-line-height-product-subheader: 30px; --spotim-line-height-t1: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t2: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t3: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t4: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t5: 1.5em; --spotim-line-height-t6: 1.5em; --spotim-list-item-background: #f7f7f7; --spotim-list-item-foreground: #e5e6e6; --spotim-live-indicator-font-size: calc(11px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-margin-top-whole-page-modal-header: 0px; --spotim-max-reading-width: 700px; --spotim-menu-z-index: 2147483647; --spotim-message-font-size-large: calc(21px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-font-size-medium: undefined; --spotim-message-font-size-regular: calc(14px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-font-size-small: calc(15px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-font-size-x-large: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-font-size-x-small: calc(12px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-message-hover-menu-background-color: var(--spotim-color-scheme-g1); --spotim-message-letter-spacing: -0.01111em; --spotim-message-line-height: 1.67; --spotim-message-margins: 5px; --spotim-message-separator-color: #e3e3e3; --spotim-message-stack-margin: 15px; --spotim-message-text-color: #222222; --spotim-message-user-image-wrapper-margin: 10px; --spotim-modal-backdrop-background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); --spotim-modal-backdrop-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); --spotim-modal-border-padding: 10px; --spotim-modal-border-radius: 10px 10px 0px 0px; --spotim-modal-full-width: calc(100vw - 80px); --spotim-modal-margin-top: initial; --spotim-modal-max-width: 1400px; --spotim-modals-backdrop-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); --spotim-notifications-bell-margin-bottom: 30px; --spotim-notifications-bell-margin-side: 30px; --spotim-overlay-background-color: #ffffff; --spotim-overlay-border-color: transparent; --spotim-overlay-z-index: 2147483646; --spotim-page-background-color: white; --spotim-partner-mobile-navbar-height: 0px; --spotim-partner-navbar-height: 0px; --spotim-pitc-article-title-font-family: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-pitc-article-title-font-weight: 600; --spotim-pitc-header-color: black; --spotim-pitc-header-font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; --spotim-pitc-header-font-size: calc(22px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-pitc-header-font-weight: bold; --spotim-pitc-header-line-height: normal; --spotim-pitc-header-margin-top: 35px; --spotim-pitc-top-comment-color: black; --spotim-pitc-top-comment-font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; --spotim-pitc-top-comment-font-weight: 600; --spotim-progress-bar-background-color: #e5e6e6; --spotim-reactions-reaction-font-family: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-reactions-reaction-font-size: calc(11px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-reactions-reaction-font-weight: 400; --spotim-reactions-reaction-line-height: 38px; --spotim-reactions-reaction-text-color: #7b7f83; --spotim-reactions-title-color: black; --spotim-reactions-title-font-family: Open Sans, Open Sans Hebrew, Arial; --spotim-reactions-title-font-size: calc(18px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-reactions-title-font-weight: 700; --spotim-reactions-title-line-height: 30px; --spotim-rich-editor-font-size: calc(16px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-safeframe-modal-backdrop-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); --spotim-say-control-action-color: #a8abae; --spotim-say-control-border-color: #e3e3e3; --spotim-say-control-border: 1px solid var(--spotim-say-control-border-color, var(--spotim-color-scheme-l3)); --spotim-say-control-box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--spotim-color-scheme-l3); --spotim-sayctrl-background-color: var(--spotim-input-background-color); --spotim-shadow-scheme-s1: 0 2px 20px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.07); --spotim-skeleton-background-color: #e3e3e3; --spotim-skeleton-foreground-color: #f2f2f2; --spotim-spotlight-button-font-size: calc(12px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-spotlight-button-font-weight: 600; --spotim-spotlight-card-font-size: calc(16px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-spotlight-card-font-weight: 300; --spotim-spotlight-font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; --spotim-spotlight-title-font-size: calc(24px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-spotlight-title-font-weight: bold; --spotim-star-color-empty: #e3e3e3; --spotim-star-color-full: var(--spotim-brand-color); --spotim-sticky-say-control-background-color: #FFFFFF; --spotim-sticky-say-control-z-index: 19; --spotim-strong-border-color: #a8abae; --spotim-success-color: #35b840; --spotim-text-align-community-question: start; --spotim-text-color-action: var(--spotim-color-scheme-l5); --spotim-text-color-badge: var(--spotim-brand-text-color); --spotim-text-color-comments-count: var(--spotim-color-scheme-l5); --spotim-text-color-date-format: var(--spotim-color-scheme-l5); --spotim-text-color-default: black; --spotim-text-color-muted: #373e44; --spotim-text-color-product-header: #373e44; --spotim-text-color-product-subheader: #7b7f83; --spotim-text-color-tooltip: #ffffff; --spotim-text-color-x-muted: #7b7f83; --spotim-text-color-xx-muted: #a8abae; --spotim-text-over-brand-color: white; --spotim-text-transform-action: none; --spotim-text-transform-buttons: inherit; --spotim-text-transform-comments-count: var(--spotim-text-transform-t4); --spotim-text-transform-date-format: none; --spotim-text-transform-product-header: none; --spotim-text-transform-product-subheader: none; --spotim-text-transform-username: inherit; --spotim-user-image-border: none; --spotim-user-image-font-color: #373e44; --spotim-user-image-font-size: calc(15.6px + calc(var(--launcher--module-font-size-offset) * 1px)); --spotim-user-image-font-weight: 400; --spotim-user-image-large: 54px; --spotim-user-image-line-height: 1.67; --spotim-user-image-medium: 42px; --spotim-user-image-normal: 39px; --spotim-user-image-small: 30px; --spotim-user-image-x_large: 64px; --spotim-user-image-x_small: 25px; --spotim-user-image-xx_large: 74px; --spotim-user-image-xxx_large: 114px; --spotim-user-name-font-family: var(--spotim-font-family); --spotim-warning-color: #fabb09; box-sizing: border-box; display: contents;"><div shell-wrapper="" style="display: inherit;"><div data-article-tags="circumnavigation, people, racing" data-post-id="52122" data-post-url="https://www.cruisingworld.com/people/cole-brauer-completes-the-global-solo-challenge/" data-spotim-module="conversation" ignore-host="" shell-ad-wrapper="" style="display: inherit;"><div class="spotim-light" data-openweb-style-wrapper="true" shell-wrapper="" style="display: inherit;"><div data-spot-im-direction="ltr" shell-wrapper="" style="display: inherit;"><div></div></div></div></div></div></ow-gq1u9rgbmv></div><div class="elementor-shortcode" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ebe7c99 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-core-v316-plus="true" data-element_type="container" data-id="ebe7c99" data-settings="{"content_width":"boxed"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: stretch; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 5px 5px; --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 50px; --margin-block-start: 25px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 25px; --padding-inline-start: 25px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-items: normal; align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-flow: column; flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: initial; height: var(--height); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); max-width: min(100%,var(--width)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); place-content: normal; position: var(--position); text-align: initial; transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="e-con-inner" style="align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: auto; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: 1 1 auto; gap: var(--gap); height: 1018.19px; justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin: 0px auto; max-width: var(--content-width); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); width: 560.286px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-568da8a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="568da8a4" data-settings="{"content_width":"boxed"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: var(--widgets-spacing,20px); --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 0px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 10px; --padding-inline-start: 10px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-items: normal; align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-flow: column; flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: initial; height: var(--height); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); place-content: normal; position: var(--position); text-align: initial; transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="e-con-inner" style="align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: auto; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: 1 1 auto; gap: var(--gap); height: 1018.19px; justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin: 0px auto; max-width: var(--content-width); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); width: 540.286px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-39ae405e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-element_type="widget" data-id="39ae405e" data-widget_type="heading.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="border-color: var( --e-global-color-31bc7da ); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 64.5238px; padding: 16px 0px 15px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 32px; margin-block: 0.5rem 1rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Read More</h2></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2080702c elementor-grid-4 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts" data-element_type="widget" data-id="2080702c" data-settings="{"classic_columns":"4","classic_columns_tablet":"2","classic_columns_mobile":"1","classic_row_gap":{"unit":"px","size":35,"sizes":[]},"classic_row_gap_tablet":{"unit":"px","size":"","sizes":[]},"classic_row_gap_mobile":{"unit":"px","size":"","sizes":[]}}" data-widget_type="posts.classic" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --grid-column-gap: 30px; --grid-row-gap: 35px; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 1358.36px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid elementor-has-item-ratio" style="align-items: stretch; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(1, 1fr);"><article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-52099 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-people tag-canary-islands tag-people tag-safety-at-sea tag-talisker-whiskey-challenge" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: background, border, box-shadow;"><a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/people/13-hours-in-a-life-raft/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin-bottom: 15px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: none 0s ease 0s; width: 540.286px;" tabindex="-1"><div class="elementor-post__thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; inset: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 270.143px; position: relative;"><img alt="Omar Nour and Omar Samra" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-52100" height="576" loading="lazy" pinger-seen="true" src="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/13Hours_1-768x576.jpg" style="border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; left: calc(50% + 1px); max-height: none; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: calc(50% + 1px); transform: scale(1.01) translate(-50%, -50%); transition: filter 0.3s ease 0s; width: 540.286px;" width="768" /></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--item-display,block); flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; width: 540.286px;"><h3 class="elementor-post__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.2; margin-block: 0.5rem 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/people/13-hours-in-a-life-raft/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">13 Hours in a Life Raft</a></h3></div></article><article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-52088 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sailboats tag-bali-catamarans tag-catamaran tag-jib tag-sailboats tag-self-tacking" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: background, border, box-shadow;"><a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/sailboats/meet-the-bali-5-8/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin-bottom: 15px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: none 0s ease 0s; width: 540.286px;" tabindex="-1"><div class="elementor-post__thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; inset: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 270.143px; position: relative;"><img alt="Bali 5.8 rendering" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-52092" height="576" loading="lazy" pinger-seen="true" src="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/Bali5.8_berco_01-768x576.jpg" style="border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; left: calc(50% + 1px); max-height: none; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: calc(50% + 1px); transform: scale(1.01) translate(-50%, -50%); transition: filter 0.3s ease 0s; width: 540.286px;" width="768" /></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--item-display,block); flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; width: 540.286px;"><h3 class="elementor-post__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.2; margin-block: 0.5rem 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/sailboats/meet-the-bali-5-8/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Meet the Bali 5.8</a></h3></div></article><article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-52080 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sailboats tag-people tag-sailboats" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: background, border, box-shadow;"><a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/sailboats/celebrating-a-classic/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin-bottom: 15px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: none 0s ease 0s; width: 540.286px;" tabindex="-1"><div class="elementor-post__thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; inset: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 270.143px; position: relative;"><img alt="Sailboat near Capraia Island" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-52082" height="576" loading="lazy" pinger-seen="true" src="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/Barbara-racing-at-Capraia-Island-Photo-P.-Maccione-768x576.jpg" style="border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; left: calc(50% + 1px); max-height: none; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: calc(50% + 1px); transform: scale(1.01) translate(-50%, -50%); transition: filter 0.3s ease 0s; width: 540.286px;" width="768" /></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--item-display,block); flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; width: 540.286px;"><h3 class="elementor-post__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.2; margin-block: 0.5rem 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/sailboats/celebrating-a-classic/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Celebrating a Classic</a></h3></div></article><article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-52072 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-charter tag-charter tag-croatia tag-destinations tag-europe tag-sail-to-power tag-the-moorings" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-property: background, border, box-shadow;"><a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/charter/the-moorings-expands-in-croatia/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin-bottom: 15px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; transition: none 0s ease 0s; width: 540.286px;" tabindex="-1"><div class="elementor-post__thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; inset: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 270.143px; position: relative;"><img alt="Dubrovnik Old Town" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-52075" height="576" loading="lazy" pinger-seen="true" src="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2024/03/Dubrovnik-Old-Town-768x576.jpg" style="border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; left: calc(50% + 1px); max-height: none; max-width: none; position: absolute; top: calc(50% + 1px); transform: scale(1.01) translate(-50%, -50%); transition: filter 0.3s ease 0s; width: 540.286px;" width="768" /></div></a><div class="elementor-post__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--item-display,block); flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; width: 540.286px;"><h3 class="elementor-post__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.2; margin-block: 0.5rem 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/charter/the-moorings-expands-in-croatia/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">The Moorings Expands in Croatia</a></h3></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor elementor-50889 elementor-location-footer" data-elementor-id="50889" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library" data-elementor-type="footer" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.54); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "PT Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4285a90c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-core-v316-plus="true" data-element_type="container" data-id="4285a90c" data-settings="{"content_width":"boxed"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: flex-start; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: none; --border-transition: 0.3s; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: calc( ( 1 - var( --container-widget-flex-grow ) ) * 100% ); --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 10px 10px; --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 30px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 20px; --padding-block-start: 20px; --padding-inline-end: 20px; --padding-inline-start: 20px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-items: normal; align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-flow: column; flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: initial; height: var(--height); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); max-width: min(100%,var(--width)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); place-content: normal; position: var(--position); text-align: initial; transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="e-con-inner" style="align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: auto; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: 1 1 auto; gap: var(--gap); height: 1350.6px; justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin: 0px auto; max-width: var(--content-width); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); width: 570.286px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2110bb9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="2110bb9e" data-settings="{"content_width":"boxed"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 1px; --border-color: #A9A9A9; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: dotted; --border-transition: 0.3s; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: var(--widgets-spacing,20px); --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 0px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 20px; --padding-inline-end: 0px; --padding-inline-start: 0px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-items: normal; align-self: var(--align-self); border-color: rgb(169, 169, 169); border-radius: var(--border-radius); border-style: dotted; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-flow: column; flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: initial; height: var(--height); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); place-content: normal; position: var(--position); text-align: initial; transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="e-con-inner" style="align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: auto; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: 1 1 auto; gap: var(--gap); height: 1309.83px; justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin: 0px auto; max-width: var(--content-width); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); width: 570.286px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-39f343e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="39f343e3" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: center; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: calc( ( 1 - var( --container-widget-flex-grow ) ) * 100% ); --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: var(--widgets-spacing,20px); --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 0px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: var(--container-default-padding-block-end,10px); --padding-block-start: var(--container-default-padding-block-start,10px); --padding-inline-end: var(--container-default-padding-inline-end,10px); --padding-inline-start: var(--container-default-padding-inline-start,10px); --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-33c5cc3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-site-logo elementor-widget-image" data-element_type="widget" data-id="33c5cc3b" data-widget_type="theme-site-logo.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 77px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;"><img alt="Cruising World Logo" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-47948" height="77" src="https://www.cruisingworld.com/uploads/2022/02/100-cruisingworld-logo-2022.jpg" style="border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; transition: opacity 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: middle;" width="234" /></a></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4630ca59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html" data-element_type="widget" data-id="4630ca59" data-widget_type="html.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 33.3333px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><button class="ot-sdk-show-settings" id="ot-sdk-btn" style="appearance: button; background: rgb(63, 112, 28); border-color: initial; border-radius: 3px; border-style: none; border-width: initial; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; height: auto; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 8px 10px; transition: all 0.1s ease 0s; user-select: none; width: auto;">Cookie Preferences</button></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4f0323a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="4f0323a0" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: center; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: calc( ( 1 - var( --container-widget-flex-grow ) ) * 100% ); --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: var(--widgets-spacing,20px); --height: auto; --justify-content: center; --margin-block-end: 0px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 0px; --padding-inline-start: 0px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3a801e7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="3a801e7d" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: stretch; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: none; --border-transition: 0.3s; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: stretch; --container-widget-flex-grow: 1; --container-widget-height: 100%; --container-widget-width: calc( ( 1 - var( --container-widget-flex-grow ) ) * 100% ); --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: row; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 0px 0px; --height: auto; --justify-content: center; --margin-block-end: 0px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 0px; --padding-inline-start: 0px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4384542e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="4384542e" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 0px 0px; --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 30px; --margin-block-start: 30px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 0px; --padding-inline-start: 0px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4e65718e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-element_type="widget" data-id="4e65718e" data-widget_type="heading.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 28px; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SUBSCRIPTIONS</div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-412ab1e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-nav_menu" data-element_type="widget" data-id="412ab1e6" data-widget_type="wp-widget-nav_menu.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 136px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="menu-footer-subscriptions-container" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul class="menu" id="menu-footer-subscriptions" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-47155" id="menu-item-47155" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/subscribe-footer/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Subscribe</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-47161" id="menu-item-47161" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/subscribe-renew/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Renew</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-47157" id="menu-item-47157" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/subscribe-digital/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Digital Edition</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-47158" id="menu-item-47158" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/cs/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Customer Service</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1a4f62e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="1a4f62e6" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 0px 0px; --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 30px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 0px; --padding-inline-start: 0px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-40e57896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-element_type="widget" data-id="40e57896" data-widget_type="heading.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 28px; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ABOUT US</div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-54336876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-nav_menu" data-element_type="widget" data-id="54336876" data-widget_type="wp-widget-nav_menu.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 167.5px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="menu-footer-menu-container" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul class="menu" id="menu-footer-menu" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-48527" id="menu-item-48527" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.bonniercorp.com/privacy-policy/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Privacy Policy</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-48528" id="menu-item-48528" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.bonniercorp.com/terms-conditions/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Terms of Use</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-48529" id="menu-item-48529" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.bonniercorp.com/abuse/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Abuse</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-766" id="menu-item-766" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/contact-us/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Contact Us</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-48859" id="menu-item-48859" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh03/ats//careers/jobSearch.jsp?org=WORLDPUB&cws=1" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Careers</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-25fd8d70 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="25fd8d70" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 0px 0px; --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 30px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 0px; --padding-inline-start: 0px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-138b770a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-element_type="widget" data-id="138b770a" data-widget_type="heading.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 23px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">FOLLOW US</div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2c5534fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-nav_menu" data-element_type="widget" data-id="2c5534fe" data-widget_type="wp-widget-nav_menu.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 209px; padding: 10px 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="menu-footer-follow-us-container" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul class="menu" id="menu-footer-follow-us" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-47311" id="menu-item-47311" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://flyingmedia.dragonforms.com/loading.do?omedasite=CRW_NL" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Email Newsletters</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12937" id="menu-item-12937" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cruisingworld/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12938" id="menu-item-12938" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://twitter.com/cruisingworld/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-46968" id="menu-item-46968" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/cruisingworld/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Pinterest</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12939" id="menu-item-12939" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cruisingworldmag/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-46969" id="menu-item-46969" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/cruisingworldmag/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">YouTube</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-44e9c5c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="44e9c5c3" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 0px 0px; --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 30px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 0px; --padding-inline-start: 0px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2e8299d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-element_type="widget" data-id="2e8299d0" data-widget_type="heading.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 43px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BONNIER BRANDS</div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-609756dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-nav_menu" data-element_type="widget" data-id="609756dc" data-widget_type="wp-widget-nav_menu.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 335px; padding: 10px 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="menu-footer-brands-container" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul class="menu" id="menu-footer-brands" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12940" id="menu-item-12940" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.boatingmag.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Boating</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-47310" id="menu-item-47310" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.cruisingworld.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Cruising World</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12941" id="menu-item-12941" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.floridatravellife.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Florida Travel + Life</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12948" id="menu-item-12948" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.islands.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Islands</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12947" id="menu-item-12947" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.marlinmag.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Marlin</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12942" id="menu-item-12942" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.sailingworld.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Sailing World</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12945" id="menu-item-12945" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Salt Water Sportsman</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12946" id="menu-item-12946" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.sportfishingmag.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Sport Fishing</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12944" id="menu-item-12944" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.wakeboardingmag.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Wakeboarding</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-12943" id="menu-item-12943" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Yachting</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3486d032 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-core-v316-plus="true" data-element_type="container" data-id="3486d032" data-settings="{"content_width":"boxed"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: var(--widgets-spacing,20px); --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 80px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: 0px; --padding-block-start: 0px; --padding-inline-end: 20px; --padding-inline-start: 20px; --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-items: normal; align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-flow: column; flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: initial; height: var(--height); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); max-width: min(100%,var(--width)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); place-content: normal; position: var(--position); text-align: initial; transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="e-con-inner" style="align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: auto; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: 1 1 auto; gap: var(--gap); height: 140.762px; justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin: 0px auto; max-width: var(--content-width); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); width: 570.286px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6df6a13b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-element_type="widget" data-id="6df6a13b" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); font-size: 14px; gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); line-height: 20px; margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: dotted; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 120.762px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">Many products featured on this site were editorially chosen. Cruising World may receive financial compensation for products purchased through this site.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 20px;">Copyright © 2024 Cruising World. A <a href="https://www.bonniercorp.com/" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--e-global-color-primary); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Bonnier LLC Company</a>. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-605585f e-con-full dc-has-condition dc-condition-empty e-flex e-con e-parent" data-core-v316-plus="true" data-element_type="container" data-id="605585f" data-settings="{"content_width":"full","background_background":"classic"}" id="anchor-ad" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: stretch; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 2px; --border-color: #CFCFCF; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: solid; --border-transition: 0.3s; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: stretch; --container-widget-flex-grow: 1; --container-widget-height: 100%; --container-widget-width: calc( ( 1 - var( --container-widget-flex-grow ) ) * 100% ); --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: row; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: 10px 10px; --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 0px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: auto; --margin-inline-start: auto; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: var(--container-default-padding-block-end,10px); --padding-block-start: var(--container-default-padding-block-start,10px); --padding-inline-end: var(--container-default-padding-inline-end,10px); --padding-inline-start: var(--container-default-padding-inline-start,10px); --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.69); border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-radius: var(--border-radius); border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); left: 0px; margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); max-width: min(100%,var(--width)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: fixed; right: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: 9999;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-57decad1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="57decad1" data-settings="{"content_width":"full"}" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --background-transition: 0.3s; --bc-margin-block-end: var(--margin-bottom); --bc-margin-block-start: var(--margin-top); --bc-margin-inline-end: var(--margin-right); --bc-margin-inline-start: var(--margin-left); --bc-padding-block-end: var(--padding-bottom); --bc-padding-block-start: var(--padding-top); --bc-padding-inline-end: var(--padding-right); --bc-padding-inline-start: var(--padding-left); --border-block-end-width: 0px; --border-block-start-width: 0px; --border-color: initial; --border-inline-end-width: 0px; --border-inline-start-width: 0px; --border-radius: 0; --border-style: initial; --container-max-width: 767px; --container-widget-align-self: initial; --container-widget-flex-grow: 0; --container-widget-height: initial; --container-widget-width: 100%; --content-width: min(100%,var(--container-max-width,1140px)); --display: flex; --e-con-grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); --e-con-grid-template-rows: repeat(2,1fr); --flex-basis: auto; --flex-direction: column; --flex-grow: 0; --flex-shrink: 1; --flex-wrap: wrap; --gap: var(--widgets-spacing,20px); --height: auto; --justify-content: initial; --margin-block-end: 0px; --margin-block-start: 0px; --margin-inline-end: 0px; --margin-inline-start: 0px; --min-height: initial; --order: initial; --overflow: visible; --overlay-mix-blend-mode: initial; --overlay-opacity: 1; --overlay-transition: 0.3s; --padding-block-end: var(--container-default-padding-block-end,10px); --padding-block-start: var(--container-default-padding-block-start,10px); --padding-inline-end: var(--container-default-padding-inline-end,10px); --padding-inline-start: var(--container-default-padding-inline-start,10px); --position: relative; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --text-align: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; --width: 100%; --z-index: revert; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); border-radius: var(--border-radius); box-sizing: border-box; display: var(--display); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); flex: var(--flex-grow) var(--flex-shrink) var(--flex-basis); gap: var(--gap); height: var(--height); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: var(--bc-margin-block-end,var(--margin-block-end)); margin-block-start: var(--bc-margin-block-start,var(--margin-block-start)); margin-inline-end: var(--bc-margin-inline-end,var(--margin-inline-end)); margin-inline-start: var(--bc-margin-inline-start,var(--margin-inline-start)); min-height: var(--min-height); min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); overflow: var(--overflow); padding-block-end: var(--bc-padding-block-end,var(--padding-block-end)); padding-block-start: var(--bc-padding-block-start,var(--padding-block-start)); padding-inline-end: var(--bc-padding-inline-end,var(--padding-inline-end)); padding-inline-start: var(--bc-padding-inline-start,var(--padding-inline-start)); position: var(--position); text-align: var(--text-align); transition: background var(--background-transition,.3s),border var(--border-transition,.3s),box-shadow var(--border-transition,.3s),transform var(--e-con-transform-transition-duration,.4s); width: var(--width); z-index: var(--z-index);"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5227568d elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon" data-element_type="widget" data-id="5227568d" data-widget_type="icon.default" id="anchor-close" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 50%; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); height: 24px; justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: -12px; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; width: auto;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="elementor-icon-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: right;"><div class="elementor-icon" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 1; text-align: center; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-times-circle" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Free"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 900; height: 1em; line-height: 1; position: relative; text-rendering: auto; width: 1em;"></span></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1e0cc06d elementor-widget elementor-widget-bonnier-ads-anchor" data-element_type="widget" data-id="1e0cc06d" data-widget_type="bonnier-ads-anchor.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; order: var(--order); position: relative;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 50px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div id="bonnier-ads-anchor-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="bonnier-ad" data-google-query-id="CMaVtIDg8oQDFT-kWgUdxdgDSA" id="gpt-passback-anchor" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/22595167374/cruisingworld_1__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: auto; width: 320px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-60432145743353779472024-03-04T20:29:00.000-08:002024-03-04T20:29:12.976-08:00Alex Abramovich | At the Tom Verlaine Book Sale<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUJIeYi1DBhyTZDMGiWN32qWhONlbpJ0kK9rk7lPUzNpclBk5ARDqCtZWW37XgB7O4LoAbP8jkvir8CotH3Sr_A_1PkB_kPkolZE2HT9kcFqF5hDdPsoeoXwLzLn4Pa0gbmwUthDZBR9fP9VsgJzMGpbgbcZHTwwWg2gw7Ap1BvEmmYGl8KM-kExk1m1zB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="2000" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUJIeYi1DBhyTZDMGiWN32qWhONlbpJ0kK9rk7lPUzNpclBk5ARDqCtZWW37XgB7O4LoAbP8jkvir8CotH3Sr_A_1PkB_kPkolZE2HT9kcFqF5hDdPsoeoXwLzLn4Pa0gbmwUthDZBR9fP9VsgJzMGpbgbcZHTwwWg2gw7Ap1BvEmmYGl8KM-kExk1m1zB" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/march/at-the-tom-verlaine-book-sale">Alex Abramovich | At the Tom Verlaine Book Sale</a> LRBlog - - London Review Blog<div><p style="background-color: #fafaf7; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494746; font-family: Quadraat, TimesNewRoman, "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.444em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; vertical-align: baseline;">A meme bounced around Brooklyn last summer: ‘What if we kissed at the Tom Verlaine book sale?’ <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/february/remembering-tom-verlaine" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 132, 176) !important; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s, border-color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline; will-change: color, border-color;">Verlaine</a>, who formed and fronted the band Television, died on 28 January 2023. Over the years he had acquired fifty thousand books – twenty tons or more – on any number of subjects: art, acoustics, astrological signs, UFOs. The sale of those books – a two-day affair in August, run out of adjacent garages in Brooklyn – was a serious draw. Arto Lindsay, the avant-pop musician, walked by. Tony Oursler made a short video and posted it on Instagram. Old friends, some of whom looked as if they hadn’t seen daylight in decades, found each other in the long line.</p><p style="background-color: #fafaf7; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494746; font-family: Quadraat, TimesNewRoman, "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.444em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; vertical-align: baseline;"> Verlaine had split his enormous collection between storage units: one a short walk from his Chelsea one-bedroom, four more across the river in Red Hook, near the foot of the Gowanus Canal. Verlaine didn’t use Uber. To get to the Brooklyn facility he’d take a rickety grocery cart on the F train, ride it out to Smith and Ninth Street, the highest Subway station in the city, and walk the rest of the way. In a crowd, Verlaine stood out. He was tall, thin, fine-featured. (‘Tom Verlaine has the most beautiful neck in rock and roll,’ Patti Smith wrote in 1974. ‘Real swan like.’) He had never quit smoking and wore a car coat, like a character out of film noir. But there he had been, bumping his cart down several sets of stairs and escalators and wheeling it, under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, across seven lanes of traffic, to Red Hook. The books had to go somewhere.</p><p style="background-color: #fafaf7; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494746; font-family: Quadraat, TimesNewRoman, "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.444em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Verlaine had been a regular at the <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2010/july/oh-i-get-it-it-s-a-sci-fi-novel" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 132, 176) !important; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s, border-color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline; will-change: color, border-color;">Strand</a>, where he’d once worked in the shipping department – you’d see him on the sidewalk in front, where the dollar carts were. On tour, he used the space between soundcheck and showtime to visit local booksellers. In Brooklyn, he had packed his storage units so tightly that <a href="https://patrickderivaz.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(17, 132, 176) !important; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s, border-color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline; will-change: color, border-color;" target="_blank">Patrick Derivaz,</a> the friend charged with handling his estate, had to rent another unit just to have space to move boxes around. Jimmy Rip, a guitarist in Television’s most recent incarnation, had flown in from Argentina in January; seven months later he was still in New York, helping out. Dave Morse and Matty D’Angelo, of the Bushwick bookstore Better Read than Dead, had come aboard too.</p><p style="background-color: #fafaf7; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494746; font-family: Quadraat, TimesNewRoman, "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.444em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Usually,’ Morse told me, ‘people call and say: “We have fifty thousand books.” You get there and it’s more like five hundred. In this case, we counted the boxes. It was maybe a little less than fifty thousand, because Verlaine was really good at packing. He used a lot of filler. He’d improvise squirrel nests: folded pieces of corrugated cardboard and bubble wrap. He was scrappy about it but very meticulous and, for the most part, the books were in excellent shape. We did the math, scratched our heads, realised we couldn’t do it alone. We thought about dealers we knew who had space.’</p><p style="background-color: #fafaf7; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Quadraat, TimesNewRoman, "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.444em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0z32mdsmzktsv06fa8v55/At-the-Tom-Verlaine-Book-Sale.docx?rlkey=kciq5br264k7w88l058fxqdwe&dl=0" target="_blank">KEEP READING</a></span></b></p><p style="background-color: #fafaf7; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494746; font-family: Quadraat, TimesNewRoman, "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.444em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px; scrollbar-color: rgb(232, 231, 221) transparent !important; scrollbar-width: thin !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-14044684408799111582024-02-25T20:44:00.000-08:002024-02-25T20:44:15.387-08:00Thomaston Marks First Landing<p> Unfortunately for the Thomaston, Maine town fathers Captain George Waymouth did NOT land there on June 12, 1605. And the cross the local clergy erected there does not recall the one Waymouth planted about fifteen miles south --- at Georges Harbor, formed by AlleBenner, David, and Burnt Islands.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOlXIsRkgNj0qP5p2AJX7QQ1Pv7griUdSjs4sWJqhK8SGVpbmy6F9hGblJjwrmrWuagCAyjdBlIIGOHRzUXYMw-HsYA9YIyYC7djz5FClJS2I5lc5an2Ay0OAZF6xuAFspm8BxYY0KmstoStsvOhaAdBFzCAmt0SyFvQwJYzFux58Q35nOIzLlT_UPtg_/s4080/PXL_20240225_154359500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOlXIsRkgNj0qP5p2AJX7QQ1Pv7griUdSjs4sWJqhK8SGVpbmy6F9hGblJjwrmrWuagCAyjdBlIIGOHRzUXYMw-HsYA9YIyYC7djz5FClJS2I5lc5an2Ay0OAZF6xuAFspm8BxYY0KmstoStsvOhaAdBFzCAmt0SyFvQwJYzFux58Q35nOIzLlT_UPtg_/s320/PXL_20240225_154359500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2rIhqjOUu1K9c0m5YcDY65uahZ9XQL6R7mrUL9rrkuuGibMH6FVZBmLrFfQA57B2toBpeH2QWNfarTgnUzxSyDGsahqlhhSdF93EzpOClCXABejrPJ4vMTL1gkp_ElfGOi1rzI6Bzi49-UgqgKh99VVu5YLsE497U_bxUBEA0UUxespdz2HjvMDzWvoo/s4080/PXL_20240225_154329162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2rIhqjOUu1K9c0m5YcDY65uahZ9XQL6R7mrUL9rrkuuGibMH6FVZBmLrFfQA57B2toBpeH2QWNfarTgnUzxSyDGsahqlhhSdF93EzpOClCXABejrPJ4vMTL1gkp_ElfGOi1rzI6Bzi49-UgqgKh99VVu5YLsE497U_bxUBEA0UUxespdz2HjvMDzWvoo/s320/PXL_20240225_154329162.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VqQ9H8ezh1SjZX6tk0Gj1YzdMRDBAagb0mYtijqQl3eQgUng_2OP_1zZGxtyM24z6nVc-USeT3GrMsRb1cbPDWuoj5fYwxPbaL5jJ07Lmnd8ZEQcwVnjXCmEe0qJRG5Pn-CuHifJQiS2mg5fOiNAdtY0DqesSijsAOr-hYlvw1PUwc7GdWBCZBe13w3l/s4080/PXL_20240225_154244081.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VqQ9H8ezh1SjZX6tk0Gj1YzdMRDBAagb0mYtijqQl3eQgUng_2OP_1zZGxtyM24z6nVc-USeT3GrMsRb1cbPDWuoj5fYwxPbaL5jJ07Lmnd8ZEQcwVnjXCmEe0qJRG5Pn-CuHifJQiS2mg5fOiNAdtY0DqesSijsAOr-hYlvw1PUwc7GdWBCZBe13w3l/s320/PXL_20240225_154244081.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0sfDny_dmoV_aH_84xfa-5LKtNvjnG4iObLyi5PYdteQPh2Xc3Qb8JhUxCgqHhZHkoiAjHX7OILJdH9emDeNo6_dX-KXMYtIyjscVo_HWweDdACDTXZAXs887zsIBW8O56PxpG_tIAIYgoSPirbKNqdyaMQ2LSWHBrFSnvrNTSY6Wnc-NM1MwL5GOykt/s4080/PXL_20240225_154210032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0sfDny_dmoV_aH_84xfa-5LKtNvjnG4iObLyi5PYdteQPh2Xc3Qb8JhUxCgqHhZHkoiAjHX7OILJdH9emDeNo6_dX-KXMYtIyjscVo_HWweDdACDTXZAXs887zsIBW8O56PxpG_tIAIYgoSPirbKNqdyaMQ2LSWHBrFSnvrNTSY6Wnc-NM1MwL5GOykt/s320/PXL_20240225_154210032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGRmKsW8NfWTqED_n3_k4WTcZbCexCNf1EvvrMzFcUqYtmvpNIX2UC0r0pd4yt-uZgu9O6s3W1iLbCXnKvR5mlHcLNDhOLdCHGjDRgAjF9Lui0ChT9KNzjlBtvi6pZv4PNG1lOXzhgowjHykkNri2R4jcDhYz0XwDQKvXvbg6_3dglzTyc-va_5-dFvdT/s4080/PXL_20240225_152928966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGRmKsW8NfWTqED_n3_k4WTcZbCexCNf1EvvrMzFcUqYtmvpNIX2UC0r0pd4yt-uZgu9O6s3W1iLbCXnKvR5mlHcLNDhOLdCHGjDRgAjF9Lui0ChT9KNzjlBtvi6pZv4PNG1lOXzhgowjHykkNri2R4jcDhYz0XwDQKvXvbg6_3dglzTyc-va_5-dFvdT/s320/PXL_20240225_152928966.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This is the actual spot at Allen and Benner Islands.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbsqp1eR-TmS1xMzKeEweB6hFssrJ31N0uq1X37svuhd9eRlomiv0bcAahnj_V_EuKvBF0ardd-A7JdGGRTIHlmuGQojgzNcMmSLlzuzQHeZzLgSnerg37PZU3yvwwFomd_GRF-Kkf_nOtoX9uOLCRcqA4L4g8r2VUDWNkDVjDohciDaT0NbWysEYdLUAd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1127" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbsqp1eR-TmS1xMzKeEweB6hFssrJ31N0uq1X37svuhd9eRlomiv0bcAahnj_V_EuKvBF0ardd-A7JdGGRTIHlmuGQojgzNcMmSLlzuzQHeZzLgSnerg37PZU3yvwwFomd_GRF-Kkf_nOtoX9uOLCRcqA4L4g8r2VUDWNkDVjDohciDaT0NbWysEYdLUAd" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></b></div><br /><p><br /></p>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-75756894557866353352024-02-24T20:06:00.000-08:002024-02-24T20:06:28.855-08:00Flaco - RIP<p><b> For a year after a vandal released him from the Central Park Zoo Flaco, an owl, captivated New Yorkers - especially Central Park Birders.</b></p><p><b>As a local celebrity he often graced Instagram and Twitter. Posing for photos he showed up just about everywhere, it seemed.</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9IMRKaE6sTFSQcq7TN-S5vqW79S-kH0wTZfushNSWkfOPopoGYwyKjlFpjIVlg_ZqcuhRKmV3rC4swVLiaTy6AsWoisgj_dNtsdxR1xYWexqG3bdhSUVaAmTRW8M2MhTEYn3wTJj_57E1LhXawjOQ38hw6CkzoF-GpVecT9Vst7BhIkxigt9lhGF6DgpX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9IMRKaE6sTFSQcq7TN-S5vqW79S-kH0wTZfushNSWkfOPopoGYwyKjlFpjIVlg_ZqcuhRKmV3rC4swVLiaTy6AsWoisgj_dNtsdxR1xYWexqG3bdhSUVaAmTRW8M2MhTEYn3wTJj_57E1LhXawjOQ38hw6CkzoF-GpVecT9Vst7BhIkxigt9lhGF6DgpX" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">@marianemarco</div><br /><br /><p></p>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-1609564711209021082024-02-19T05:36:00.001-08:002024-02-19T05:36:59.832-08:00Rescue ~Richard McBrien~ Global Solo Challengehttps://globalsolochallenge.com/william-macbrien-watatsumi-en/GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-72091558650280125552024-02-18T14:11:00.000-08:002024-02-18T14:59:38.920-08:00Papercuts<p>Paschke papercuts</p><p><a href="https://www.designsinkart.com/library/M-PapercutMountingOptions200607.htm#:~:text=By%20far%20the%20easiest%2C%20reversible,Melinex%20516%20(photo%208)."> https://www.designsinkart.com/library/M-PapercutMountingOptions200607.htm#:~:text=By%20far%20the%20easiest%2C%20reversible,Melinex%20516%20(photo%208).</a></p>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-53493542051760498792024-02-05T18:54:00.000-08:002024-02-05T19:00:11.886-08:00Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now - Grammys 2024<b>Introduced and joined by Brandi Carlile
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/awyl_RLlNl8" title="Beautiful Joni Mitchell “Both Sides Now” Live on the Grammys, February 4, 2024" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-41840957343195827112024-02-05T15:49:00.000-08:002024-02-05T16:15:08.264-08:00Fast Car - Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs at the Grammys<p> <b>Fast Car by Tracy Chapman - Grammy performance 2024 with Luke Combs.</b></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-QDn3DvzXPyM0dQAcF3YbBwGL2oZuWjPa8a2WnikjA8wkBA3Lq0HOysQaBStMPM0XOLRIANxMAnflf4-q9RLzUIlGf9eXjnOLcJ1pu4ter0WVi9wZhKKdHUErtdmNerpl3JPhL2muxd_BG1teKZyhNxfMdYfKgqhorwasXHTRM7rrOWNNWw6XJDIlYK5U" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-QDn3DvzXPyM0dQAcF3YbBwGL2oZuWjPa8a2WnikjA8wkBA3Lq0HOysQaBStMPM0XOLRIANxMAnflf4-q9RLzUIlGf9eXjnOLcJ1pu4ter0WVi9wZhKKdHUErtdmNerpl3JPhL2muxd_BG1teKZyhNxfMdYfKgqhorwasXHTRM7rrOWNNWw6XJDIlYK5U" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1754317628661768555"><b>https://twitter.com/i/status/1754317628661768555</b></a></span><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://g.co/kgs/q2m61N9" target="_blank">Full Lyrics</a></span></b></div><div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">You got a fast car</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I want a ticket to anywhere</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Maybe we make a deal</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Maybe together we can get somewhere</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Any place is better</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Starting from zero, got nothing to lose</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Maybe we'll make something</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Me, myself, I got nothing to prove</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">You got a fast car</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I got a plan to get us out of here</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I been working at the convenience store</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Managed to save just a little bit of money</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Won't have to drive too far</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Just 'cross the border and into the city</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">You and I can both get jobs</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And finally see what it means to be living</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">See, my old man's got a problem</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">He says his body's too old for working</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">His body's too young to look like his</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">My mama went off and left him</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">She wanted more from life than he could give</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I said, somebody's got to take care of him</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">So I quit school and that's what I did</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">You got a fast car</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Is it fast enough so we can fly away?</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">We gotta make a decision</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Leave tonight or live and die this way</span></span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">So I remember we were driving, driving in your car</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">City lights lay out before us</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And I-I, had a feeling that I belonged</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone</span></span></div></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><a href="https://g.co/kgs/q2m61N9" target="_blank">keep reading</a></span></span></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-79209669260173678652024-01-09T19:22:00.000-08:002024-01-09T19:22:42.688-08:00The State of the Storm<p> A Force 10 Storm - Beaufort scale</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOwU1-5fvc_Lo7VAbVHWPBHiQKhIuy_vHiMNrlkToCGHAE9qhQ-reUPCTE-imTQ78IZrApX-BlO0c94D4_BB-A4vq148TWKKxK036VNvNP4h-zgbZZv9PVxhXofl_S08bwPErPtYMladCkPpjCtcAVZ6cxcbi2N5d3eaU7vGPFoGGVC7DHkKQaXKBK1pDA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="532" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOwU1-5fvc_Lo7VAbVHWPBHiQKhIuy_vHiMNrlkToCGHAE9qhQ-reUPCTE-imTQ78IZrApX-BlO0c94D4_BB-A4vq148TWKKxK036VNvNP4h-zgbZZv9PVxhXofl_S08bwPErPtYMladCkPpjCtcAVZ6cxcbi2N5d3eaU7vGPFoGGVC7DHkKQaXKBK1pDA=w377-h309" width="377" /></a></div><p></p><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-wrap: wrap;"><b>Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service New York NY
403 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
Montauk Point NY to Sandy Hook NJ out 20 nm offshore, including
Long Island Sound, the Long Island Bays, and New York Harbor
ANZ335-101015-
Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY-
403 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
.<u>TONIGHT</u>...SE winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 40 kt,
increasing to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 55 kt late this
evening and early morning, then becoming S with gusts up to 40 kt
late. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Rain this evening, then rain with isolated
tstms after midnight. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
.<u>WED</u>...SW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 2 to
4 ft. Chance of showers in the morning.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt
after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. </b></pre><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-wrap: wrap;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl4XczqjX8xF4ErEaZnxijYfxi5euYiDilxJHT2YPPEM3goBBIj_bObgw0ltGje2UInNims-TfRTlBvH9WbT1nlS-gewyRZXfPr0X13xDjVeLLKdJmpl5UivjJ7rnlxlpJdJMZQGG2-ydTKeLyJy3bTrHw1i1EcmSRfDglWypfngB4yDJ3tp7At9bBjd_n" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="354" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl4XczqjX8xF4ErEaZnxijYfxi5euYiDilxJHT2YPPEM3goBBIj_bObgw0ltGje2UInNims-TfRTlBvH9WbT1nlS-gewyRZXfPr0X13xDjVeLLKdJmpl5UivjJ7rnlxlpJdJMZQGG2-ydTKeLyJy3bTrHw1i1EcmSRfDglWypfngB4yDJ3tp7At9bBjd_n" width="310" /></a></div><pre style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-wrap: wrap;"><b><br /></b></pre></b><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #c5e5f5; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; width: 150px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="125"><a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=OKX&wwa=high%20wind%20warning" style="border: 0px; color: #1763ab; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 10pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">High Wind Warning</a></td><td align="right" style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="20"><div style="background-color: goldenrod; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font: inherit; height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 20px;"></div></td><td align="left" style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="2"></td><td style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="125"><img border="0" height="3" src="https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/gif/spacer.gif" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: text-top;" width="125" /></td><td style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="20"></td><td style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="2"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="2"></td><td align="left" style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="125"><a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=OKX&wwa=storm%20warning" style="border: 0px; color: #1763ab; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 10pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Storm Warning</a></td><td align="right" style="padding: 2px 0px 1px 5px; vertical-align: middle;" valign="top" width="20"><div style="background-color: darkviolet; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font: inherit; height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 20px;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="background-color: #c5e5f5; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; height: 490px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 624px;"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #eeeeee; padding: 1px; vertical-align: top;">10</td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #eeeeee; padding: 1px; vertical-align: top;">55-63</td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #eeeeee; padding: 1px; vertical-align: top;">48-55</td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #eeeeee; padding: 1px; vertical-align: top;">Storm</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; padding: 1px; vertical-align: top;">Very high waves with long overhanging crests. The resulting foam, in great patches, is blown in dense white streaks along the direction of the wind. On the whole the surface of the sea takes on a white appearance. The tumbling of the sea becomes heavy and shock-like. Visibility affected.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<b><br /></b></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><br /><br /></p>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-13985371230885092132023-12-24T13:52:00.000-08:002023-12-24T13:52:48.250-08:00Amazing Grace at 250! - NPR<p> </p>
<iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1221467563/1221467564" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"></iframe>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-26628792645008281002023-12-21T18:26:00.000-08:002023-12-21T18:26:30.852-08:00SHE’LL BE COMING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN<div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Who is SHE?</b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/2-mountain-lyrics.pdf">She'll be coming round the mountain </a>- traditional</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">1. She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes. (Gi- yap!) She’ll be coming
‘round the mountain when she comes. (Gi- yap!) She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain,
she’ll be coming ‘round the mountain, she’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she
comes. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">2. She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes. (Whoa, there!) She’ll be driving six
white horses when she comes (Whoa, there!) She’ll be driving six white horses, she’ll be
driving six white horses, she’ll be driving six white horses when she comes. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">3. Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her when she comes. (Hi, Babe!) Oh, we’ll all go out to meet
her when she comes. (Hi, Babe!) Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her, Oh, we’ll all go out to
meet her, Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her when she comes. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">4. Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes. (Mm Mm) Oh, we’ll all have
chicken and dumplings when she comes. (Mm Mm) Oh we’ll all have chicken and
dumplings, Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings, Oh, we’ll all have chicken and
dumplings when she comes. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">5. We’ll be singing “Hallelujah” when she comes. (Hallelujah!) We’ll be singing
“Hallelujah” when she comes. (Hallelujah!) We’ll be singing “Hallelujah, “We’ll be
singing “Hallelujah, “We’ll be singing “Hallelujah” when she comes.<br /></span><div><br /></div></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-25255241752335591152023-12-14T04:56:00.000-08:002023-12-23T07:03:10.835-08:00A 12 1/2 and a wreck<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizjLvRec6dhDNy54El3IrQm7BHWyDCI60wx_kOtZ_SPlC9pMMGwx4WlWILymeuhLS-PhdvVQ1n9GN3lHsObJgYF8OQeUH6x60UDU82vh9S4q6VPYytnw218-H9hYz8tQMFZQAPgltWHTEhxa1TrVsgSTKodt3EdhjAUJIN_bz9Cm3M3238lvpVCsQuUIdg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="640" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizjLvRec6dhDNy54El3IrQm7BHWyDCI60wx_kOtZ_SPlC9pMMGwx4WlWILymeuhLS-PhdvVQ1n9GN3lHsObJgYF8OQeUH6x60UDU82vh9S4q6VPYytnw218-H9hYz8tQMFZQAPgltWHTEhxa1TrVsgSTKodt3EdhjAUJIN_bz9Cm3M3238lvpVCsQuUIdg=w395-h548" width="395" /></a></div><br /><p></p>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-36094448943287557752023-12-10T20:28:00.000-08:002023-12-10T20:28:39.559-08:00Patrick Mahomes loses it after Chiefs fall to Bills, explains what made him so angry: 'It's tough to swallow' - CBSSports.com<a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patrick-mahomes-loses-it-after-chiefs-fall-to-bills-explains-what-made-him-so-angry-its-tough-to-swallow/">Patrick Mahomes loses it after Chiefs fall to Bills, explains what made him so angry: 'It's tough to swallow' - CBSSports.com</a><div><br /></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-24894834272747428122023-11-26T16:28:00.000-08:002023-11-26T16:31:41.563-08:00Farewell to the New York Times Sports Department - TomDispatch.com<div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiX0QYLbm0db2wvHzHH9oUp8PjuVtx_eBhjMTv5s7mkz5kBgifK0Wf-Hw27dctulYp_UG2PV36EAy2uq-wc-Bfe28hfYZYncOiBYULXUR0b-j-5ojtdbAZBtN2K2Oddti4kMJZl0vK0lVg9R-VPh71TM9iBJD37jzp2B1bABBs6ZgEqMpWCnWGYWi9g0GUY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="265" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiX0QYLbm0db2wvHzHH9oUp8PjuVtx_eBhjMTv5s7mkz5kBgifK0Wf-Hw27dctulYp_UG2PV36EAy2uq-wc-Bfe28hfYZYncOiBYULXUR0b-j-5ojtdbAZBtN2K2Oddti4kMJZl0vK0lVg9R-VPh71TM9iBJD37jzp2B1bABBs6ZgEqMpWCnWGYWi9g0GUY" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">THE YEAR THE DODGERS FINALLY WON IT ALL.</div><br /><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>How could it be? I've got clippings from the Times of my father's Fordham swimming team results. I pored over the Times in the days of The Duke of Flatbush and Sandy Koufax, the Midwood lefty fastballer. Fer chrissakes the Times reported Long Island Sound sailing races. And Red Smith, Robert Lipsyte, George Vecsey, and other legendary sports columnists.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Well, at least the Boston Globe is still the hometown sports paper. Go Sox, Celts, and Bruins.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>GWC</b></span></div></div><a href="https://tomdispatch.com/farewell-to-the-new-york-times-sports-department/?utm_source=TomDispatch&utm_campaign=5737870b2f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_11_26_10_32&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5737870b2f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Farewell to the New York Times Sports Department - TomDispatch.com</span></b></a><div><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; position: relative;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 2.375rem; font-weight: 400; hyphens: none; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.2; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1rem; margin: 1rem 0px calc(0.5rem); overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Robert Lipsyte, Goodbye to All That</h1><div class="posted-on" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.9375rem; text-transform: uppercase;">POSTED ON <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-11-21T08:39:11-05:00" style="box-sizing: inherit;">NOVEMBER 21, 2023</time></div></header><div class="wp-block-tom-dispatch-intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit;">Though I was no athlete — or how would you explain all those grounders that went through the legs of second baseman Tom Engelhardt or why, when I got older, I so often ended up banished to, yes, right field? — I grew up in a world of sports. As a kid in the 1950s, so long before the online universe made more or less everything available, I can remember having one of those old wooden radios with the golden dials behind my bed. At night, I would keep my ear to the radio, so I could hear the Brooklyn Dodgers night games without my parents realizing I was awake. After all, I had to know what right fielder Carl “the Rifle” Furillo did, not to speak of Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Don Newcombe, Jackie Robinson, and so many other players of that distant era. And of course, I’d regularly check the box scores in the paper, probably the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Post</em> (since my mom <a data-wpel-link="internal" href="https://tomdispatch.com/mccarthyism-then-and-now/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #013b6d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 110ms ease-in-out 0s;">drew political caricatures</a> for that liberal rag of the 1950s).</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit;">I remember the thrill in high school, though still a Dodgers fan, of going to a New York Giants game and the next day finding myself in a sports photo on the back page of the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Daily News</em>. (Mind you, I was part of a large outfield crowd watching Willie Mays catch a fly ball and only I knew it was me in that shot.) And yes, when I got older, I read the sports pages of the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Times</em>, too. As the years went by, that was the place I regularly turned to in the morning before even paying much attention to the front-page news. (I mean, honestly, what could have been more important than the latest in sports, especially when it came to my teams?)</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit;">And somewhere in those years, I undoubtedly began reading Robert Lipsyte. After all, when, in 1957, the Dodgers announced that they were deserting the Big Apple for Los Angeles, I felt bereft, betrayed, and bewildered. Then, in 1962, when I was 18, the Mets came to town. I naturally Metified in a major way — and one of the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Times</em> sportswriters <a data-wpel-link="external" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/sports/baseball/remembering-the-mets-first-spring-in-1962.html" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #013b6d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 110ms ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">assigned to cover the team</a> that first year was… yes, Lipsyte. And we met, first on the page and years later in person, and I’ve known him ever since. So, who better than that former <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Times</em> sportswriter and columnist, <a data-wpel-link="internal" href="https://tomdispatch.com/life-on-the-run/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #013b6d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 110ms ease-in-out 0s;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">TomDispatch</em> regular</a>, and author of <a data-wpel-link="external" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813593190/ref=nosim/?tag=tomdispatch-20" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #013b6d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 110ms ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">SportsWorld: An American Dreamland</em></a> to offer a fervent farewell to the sports section of the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Times</em>? <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Tom</em></p></div><div class="main-article" style="background-color: white; border-top: 6px solid rgb(1, 59, 109); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; margin-top: calc(2.375rem); padding-top: 1.625rem;"><h1 class="main-article__title article-title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #020202; font-size: 2.625rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem;">Farewell to the <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Times</i> Sports Department</h1><h2 class="main-article__subtitle article-subtitle" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #020202; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.2; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin: calc(0.5rem) 0px;">Or Should It Be Good Riddance?</h2><div class="byline" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(1, 59, 109); box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin: calc(0.5rem) 0px calc(2rem); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px 0px calc(1rem); text-transform: uppercase;">BY <span class="author vcard" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a data-wpel-link="internal" href="https://tomdispatch.com/authors/robertlipsyte/" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #013b6d; font-family: NonBreakingSpaceOverride, Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 110ms ease-in-out 0s;">ROBERT LIPSYTE</a></span></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the spring of 1957, in search of a summer job before heading west to graduate school, I answered a classified <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Times</em> ad for an editorial assistant. The personnel clerk at the paper was condescending. Bachelor’s degrees are a dime a dozen, she told me. For their newsroom, she said, they were looking for Ph.D. candidates and Rhodes scholars. Still, sighing at her own generosity, she let me fill out the paperwork.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;">I did so, but not being much of a <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Times</em> reader then, I quickly moved on. I spent the rest of that day filling out other applications around town. When I got home my mother said, “You had a crank call, Bobby. A man said that, if you show up tomorrow and pass a physical, you can start work immediately at the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Times</em>.”</p><p id="more" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;">The physical consisted of nothing more than showing up, and that editorial assistant post turned out to be for a copyboy (no girls allowed then) in the sports department. I hated the job — sharpening pencils, fetching coffee, filling pots of library paste from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. for a dyspeptic crew of “copy readers” (now, staff editors), who seemed to take joy in molesting the words of superb writers like reporter Gay Talese.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sixty-six years later, I had a rush of mixed feelings when the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Times</em> recently announced that it was going to <a data-wpel-link="external" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2023/07/10/new-york-times-dissolves-sports-department-the-athletic/70397685007/" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #013b6d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 110ms ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">abolish</a> its sports department. How could they part with such a critical piece of my life? And, by the way, what took them so long?</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had, in fact, long wondered whether the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Times</em> needed a sports department. Even back then, marketing polls showed that its readers who were avid sports followers mostly bought tabloids to satisfy their fandom. In-house, in fact, sports was known as “the Toy Department” and often provided a dumping ground for writers and editors who had messed up “outside” (as we sports types called the other <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Times</em> departments we revered and resented).</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Why Cover Sports?</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;">As it happened, that summer job of mine would last 26 years (in two acts with a 20-year intermission) and, in that time, I came to love the majesty of the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Times</em>, its sense of mission, and the throb of the news flow. The sports section would be included in my new belief system. When I was anointed a reporter at 21, I felt as if I had been inducted into a knightly order dedicated to Truth and I’ve never been totally deprogrammed.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;">At the same time, during these past 66 years, even while writing on sports-related topics in genres ranging from art criticism to opera, I’ve continued to wonder about the true purpose of sports coverage. Is it to keep that industry profitable, critique and offer consumer reviews of performance, be that media platform’s most diverting section (like the comics in other papers), provide <a data-wpel-link="external" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/micro-betting-could-destroy-sports/620188/" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #013b6d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 110ms ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">intelligence for gamblers</a>, or offer real journalistic coverage of a compelling and useful window on society? Or maybe some combination of them all?</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro", Garamond, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><a href="https://tomdispatch.com/farewell-to-the-new-york-times-sports-department/?utm_source=TomDispatch&utm_campaign=5737870b2f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_11_26_10_32&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5737870b2f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D" target="_blank">KEEP READING</a></b></span></p></div></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-74890911662173805942023-11-20T16:49:00.000-08:002023-11-20T16:49:38.945-08:00Happy Thanksgiving and a Gale Warning <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_RlJIqGQk8hVgQQxGNVcP-A-TFIH5h8_shgXvmk1CPbSN4sCOCwX05qRhBcMtg9tpWLGg0w24tB-gwBYg5554SAbZiVPPN77i6xxBoHPChRR7Dob_gms-99oLAgwHy5BMneaBZkRdikomEjU-acHO3eWWo-7I0uF3tb22LJ8zA3cT_-Q83IdzAHTz06up" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1226" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_RlJIqGQk8hVgQQxGNVcP-A-TFIH5h8_shgXvmk1CPbSN4sCOCwX05qRhBcMtg9tpWLGg0w24tB-gwBYg5554SAbZiVPPN77i6xxBoHPChRR7Dob_gms-99oLAgwHy5BMneaBZkRdikomEjU-acHO3eWWo-7I0uF3tb22LJ8zA3cT_-Q83IdzAHTz06up" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGwHpPFWkvCqZvmDnZTTLnNVzlh?projector=1"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Thanksgiving and a Gale Warning </span></a><div><b><span style="font-family: Fixed, monospace; font-size: 13.7456px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: maroon;">TUE NIGHT</span></span><span style="font-family: Fixed, monospace; font-size: 13.7456px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
SE winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt
after midnight. Gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Rain. Vsby
1 to 3 nm.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: Fixed, monospace; font-size: 13.7456px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">NOAA - Western Long island Sound Marine forecst</span></b></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-11709586402404044512023-11-12T19:19:00.000-08:002023-11-12T19:28:41.151-08:00New Matinicus - Rockland ferry will be named after heroic Penobscot veteran<a href="https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/new-matinicus-rockland-ferry-will-be-named-after-heroic-penobscot-veteran/180447">New Matinicus - Rockland ferry will be named after heroic Penobscot veteran</a><div><br /></div><div><div class="panel-panel panel-col-top" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Roboto, san-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 837.843px;"><div class="inside" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><div class="panel-pane pane-custom pane-1 no-title block" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="block-content"><h1 id="page-title" style="font-family: Merriweather, serif; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG6YQJFIAlsKc29HwTgJp8tS3fiAZgiVcZUvkxot-1aM-bj8118pFUsQ064fI3KRuiHBSaBzmM4nBvczAYmAiakyYkY___NQZv73oRq31kM1CN03llrKixNJKJu6fv83Xo4-imRbJ7XZT5jWWVO48lz_oLpdsnAHGdJE1VqVT15qNjXHtIVWhcu4icn_Am" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="350" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG6YQJFIAlsKc29HwTgJp8tS3fiAZgiVcZUvkxot-1aM-bj8118pFUsQ064fI3KRuiHBSaBzmM4nBvczAYmAiakyYkY___NQZv73oRq31kM1CN03llrKixNJKJu6fv83Xo4-imRbJ7XZT5jWWVO48lz_oLpdsnAHGdJE1VqVT15qNjXHtIVWhcu4icn_Am" width="160" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG6YQJFIAlsKc29HwTgJp8tS3fiAZgiVcZUvkxot-1aM-bj8118pFUsQ064fI3KRuiHBSaBzmM4nBvczAYmAiakyYkY___NQZv73oRq31kM1CN03llrKixNJKJu6fv83Xo4-imRbJ7XZT5jWWVO48lz_oLpdsnAHGdJE1VqVT15qNjXHtIVWhcu4icn_Am" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9UwUy1qThbQlMrEQPo44s30hizGPSu2Pcnz5PoxXBHLVdkpMYDy9PlBaH-3zSrqA8XPi7KVXRhifBV6mM3eFfDtPgShLUKcpQUo3POqmOMmDPAqG3kfCRb4mtxPFZ-Y7beNf_9A8Lxe2Sqv6SNV4xQk9os7jxCl_HG_TJScWxgclF2ZOxicrMFHlerY9B" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="350" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9UwUy1qThbQlMrEQPo44s30hizGPSu2Pcnz5PoxXBHLVdkpMYDy9PlBaH-3zSrqA8XPi7KVXRhifBV6mM3eFfDtPgShLUKcpQUo3POqmOMmDPAqG3kfCRb4mtxPFZ-Y7beNf_9A8Lxe2Sqv6SNV4xQk9os7jxCl_HG_TJScWxgclF2ZOxicrMFHlerY9B" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /></h1><h1 id="page-title" style="font-family: Merriweather, serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></h1><h1 id="page-title" style="font-family: Merriweather, serif; margin: 0px;">New Matinicus - Rockland ferry will be named after heroic Penobscot veteran</h1></div></div></div><div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-field-share no-title block" style="clear: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; top: 47%; width: inherit;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="block-content"><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden view-mode-_custom_display"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="panel-pane pane-amgee-domain-publish-date no-title block" id="dateline" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="block-content">Fri, 11/10/2023 - 8:30pm</div></div></div></div></div><div class="center-wrapper" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, san-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="panel-panel panel-col-first" style="float: left; width: 419.345px;"><div class="inside" style="margin: 0px 0.5em 0.5em 0px;"></div></div><div class="panel-panel panel-col-last" style="float: left; width: 419.345px;"><div class="inside" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 0.5em;"></div></div></div><div class="p402_premium" style="background-color: white;"><div class="panel-panel panel-col-middle" style="clear: both; width: 837.843px;"><div class="inside" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><div class="p402_hide" style="font-family: Roboto, san-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="panel-col-middle-embedded" style="clear: both; float: right;"><div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-field-image lede-image-wrap no-title block" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center; width: 350px;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="block-content"><div class="photoswipe-gallery" data-pswp-uid="1"><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden view-mode-_custom_display"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/files/2023/11/field/image/Charles%20Normal%20Shay%20-%20October%202023.jpg"><div class="image-caption" style="color: #666666; font-size: 0.9em; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 800px;">Charles Norman Shay. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of Transportation)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="panel-pane pane-amgee-core-gallery-classic large no-title block" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 350px;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="block-content"><div class="photoswipe-gallery" data-pswp-uid="1"><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden view-mode-_custom_display"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/files/2023/11/field/image/Shay%20Vessel%20Construction%201.png" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><br /><div class="image-caption" style="color: #666666; font-size: 0.9em; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 800px; text-align: center;">The Charles Norman Shay. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of Transportation)</div></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/files/2023/11/field/image/Shay%20Vessel%20Construction%202.png" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><a class="photoswipe" data-overlay-title="Construction of the Charles Norman Shay. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of Transportation)" data-size="800x371" href="https://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/files/2023/11/field/image/Shay%20Vessel%20Construction%202.png" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="image-style-gallery-large" height="162" src="https://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/local/styles/gallery_large/public/2023/11/field/image/Shay%20Vessel%20Construction%202.png?itok=iBFpgyLV" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" title="Construction of the Charles Norman Shay. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of Transportation)" typeof="foaf:Image" width="350" /></a><div class="image-caption" style="color: #666666; font-size: 0.9em; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 800px; text-align: center;">Construction of the Charles Norman Shay. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of Transportation)</div></div><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/files/2023/11/field/image/Charles%20Norman%20Shay%20with%20Ferry%20Pictures.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><a class="photoswipe" data-overlay-title="Charles Norman Shay holding pictures of the ferry that will carry his name as well as some of his relatives who travel on this vessel. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of Transportation)" data-size="600x800" href="https://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/files/2023/11/field/image/Charles%20Norman%20Shay%20with%20Ferry%20Pictures.jpg" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="image-style-gallery-large" height="467" src="https://www.penbaypilot.com/sites/default/local/styles/gallery_large/public/2023/11/field/image/Charles%20Norman%20Shay%20with%20Ferry%20Pictures.jpg?itok=8LomP4U9" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" title="Charles Norman Shay holding pictures of the ferry that will carry his name as well as some of his relatives who travel on this vessel. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of Transportation)" typeof="foaf:Image" width="350" /></a><div class="image-caption" style="color: #666666; font-size: 0.9em; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 800px; text-align: center;">Charles Norman Shay holding pictures of the ferry that will carry his name as well as some of his relatives who travel on this vessel. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of Transportation)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-body no-title block" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="block-content"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-_custom_display"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">ROCKLAND — The new Maine State Ferry Service vessel being built to serve Matinicus Isle will be named the <em>Charles Norman Shay</em> after the heroic Maine veteran and member of the Penobscot Nation who served as a combat medic during the D-Day invasion.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shay was 19 years old and living on Indian Island when he was drafted to serve in World War II. He served as a combat medic during the D-Day invasion and saved many lives on Omaha Beach. Shay is believed to be the last living Native American who stormed the beaches of Normandy. His heroic efforts on D-Day earned him the Silver Star and the French Legion of Honor. He also served in the Battle of the Bulge. After World War II, he served in Korea.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shay is 99 years old and living in France. He will turn 100 in June.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The route is currently being served by the <i>Everett Libby</i> – a ferry that dates to the 1960s and needs to be replaced, according to MDOT. In August 2022, MaineDOT awarded the ferry vessel construction contract to Steiner Shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Construction began in November 2022. This new diesel ferry will be 104 feet long. It will have the capacity to carry 149 passengers and seven cars. The cost of construction is approximately $10 million.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Selecting a name for a new Maine State Ferry Service vessel is done through consultation between the MSFS Advisory Board and the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation, according to MDOT, in a news release. Earlier this year, the residents of Matinicus recommended to the MSFS Advisory Board that the island's new vessel be named after Shay. Members of the Matinicus community wanted to recognize the Penobscots because of their presence on the island for centuries prior to the arrival of European settlers. Shay has deep family roots in the areas that will be served by this vessel. This will be the first MSFS vessel named for a Native American.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Earlier this week, the Maine Department of Transportation contacted Shay in France to update him on the construction of the vessel that will bear his name.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The<em> Charles Norman Shay</em> is expected to arrive in Rockland in the spring.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-18089876941989834172023-11-11T19:10:00.000-08:002023-11-11T19:10:19.223-08:00The Tribute in Bennett Park to a Young Soldier - by Joe Nocera The Free Press<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img alt="" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="652" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX0ryOqpIQ4BmN0a9xe6mL6KAO_onBaKOYT_9jCBkJmzAcFblgEf54mBCnPbK5JLLiZtmxTBNA72rXrVpljjUDcpYvz5wODMRm_2Rbgz61hFOMOWXbMdYVgGp7FlpjTvKb99vRpCPn7FYJx6sXYuq1t7EExlus44NpDUgYAPPzC1M6fRgINPvrUrPjnQL7=w407-h270" width="407" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB0vWfQo8jfU9S9kcT5WbrSdbIF3NoWfG7HOoXAid5wRReQbQyDfswzZs9PGlUFXMeV3nzCjebGkXjSI7qTrKSdIwm5Q_zKrIMkYaXbWcyH1IhLXHHwMGzmHvQ_sCr-LJmpQh_hv2yVDpx2xYZDwXKYu_Oh6aW5Mzwj53qDTKQk6Bs6ESJxOiTyFlu7v8Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1200" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB0vWfQo8jfU9S9kcT5WbrSdbIF3NoWfG7HOoXAid5wRReQbQyDfswzZs9PGlUFXMeV3nzCjebGkXjSI7qTrKSdIwm5Q_zKrIMkYaXbWcyH1IhLXHHwMGzmHvQ_sCr-LJmpQh_hv2yVDpx2xYZDwXKYu_Oh6aW5Mzwj53qDTKQk6Bs6ESJxOiTyFlu7v8Y" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Emilio and his brother Benjamin</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Their last time together</b></span></div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/the-tribute-to-a-little-known-soldier?utm_source=substack&publication_id=260347&post_id=138760751&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=u6ygr" style="color: #2b00fe;" target="_blank">The Tribute in Bennett Park to a Young Soldier - by Joe Nocera The Free Press</a><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span>November 11, 2023</b></span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">My neighborhood in upper Manhattan surrounds a small, sweet park—Bennett Park, it’s called—that marks the <a href="https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bennett-park/monuments/721" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">highest natural point</a> in New York City. Long ago, it was the site of <a href="https://www.revolutionary-war.net/battle-of-fort-washington/" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Fort Washington</a>, which the Continental Army built in the summer of 1776 only to have it captured by the British until the end of the Revolutionary War. Today, the fort’s walls are partially outlined by cobblestones, and dogs frolic around a centuries-old cannon.</span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">In 1996 the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation added another war memorial in Bennett Park, this one dedicated to the memory of a man—a kid, really—who had grown up in the neighborhood and had been killed during World War II. His name was Emilio Barbosa. The inscription said that he was a native of Nicaragua who had lived on Pinehurst Avenue, a street that borders the west side of the park. At 17 he joined the Marines and spent the next two years manning a 20mm gun turret on the USS <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nevada</em>, fighting first at Normandy Beach and then in the Pacific theater. He died at the age of 19, when a Japanese kamikaze pilot flew into the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nevada</em> as she bombarded Okinawa.</span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Barbosa’s small plaque, low to the ground and under a tree, is easy to miss. But I’ve found myself lingering over it from time to time, wondering about the man it honors—imagining, for instance, how terrifying it must have been as that Japanese plane closed in on him. My father also served in the Pacific, and decades later, when he could finally bring himself to talk about it, he said that the experience of watching a kamikaze pilot dive toward his ship had instilled in him a profound belief in God.</span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">I’ve visited the <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/normandy-american-cemetery-and-memorial" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Normandy American Cemetery</a> in France and the <a href="https://www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nchp/longisland.asp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Long Island National Cemetery</a>, where the endless rows of unadorned white gravestones can be overwhelming—and can raise those same kinds of questions. How had these men lived? How did they die? What might they have done with their lives if they had survived the horrors of war?</span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Maybe it’s because Emilio Barbosa <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">isn’t</em> among the tens of thousands of soldiers buried in one of those massive national cemeteries, with nothing but a name on a gravestone—maybe it’s because his little memorial offers such a poignant outline of one soldier’s short life—that I felt I wanted to know more. And in learning more, I thought that on this Veterans Day, we might better appreciate the sacrifice he—and all the other soldiers who died in America’s wars—made for their country.</span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">One thing I’d always wondered is when Emilio came to America. None of his descendants I spoke to knew the precise date, but the internet did—January 1929, when he was three years old. He arrived in New York from Managua with his parents and two older brothers. Why had the Barbosas immigrated? Emilio’s descendants definitely knew the answer to that: his father Jose, a prominent journalist, was fleeing the wrath of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anastasio-Somoza" style="box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Anastasio Somoza</a>, about whom he’d written critically. Somoza wasn’t yet Nicaragua’s dictator, but he had already amassed power and was using it to crush critics.</span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">“He had been an intellectual in Nicaragua,” Jose’s great-granddaughter Magdalena told me about her ancestor. “Once he got here, though, he was a longshoreman.” This, of course, is the classic immigrant’s tale: you sacrifice so that your children can have a better life in America. And they did, moving eventually to a large apartment on Pinehurst Avenue in Washington Heights, where Emilio and his two older brothers went to public school, listened to pop songs on the radio, played baseball—and spoke mostly English to each other. Like many immigrants, their most fervent desire was to join the melting pot, to be as <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">American</em> as they could possibly be. Jose became known as Joseph. One by one, they gained their citizenship. And when the U.S. entered World War II, Jose’s three boys didn’t wait to be drafted; they immediately signed up. Joseph Jr., the oldest, joined the Army; Benjamin, one year younger, chose the Navy; and Emilio enlisted in the Marines.</span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Emilio was described to me as a happy-go-lucky kid who was a superb baseball player, far better than his older brothers, whom he worshipped, and who looked after him as they grew up. They tried to talk him out of enlisting—he had a year to go before he was eligible for the draft—but he wouldn’t listen. If his big brothers were going to fight for their adopted country, then so was he. </span></p><p data-substack-content="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--line-height-scale-body-copy); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--content-flow); min-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/the-tribute-to-a-little-known-soldier?utm_source=substack&publication_id=260347&post_id=138760751&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=u6ygr" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">KEEP READING</a></span></p>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-55016537167413436612023-10-29T14:57:00.002-07:002023-10-29T14:57:48.329-07:00Allen and Benner Islands - Georges Harbor, Maine,image by Peter Ralston<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjgKuDSH-TU2Wn5G8goIuLES_LvxqOLttLfgqLtg3pqxNZU74tQui7jNLL1sytRZhYGWmJroPpr7Z4OIKo1RgqOxrEHpBcMUktW7KmgXk7mCMQVn6LM6tMV34Bxjq_reExYt4iltvk0fcnNd3LbklMyQUTzgciWWz-Uf-LUP5IH7arVKa2xVZeLDWvDGgY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="1918" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjgKuDSH-TU2Wn5G8goIuLES_LvxqOLttLfgqLtg3pqxNZU74tQui7jNLL1sytRZhYGWmJroPpr7Z4OIKo1RgqOxrEHpBcMUktW7KmgXk7mCMQVn6LM6tMV34Bxjq_reExYt4iltvk0fcnNd3LbklMyQUTzgciWWz-Uf-LUP5IH7arVKa2xVZeLDWvDGgY=w783-h128" width="783" /></a></div><b>Allen and Benner Islands - Georges Harbor, Maine,image by Peter Ralston</b><p></p>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-43128159216508730912023-10-16T13:51:00.002-07:002023-10-16T13:51:37.565-07:00Soundview private island home in Long Island Sound up for auction – NBC New York<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF2flak1x-Tjt84jDE2PeNdtC_brNSIIc5w9MoUnq6JJoodPw5F_-QmxaynTdY4COzC4HQVOr3mBOQgmwHQMUbnRY2bFDWMC-rZHIRKk_fHGy9Y--cvT0NFZURQstQ8YHmx5Y3GGuNFUWbmNhTtZQJjX9fIaemxWO-Wc7nK4GxfwsOq4FK9lf4EK-gwj0v" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1375" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF2flak1x-Tjt84jDE2PeNdtC_brNSIIc5w9MoUnq6JJoodPw5F_-QmxaynTdY4COzC4HQVOr3mBOQgmwHQMUbnRY2bFDWMC-rZHIRKk_fHGy9Y--cvT0NFZURQstQ8YHmx5Y3GGuNFUWbmNhTtZQJjX9fIaemxWO-Wc7nK4GxfwsOq4FK9lf4EK-gwj0v=w538-h302" width="538" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's got a getaway feel, though it's just a mile from New Rochelle's Glen Island Park. I have wondered about it from <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/pelham-bay-park/highlights/11613" target="_blank">Pelham Bay Park's Hunter Island </a></span>where we take the dogs to run on the salt marsh.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a little fortress, but as you can see - it's a rich man's getaway. Once listed for $13 million - it's now up for auction to the highest bidder. Could be a bargain.</span></b></div><a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/private-island-home-in-long-island-sound-previously-listed-for-13m-up-for-auction/4762816/"><b>Private island home in Long Island Sound up for auction – NBC New York</b></a><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaJ3ZHl2DC2eTodXUmhFLkLsBgUxKYnNjQvljnmcHwstWAKyd3FegVjDziVvjw4QWWPd8-Y7U_oWL9I401kgEeW3G9df1JAzDhlxpkbXRxAoaZiCjHRPmqZdqoQnf7Kl_Y2MdcnUxPC85a9a9-s12T0KuaK7xg6eYpdKPOwbTEeRwPTo4crZ4ZsMFlSLgp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1375" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaJ3ZHl2DC2eTodXUmhFLkLsBgUxKYnNjQvljnmcHwstWAKyd3FegVjDziVvjw4QWWPd8-Y7U_oWL9I401kgEeW3G9df1JAzDhlxpkbXRxAoaZiCjHRPmqZdqoQnf7Kl_Y2MdcnUxPC85a9a9-s12T0KuaK7xg6eYpdKPOwbTEeRwPTo4crZ4ZsMFlSLgp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnTPtUG_xOh0QdOxLZe_FOtGheO7YWpyoU67pZQmR9SBsNwtDMmhYKEgJxeQISsvkMWKYtai8jLRrOMlXjA3wY6_Qi-58fK1VsZmkaxl1bZ8Y8LSIqDDG1405-rIShAwPc4xo6wxsIdIqmy8MMH7poIZnDQ3i7RSyyVjHZIEUQXv1VtYW44E0Oy1NPmnI6" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1375" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnTPtUG_xOh0QdOxLZe_FOtGheO7YWpyoU67pZQmR9SBsNwtDMmhYKEgJxeQISsvkMWKYtai8jLRrOMlXjA3wY6_Qi-58fK1VsZmkaxl1bZ8Y8LSIqDDG1405-rIShAwPc4xo6wxsIdIqmy8MMH7poIZnDQ3i7RSyyVjHZIEUQXv1VtYW44E0Oy1NPmnI6" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxeP5PGi7EMfEjPOzNQoqxMcJs4iv_5tVQ2pxmr4KySTUXiEvGRuZucgZsdtKL0HhFj8KbLTLCFJPVCsVFyRCsTYafVK7epLo3QZemVvA-4kN0WLg-WiUuB4ArS-qtmGnwutsfm2f-dFwzQ8bpnQ5OKR21LoBU1Jz8_yoX8QnilbIjeKVGs1HzPEnMPTHt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxeP5PGi7EMfEjPOzNQoqxMcJs4iv_5tVQ2pxmr4KySTUXiEvGRuZucgZsdtKL0HhFj8KbLTLCFJPVCsVFyRCsTYafVK7epLo3QZemVvA-4kN0WLg-WiUuB4ArS-qtmGnwutsfm2f-dFwzQ8bpnQ5OKR21LoBU1Jz8_yoX8QnilbIjeKVGs1HzPEnMPTHt" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-66235858005957707462023-10-02T18:48:00.001-07:002023-10-03T09:13:14.246-07:00Cassius Takes the Helm<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b> I've had Cassius on North River 2 since he was three months old - July 4, 2020! Sometimes he likes it, sometimes he wants to go on the "fast boat, not the sailboat". But I'm hopeful that yesterday was a turning point. He got to steer. Taking command increases confidence. A soft steady breeze after days of rain from a passing hurricane Ophelia.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>With Taisy at his side Cassius rose to the occasion.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>- GWC</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodnd5_HNRof27IBO3TBshVKpEZB6sgccwewYy8_K50kvx78fmvItQSOfhAx_GpD7BZpkn_1emcQZWV5biywPPjM2jL11HLDfCz_w24NHlBA33KKcT5LRMvvfW_ATV3jFzVl4x08vJ2Mi0unLJ36-J-NSywmpI6EWEkfUjGAoZUnU6kG3xk9oy1OYzNuXn/s3072/IMG_20230930_191314_474.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodnd5_HNRof27IBO3TBshVKpEZB6sgccwewYy8_K50kvx78fmvItQSOfhAx_GpD7BZpkn_1emcQZWV5biywPPjM2jL11HLDfCz_w24NHlBA33KKcT5LRMvvfW_ATV3jFzVl4x08vJ2Mi0unLJ36-J-NSywmpI6EWEkfUjGAoZUnU6kG3xk9oy1OYzNuXn/s320/IMG_20230930_191314_474.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTN6-T766ihZqjGcD6FxCMFn56Hv2j-hKMLeLAw4HL4sEPUPV7X2MmPdFMvXqulHir9X_HTQ7uJb3CuGYfyJITMAnGMkIH8JEgEj_9QLllfkUER7DuksUtaDnEHR-qtgrlCe4Q5AFa-UkhKbzoGuuVsGzBDSm8CO0CYwysDHLe4EmJTHKHPvtY-wH9QfQ/s4080/PXL_20230930_195916074.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTN6-T766ihZqjGcD6FxCMFn56Hv2j-hKMLeLAw4HL4sEPUPV7X2MmPdFMvXqulHir9X_HTQ7uJb3CuGYfyJITMAnGMkIH8JEgEj_9QLllfkUER7DuksUtaDnEHR-qtgrlCe4Q5AFa-UkhKbzoGuuVsGzBDSm8CO0CYwysDHLe4EmJTHKHPvtY-wH9QfQ/w324-h430/PXL_20230930_195916074.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="324" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QFzHCHqn1_-4ooY7IC9PuKQ9dQVfYhTziezXNNLTxmEai9kdSB4P7UxJJ83KorMLlXh9PoT4t0LwjW02tuR5yqY-tUiBrfkAFrZPbW7lD0veZCpvOOyI2lLcE2CiGkVV4j-R-v36wMSvGl-kG0P7-o0HFfIJWtNaVFshtPX6yR6r9r55fFaHtTXXjLLo/s4080/PXL_20230930_195430730.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QFzHCHqn1_-4ooY7IC9PuKQ9dQVfYhTziezXNNLTxmEai9kdSB4P7UxJJ83KorMLlXh9PoT4t0LwjW02tuR5yqY-tUiBrfkAFrZPbW7lD0veZCpvOOyI2lLcE2CiGkVV4j-R-v36wMSvGl-kG0P7-o0HFfIJWtNaVFshtPX6yR6r9r55fFaHtTXXjLLo/w329-h437/PXL_20230930_195430730.MP.jpg" width="329" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogl5uA-Ck_K57YKx4T5xsh8LTSyondVo2Gu5ijs0Dl8KXNK7BuvZmXq9eanjF7q_9ONFN_3ErPYw8aAFzV7VCpyOnnQ7Dqomoiy6RZKVcUZ4J65bHdclKlq7SEiJBYr0abHE47gXGIVU8hEDHXeQd2u-M__Kn3gIfdZav1BN8x3Yto3M1vMukMT0Il-Mh/s4080/PXL_20230930_195425372.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogl5uA-Ck_K57YKx4T5xsh8LTSyondVo2Gu5ijs0Dl8KXNK7BuvZmXq9eanjF7q_9ONFN_3ErPYw8aAFzV7VCpyOnnQ7Dqomoiy6RZKVcUZ4J65bHdclKlq7SEiJBYr0abHE47gXGIVU8hEDHXeQd2u-M__Kn3gIfdZav1BN8x3Yto3M1vMukMT0Il-Mh/w293-h389/PXL_20230930_195425372.MP.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-uPzZqLpWxPBDVqfyJb_2IOuGDXXafQPCzJGJM7C3Xg8jrqsvG9nvP7rt1nbR4C5l0McUA3F4MyUyStWsldv570ehBR0hxK0FQyvcXIubr6QM3P3tjEOkUmHN9OIrEmbNf_MRPlh-AUZZpZW1CvGM5LkwlOqDShLia-fXXeAsXGFKMEbuNHYFx39hDx5/s4080/PXL_20230930_200156753.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-uPzZqLpWxPBDVqfyJb_2IOuGDXXafQPCzJGJM7C3Xg8jrqsvG9nvP7rt1nbR4C5l0McUA3F4MyUyStWsldv570ehBR0hxK0FQyvcXIubr6QM3P3tjEOkUmHN9OIrEmbNf_MRPlh-AUZZpZW1CvGM5LkwlOqDShLia-fXXeAsXGFKMEbuNHYFx39hDx5/w431-h325/PXL_20230930_200156753.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="431" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31a3zrRNYSUxjuyO5rX-mDhwLYG7WpT0spC6xd3kglggW094CUeAWbsPe6leTMK0JGkjgEg9a4qdzCA6PNlu5yTuelKC-teu-qBxbLYz91N6eSSuGbl0tuHvHjN9Xg0uv9zxBZsYNVTB5FdgtZMyi6W2UXR3I5oYvRZs3TIwKOLmXPgusCpv7Hs2BCxYS/s4080/PXL_20230930_202303075.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31a3zrRNYSUxjuyO5rX-mDhwLYG7WpT0spC6xd3kglggW094CUeAWbsPe6leTMK0JGkjgEg9a4qdzCA6PNlu5yTuelKC-teu-qBxbLYz91N6eSSuGbl0tuHvHjN9Xg0uv9zxBZsYNVTB5FdgtZMyi6W2UXR3I5oYvRZs3TIwKOLmXPgusCpv7Hs2BCxYS/w407-h307/PXL_20230930_202303075.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="407" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHev3VMCJByJg3ukmSsuekpUgLyC-L8JeJH10bxq1UmaFnZCmBTv9k6bRHStkVEYLKE-oPD3krAJHCrg1E9KikCqyL3Ua8FQexFCyYbmdbN9UFJrDjmpRu1jfP6DtUNz0Jw8DgUwrmFvEeLwBoQXunPRES9NbLLexS7n1_vh5Im8uf0ueb8R7fsfKoTuBI/s4080/PXL_20230930_211636925.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHev3VMCJByJg3ukmSsuekpUgLyC-L8JeJH10bxq1UmaFnZCmBTv9k6bRHStkVEYLKE-oPD3krAJHCrg1E9KikCqyL3Ua8FQexFCyYbmdbN9UFJrDjmpRu1jfP6DtUNz0Jw8DgUwrmFvEeLwBoQXunPRES9NbLLexS7n1_vh5Im8uf0ueb8R7fsfKoTuBI/w397-h299/PXL_20230930_211636925.MP.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two kinds of people: the motion of a boat is like </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">being rocked in a cradle and those for whom it is NOT.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9RMXtPe2qBe66WBlPzLzBTtZPM5XlVgybs5FAXo4hWkQMsdmTaPUnT-V_jkEYCBzlqpQ7Q4C-IBLcJ99oBx2lh3ZyiGvlPsZcpItSoY-g-gnP0evWDY4aNCrtpT1gCMXroBK4sOtdDzacQuh73nBBDrT0TmIP80ymNQ07ezesq-md-_k_yDubOPx2TNT/s4080/PXL_20230930_222259443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9RMXtPe2qBe66WBlPzLzBTtZPM5XlVgybs5FAXo4hWkQMsdmTaPUnT-V_jkEYCBzlqpQ7Q4C-IBLcJ99oBx2lh3ZyiGvlPsZcpItSoY-g-gnP0evWDY4aNCrtpT1gCMXroBK4sOtdDzacQuh73nBBDrT0TmIP80ymNQ07ezesq-md-_k_yDubOPx2TNT/w359-h271/PXL_20230930_222259443.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqS1mUiuQkrkUNDFD4ljb6Q7yEaiIhrw_by6Y00IUGRMXVrjVy6az1RDTR1zZlLZSNPbwjl_bg5cVmCNsplDWfFWwIE8C_-ZH6mqABGJZ_fXSycvDvw22e7PAPE_MH9jjeo0WPxoDiFBv51EtmJMfHrXHUUDbbmtCSVGs4kwJ_jaZKRdYslxxeaZLPGXx/s1920/PXL_20230707_171238340.TS_exported_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqS1mUiuQkrkUNDFD4ljb6Q7yEaiIhrw_by6Y00IUGRMXVrjVy6az1RDTR1zZlLZSNPbwjl_bg5cVmCNsplDWfFWwIE8C_-ZH6mqABGJZ_fXSycvDvw22e7PAPE_MH9jjeo0WPxoDiFBv51EtmJMfHrXHUUDbbmtCSVGs4kwJ_jaZKRdYslxxeaZLPGXx/w425-h239/PXL_20230707_171238340.TS_exported_0.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-45489775091709865952023-10-01T18:22:00.002-07:002023-10-02T20:42:23.857-07:00Profile of Gunks Climbers Liza Mills - Climbing/Outside<a href="https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-gunks-climbers-liza-mills/"><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-gunks-climbers-liza-mills/"><img alt="" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="768" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtgWgvXqDS7hgHyFEvkKNwJjbqtGTjz22G28-_bwMtr2WOjkyNMgj66Bn7RV7-f9Nqd6K_NJ-3wXp7eWxfoUQz8qzYpCqtk0HRzpDxndIaNIV4DosmbN9_xQpPe8L6QqAOrWLsdeJwgHMjrvRnXMS1-n0elr76q2sR3oj0WUWNn6D52lvUqsy5x1oH_-tC=w204-h347" width="204" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-gunks-climbers-liza-mills/"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2j8N3XSEgXZFk8nXduK1sXq-sLHnztU6SX9grm9yPYYKokkB6uQXxbjiwzl_TkhXRzpol5dYIzxHliZDWi_Fb0BIhqvoC4kVmgN8MK-zQ_ZAOMSn-Y2yaG_i3VKt1O6v7jx5Hk2vd3aHw_xsOHv5Di-IVR4HIXJo4AotSB1NwcdzSgRgN6sn_XXpKtAOZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1070" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2j8N3XSEgXZFk8nXduK1sXq-sLHnztU6SX9grm9yPYYKokkB6uQXxbjiwzl_TkhXRzpol5dYIzxHliZDWi_Fb0BIhqvoC4kVmgN8MK-zQ_ZAOMSn-Y2yaG_i3VKt1O6v7jx5Hk2vd3aHw_xsOHv5Di-IVR4HIXJo4AotSB1NwcdzSgRgN6sn_XXpKtAOZ=w393-h221" width="393" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2j8N3XSEgXZFk8nXduK1sXq-sLHnztU6SX9grm9yPYYKokkB6uQXxbjiwzl_TkhXRzpol5dYIzxHliZDWi_Fb0BIhqvoC4kVmgN8MK-zQ_ZAOMSn-Y2yaG_i3VKt1O6v7jx5Hk2vd3aHw_xsOHv5Di-IVR4HIXJo4AotSB1NwcdzSgRgN6sn_XXpKtAOZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGlSTqaJ2plaWpc_p_xwXnyd8HyVm8fZCxeupbieoJ8Q9Sw-dhml3nzIpdKAcGCR8RItijLsmo5dI3cAvyNDrIBbqs0XsHA6-XBk-YlxQyKPSOOVHuFs0v80AAq0feM5uA5e9xZlw2GqnFPoNXjVL2FI86p0MALUZNQRTSdXSWRPJ19tSq1khNvgex9p2O" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGlSTqaJ2plaWpc_p_xwXnyd8HyVm8fZCxeupbieoJ8Q9Sw-dhml3nzIpdKAcGCR8RItijLsmo5dI3cAvyNDrIBbqs0XsHA6-XBk-YlxQyKPSOOVHuFs0v80AAq0feM5uA5e9xZlw2GqnFPoNXjVL2FI86p0MALUZNQRTSdXSWRPJ19tSq1khNvgex9p2O" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">Liza Mills and husband Jordan</span></i></b></div><br /></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />So I usually post about adventures at sea. But these two - son and daughter in law of friends of Marilyn from tai chi - are sailors too. They circumnavigated in a 35 foot boat. We'd heard about that but only recently discovered their history as climbers. As parents of two, she climbs, the other doesn't - not anymore. Open ocean is low risk for this pair.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">- GWC</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><a href="Profile of Gunks Climbers Liza Mills - Climbing" target="_blank">What's a Nice Jewish Girl from Brooklyn Doing in Places Like this?</a></b></span></div><div><div class="c-article-header__text u-position--relative u-padding--top u-spacing--half" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: cresta, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="u-spacing u-padding--double--bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 40px;"><hgroup bp="10--max" class="c-article-headings u-spacing--half u-center-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 891.667px !important;"><div class="c-article-dek" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #979183; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: var(--font-size-s,18px); font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Liza Mills has climbed 25 Grade V (or harder) walls, had epics with Lynn Hill, sailed across the world in a 35-foot sailboat, taught art in a city dubbed its state’s “murder capital,” and, at 48, still climbs 5.13. And she has big plans ahead.</h2></div></hgroup><div class="c-article-meta u-spacing--half" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="o-post-meta u-spacing--quarter" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap;"><time class="o-timestamp u-text-transform--upper u-color--gray--dark u-display--block u-font--xs u-letter-spacing--1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6d6d6d; display: block; font-size: var(--font-size-xs,14px); letter-spacing: 1px; margin-right: -1px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">AUGUST 31, 2023</span></time><a class="o-byline u-text-transform--upper u-display--inline-block u-font--xs u-letter-spacing--1" data-outbound-instanced="true" href="https://www.climbing.com/byline/susan-e-b-schwartz/" rel="author" style="background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, transparent 50%, rgb(247, 207, 87) 0px); background-position: right 101%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 200% 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #416c7e; display: inline-block; font-size: var(--font-size-xs,14px); letter-spacing: 1px; margin-right: -1px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.23s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">SUSAN E.B. SCHWARTZ</span></a></div><div class="c-utility-tray" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="c-utility-links c-utility-links--share" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin: 0px 0px 0px -10px; padding: 0px;"><a class="c-utility-links__link o-icon o-icon--facebook " data-analytics-data="{"name": "Post Shared", "props": {"authors": ["Susan E.B. Schwartz"], "categories": ["people"], "domain": "<<analytics_vars.domain>>", "platform": "Facebook", "post_uuid": "87bb5bd4abf06cb662af1c95f706a216", "publish_date": "August 31, 2023", "tags": ["feature","liza-mills","profile"], "title": "What\u2019s A Nice Jewish Girl From Brooklyn Doing In Places Like These?" }}" data-analytics-event="click" data-analytics-instanced="true" data-outbound-instanced="true" href="https://facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.climbing.com%2Fpeople%2Fprofile-gunks-climbers-liza-mills%2F?utm_medium=social%26utm_source=facebook%26utm_campaign=onsiteshare" style="border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #416c7e; display: inline-block; height: 42px; margin: 0px 4px 0px 0px; max-height: 30px; max-width: 30px; min-height: 30px; min-width: 30px; padding: 5px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.23s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s; width: 42px;" target="_blank"><svg viewbox="0 0 512 512" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M294.51,509.5V256h68.84l9-87.34H294.51l.12-43.73c0-22.83,2.16-35.08,34.36-35.08h43V2.5H303c-82.78,0-111.85,42.41-111.85,113.65v52.38H139.64V256H191.3V509.5Z"></path></svg></a><a class="c-utility-links__link o-icon o-icon--twitter " data-analytics-data="{"name": "Post Shared", "props": {"authors": ["Susan E.B. Schwartz"], "categories": ["people"], "domain": "<<analytics_vars.domain>>", "platform": "Twitter", "post_uuid": "87bb5bd4abf06cb662af1c95f706a216", "publish_date": "August 31, 2023", "tags": ["feature","liza-mills","profile"], "title": "What\u2019s A Nice Jewish Girl From Brooklyn Doing In Places Like These?" }}" data-analytics-event="click" data-analytics-instanced="true" data-outbound-instanced="true" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text=What%E2%80%99s%20A%20Nice%20Jewish%20Girl%20From%20Brooklyn%20Doing%20In%20Places%20Like%20These%3F%26url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.climbing.com%2Fpeople%2Fprofile-gunks-climbers-liza-mills%2F?utm_medium=social%26utm_source=twitter%26utm_campaign=onsiteshare" style="border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #416c7e; display: inline-block; height: 42px; margin: 0px 4px; max-height: 30px; max-width: 30px; min-height: 30px; min-width: 30px; padding: 5px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.23s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s; width: 42px;" target="_blank"><svg viewbox="0 0 512 512" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M248.63,158.41l1.08,18-18.23-2.16C165,165.73,107,136.95,57.58,88.74l-24.11-24L27.24,82.38C14,121.84,22.44,163.57,49.91,191.51,64.42,207,61.18,209.26,36,200c-8.75-2.88-16.43-5.16-17.15-4.08-2.52,2.64,6.24,36.1,13.19,49.41,9.47,18.47,28.9,36.46,50.13,47.25L100,301l-21.23.36c-20.51,0-21.23.36-18.95,8.16,7.32,24,36.22,49.41,68.36,60.44l22.67,7.68L131.1,389.4a206.11,206.11,0,0,1-97.86,27.22c-16.43.36-30,1.8-30,3,0,3.72,44.61,24.35,70.52,32.5,77.83,24,170.18,13.67,239.62-27.34C362.68,395.63,412,337.71,435,281.7c12.35-29.86,24.83-84.43,24.83-110.57,0-16.91,1.08-19.19,21.59-39.46C493.53,119.92,504.8,107,507,103.25c3.6-7,3.24-7-15.35-.72-31.06,11-35.5,9.59-20.15-7,11.39-11.87,24.83-33.22,24.83-39.46,0-1.08-5.52.72-11.63,4.08-6.6,3.72-21.23,9.23-32.14,12.59L432.72,79,414.85,66.79c-9.83-6.6-23.75-14-31.06-16.19-18.59-5.16-47.13-4.44-63.92,1.44C274.18,68.83,245.39,111.52,248.63,158.41Z"></path></svg></a><a class="c-utility-links__link o-icon o-icon--mail " data-analytics-data="{"name": "Post Shared", "props": {"authors": ["Susan E.B. Schwartz"], "categories": ["people"], "domain": "<<analytics_vars.domain>>", "platform": "Email", "post_uuid": "87bb5bd4abf06cb662af1c95f706a216", "publish_date": "August 31, 2023", "tags": ["feature","liza-mills","profile"], "title": "What\u2019s A Nice Jewish Girl From Brooklyn Doing In Places Like These?" }}" data-analytics-event="click" data-analytics-instanced="true" data-outbound-instanced="true" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=&su=What%E2%80%99s%20A%20Nice%20Jewish%20Girl%20From%20Brooklyn%20Doing%20In%20Places%20Like%20These%3F&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.climbing.com%2Fpeople%2Fprofile-gunks-climbers-liza-mills%2F?utm_medium=social%26utm_source=email%26utm_campaign=onsiteshare" style="border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #416c7e; display: inline-block; height: 42px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4px; max-height: 30px; max-width: 30px; min-height: 30px; min-width: 30px; padding: 5px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.23s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s; width: 42px;" target="_blank"><svg viewbox="0 0 30 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M2.8841,10.4822q.57.402,3.4329,2.3853t4.3847,3.0561c.1113.08.3473.2492.7119.511s.6639.4759.9038.6355c.24.1629.53.3418.8731.5429a5.011,5.011,0,0,0,.9594.45,2.6173,2.6173,0,0,0,.8367.15h.0326a2.6951,2.6951,0,0,0,.8366-.15,5.062,5.062,0,0,0,.9614-.45c.3416-.2011.6294-.3832.8712-.5429.24-.1629.5411-.3736.9038-.6355.3646-.2618.6006-.431.7138-.511q1.537-1.0728,7.8329-5.4414a7.9127,7.9127,0,0,0,2.04-2.06A4.4228,4.4228,0,0,0,30,5.8964a2.5611,2.5611,0,0,0-.7944-1.8905A2.5938,2.5938,0,0,0,27.3212,3.22H2.6788A2.3872,2.3872,0,0,0,.6965,4.092,3.3849,3.3849,0,0,0,0,6.2667,3.9234,3.9234,0,0,0,.9192,8.5533,8.6185,8.6185,0,0,0,2.8841,10.4822Z"></path><path d="M28.3305,12.2694q-5.489,3.7172-8.3376,5.7767-.9555.7042-1.55,1.0953a9.6139,9.6139,0,0,1-1.5793.8047,4.8,4.8,0,0,1-1.844.4088h-.0307a4.8739,4.8739,0,0,1-1.8422-.4088,9.4067,9.4067,0,0,1-1.5811-.8047c-.3972-.2618-.9134-.6291-1.5486-1.0953q-2.2623-1.6574-8.32-5.7767a8.969,8.969,0,0,1-1.6925-1.456v13.29a2.5756,2.5756,0,0,0,.7868,1.89,2.5753,2.5753,0,0,0,1.89.7856H27.3212a2.6843,2.6843,0,0,0,2.6769-2.6759v-13.29A8.8342,8.8342,0,0,1,28.3305,12.2694Z"></path></svg></a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="u-padding--quarter--bottom" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: center;"><div class="c-article-lead u-breakout" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><picture class="lazy" data-alt="Liza Mills climbs a vertical cliff in t he Gunks, New York on a colorful autumn day." data-class="u-center-block" data-iesrc="https://cdn.climbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Untitled-design-2023-08-30T133233.100-scaled.jpg?crop=535:301&width=1070&enable=upscale" data-loaded="true" data-micromodal-trigger="hero-enlarge" style="aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: block;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: var(--font-size-s,18px); font-weight: 700;">Risk is fickle.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As nice Jewish girls from Brooklyn know.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Ask Liza Mills. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">On Mills’s second big wall she found herself partnering with Lynn Hill, a dear friend from the Gunks, who, after moving from New York to Yosemite, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">passed the mantle of top Gunks woman climber to Mills. Still, Mills recalls, “When we’d walk around Camp 4, climbers looked at me, like, </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Huh? Who’s that?</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">”</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Meanwhile </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">everyone</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> knew Lynn. She was climbing’s rock star.”</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Their route, El Cap’s </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">West Face</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> (VI 5.11c, 20 pitches), should have been a stroll for the duo. But as Mills knew from her childhood in Brooklyn: Risk is everywhere. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Example: Hydration backpacks.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mills explains, “Neither of us had ever used one and couldn’t tell how much water was left in them. It was a super hot day and by the tenth pitch, to our horror, we ran out of water.”</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hill adds, “But with half the climb left, we had to keep going.”</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4324974786160223899/4548977509170986595#" target="_blank">KEEP READING</a></span></p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: cresta, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;"><source media="(min-width: 600px)" srcset="https://cdn.climbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Untitled-design-2023-08-30T133233.100-scaled.jpg?crop=535:301&width=1070&enable=upscale" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></source><source media="(min-width: 320px)" srcset="https://cdn.climbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Liza-HighE.jpg?crop=1:1&width=800&enable=upscale" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></source></span></picture></div></div></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-60819886328067646432023-09-24T19:06:00.000-07:002023-09-24T19:06:49.548-07:00Barry Lopez, Lyrical Writer Who Was Likened to Thoreau, Dies at 75 - The New York Times<div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPaAhhaG1k3jVhN6RaA60iCN2O1Kve4ET9Q8VhvYCls1AeJfPOpZDvj_L22Q7cQ8XYo7mIblD8B7TjMWzGd5h1Oc6EU_Gk6eFumamBb9iBZgWMP3d9n83ZqEKPvTATQ2LSApdhXdPiUm_LMnszoYGmqgR-XHE3b9wOGpgrLs88PH9zud8YdSC0hJkQ4EH5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="223" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPaAhhaG1k3jVhN6RaA60iCN2O1Kve4ET9Q8VhvYCls1AeJfPOpZDvj_L22Q7cQ8XYo7mIblD8B7TjMWzGd5h1Oc6EU_Gk6eFumamBb9iBZgWMP3d9n83ZqEKPvTATQ2LSApdhXdPiUm_LMnszoYGmqgR-XHE3b9wOGpgrLs88PH9zud8YdSC0hJkQ4EH5" width="237" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I just discovered Barry Lopez (1945-2020). Author of six novels and the National Book Award (once a winner, the second as a finalist) as a naturalist. My bad.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'm reading his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/apr/02/featuresreviews.guardianreview35" style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Arctic Dreams </a>(1986)- thanks to Thrift Books algorithm - having recently read <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/45502/this-cold-heaven-by-gretel-ehrlich/9780679758525/excerpt" target="_blank">This Cold Heaven</a></span></b> by Gretel Ehrlich.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But it's not enough to say in a cursory way that his writing is lyrical. So here is an excerpt:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If we are to devise an enlightened plan for human activity in the Arctic, we needa ore particularized understanding of the land itself - not a more refined mathematical knowledge but a deeper understanding of its nature, as if it were, itself, another sort of civilization we had to reach some agreement with. I would draw you, therefore, back to the concrete dimensions of the land and to what they precipitate; simply to walk across the tundra; to watch the wind stirring a little in the leaves of dwarf birch and willows; to hear the hoof-clacket of migrating caribou. Imagine your ear against the loom of a kayak paddle in the Beaufort Sea, hearing the long, quivering tremolo voice of the bearded seal. Or feeling the surgical sharpness of an Eskimo's obsidian tool under the stroke of your finger.</span></blockquote></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">- GWC</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/obituaries/barry-lopez-dead.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Barry Lopez, Lyrical Writer Who Was Likened to Thoreau, Dies at 75 - The New York Times</span></b></a><div><div><header class="css-1gkjb1c euiyums1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 3.75rem 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="css-103l8m3" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"><div class="css-1e2jphy epjyd6m1" style="-webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; border: 0px; display: flex; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 599.989px;"><div class="css-233int epjyd6m0" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="css-4anu6l e1jsehar1" style="border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); display: inline-block; font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="byline-prefix" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">by </span><span class="css-1baulvz last-byline" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="css-n8ff4n e1jsehar0" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/robert-d-mcfadden" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--color-content-quaternary,#727272); text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-size-adjust: 100%; text-underline-offset: 1px; vertical-align: baseline;">Robert D. McFadden</a></span></p></div></div></div><div data-testid="reading-time-module" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="css-3xqm5e" style="-webkit-box-pack: justify; align-items: flex-end; border: 0px; display: flex; font: inherit; justify-content: space-between; margin: 0.25rem auto 1.25rem; max-width: 600px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"><time class="css-8blifj e16638kd2" datetime="2021-01-12T18:34:30-05:00" style="border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); display: flex; flex-shrink: 1; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="css-1sbuyqj e16638kd3" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Published Dec. 26, 2020</span><span class="css-233int e16638kd4" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Updated Jan. 12, 2021</span></time></div></div></header><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />Barry Lopez, a lyrical writer who steeped himself in Arctic wildernesses, the habitats of wolves and exotic landscapes around the world for award-winning books that explored the kinship of nature and human culture, died on Friday at his home in Eugene, Ore. He was 75.<br /><br />His wife, Debra Gwartney, confirmed his death and said that Mr. Lopez had had prostate cancer. She said the family had been living in a temporary home in Eugene since September, after their longtime home along the McKenzie River, near Finn Rock, Ore., <a href="http://www.barrylopez.com/">was consumed by a wildfire</a>.<br /><br />In a half-century of travel to 80 countries that generated nearly a score of nonfiction and fiction works, including volumes of essays and short stories, Mr. Lopez embraced landscapes and literature with humanitarian, environmental and spiritual sensibilities that some critics likened to those of Thoreau and John Muir.<br /><br />He won the National Book Award (nonfiction) for “Arctic Dreams” (1986), a treatise on his five years with Inuit people and solitude in a land of bitter cold and endless expanses. There he found that howling storms could craft mirages — a hunter stalking a grizzly bear that, as he approaches, turns into a marmot, or a polar bear that grows wings and flies away: only a snowy owl.</span></div></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-28384397385598503642023-09-13T08:55:00.006-07:002023-09-24T20:39:00.297-07:00Grounded Expedition Cruise Ship Freed in Remote Greenland Fjord<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGEcELUR6eH3dEuHl4iNm6oYntWck133O5hczAUSPvEA7KEOd0SgCBHmdqbVkK0yC8k4iGwHegeFuNwxRV1Vj9oq_YhrEJONoweNIu2CjpYxkI93jMn4kRk8XYasc2y82OnmUSq9_NiehfTnM-_yT-UOQ0P1yLY8QX154HlFPbGwziwAPG8jzskM9wC4Zd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2048" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGEcELUR6eH3dEuHl4iNm6oYntWck133O5hczAUSPvEA7KEOd0SgCBHmdqbVkK0yC8k4iGwHegeFuNwxRV1Vj9oq_YhrEJONoweNIu2CjpYxkI93jMn4kRk8XYasc2y82OnmUSq9_NiehfTnM-_yT-UOQ0P1yLY8QX154HlFPbGwziwAPG8jzskM9wC4Zd" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://gcaptain.com/grounded-expedition-cruise-ship-remains-stuck-in-remote-greenland-fjord/">Grounded Expedition Cruise Ship Remains Stuck in Remote Greenland Fjord</a>: </span></b><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">But three days after grounding <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://gcaptain.com/expedition-cruise-ship-pulled-free-in-greenland/" target="_blank">the ship was pulled free </a></span>by the <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://natur.gl/year/2023/r-v-tarajoq-fik-38-mill-kroner-for-bugsering-og-slaebning/" target="_blank">Greenland Institute of Natural Resources </a></span>fishing research vessel <i>Tarajoq. </i>Salvage costs of 3.8 million Danish Kroner were agreed upon. The hull was not breached by the grounding in soft arctic silt. The tide on Greenland's west coast at <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://tideking.com/Greenland/Other/Alpefjord/" target="_blank">Alpefjord</a></span> is less than 2 meters.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhufnpeaMCjJ-_ux9iJyb1uKaq3h2_s9xZcii80RiY9aKw2ez2EwBHzwncy3ekeguiItCT9rnRNK0Be55leyOd21RqztVTan01oZAcull40Df_1PNDXD5dm41b3pA8kR6AHU27c65TYcfqbGGtMDNJVDOgGeHZCnfGgB7UJugHQ_nr_pxLYx66cI_NzHpYD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1536" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhufnpeaMCjJ-_ux9iJyb1uKaq3h2_s9xZcii80RiY9aKw2ez2EwBHzwncy3ekeguiItCT9rnRNK0Be55leyOd21RqztVTan01oZAcull40Df_1PNDXD5dm41b3pA8kR6AHU27c65TYcfqbGGtMDNJVDOgGeHZCnfGgB7UJugHQ_nr_pxLYx66cI_NzHpYD" width="320" /></a></div></i></span></b><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">“We’re really happy that it went so well and that the passengers and crew of the ship can now see an end to the difficult situation they’ve been in for the last few days,” said Captain Brian Jensen, Commander of Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command. “Regardless that no one was in direct danger, I understand if being stuck in such a deserted area with no possibility to move forward has been uncomfortable.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Initial attempts to refloat the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ocean Explorer</em> at high tide were unsuccessful, prompting the assistance of the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Knud Rasmussen</em>, an offshore patrol vessel with the Royal Danish Navy, which was located 1,200 nautical miles away. The <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Knud Rasmussen</em> was expected to arrive at the scene Friday evening, but has now been stood down.</span></p></div><div><br /></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-49556768438714037732023-09-02T06:24:00.003-07:002023-09-02T07:21:47.721-07:00Jimmy Buffett - parting shot<div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdCSLL855t1p7qq7D9KC0hsv4EGzcHjQm-BWFlAzkbOfhTMFIp2qQiHpV2yZLFU6MhCY7W6u8pbzE-bjkBqmXoqAINocFMsFtjngfMasDAG6o75FoJEklPgP_U4J_du1ehPtKKNRIFCO3XMZ79q8ApyquA4OrcNwzAodgInMchW3UjSEJkKgylNF7k-9WL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdCSLL855t1p7qq7D9KC0hsv4EGzcHjQm-BWFlAzkbOfhTMFIp2qQiHpV2yZLFU6MhCY7W6u8pbzE-bjkBqmXoqAINocFMsFtjngfMasDAG6o75FoJEklPgP_U4J_du1ehPtKKNRIFCO3XMZ79q8ApyquA4OrcNwzAodgInMchW3UjSEJkKgylNF7k-9WL=w672-h378" width="672" /></a></div></div>
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tUlf4LvMJus" title="Jimmy Buffett performs MARGARITAVILLE with special guest JJ Watt" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-57539967166341436402023-08-24T08:14:00.001-07:002023-08-24T08:18:05.478-07:00USS Nautilus: On Top of the World, Under the Ice - gconk@fordham.edu - Fordham University Mail<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgzGtwqGPsNGMBtXCbbKBhgfPtsGd"><b><span style="font-size: large;">USS Nautilus: On Top of the World, Under the Ice - </span></b></a><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbgGp6KunFCSpJ3mieOxcnWBoTjf3OULmyGiRaS24fOmjrvxy4cJUBQFDIwfMBlmaYgqdJprpsMgCN_rDXyk__-_RZdFjmqcShdXPbUoA3a7sYTNjdzVz0ZiVKWXk6uO5LU8rUYrTBaIAR-j0EY6N0iKSFo1Wvc9jq1EwpPDxRMKIup-z2fsv8GhWd5L63" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="384" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbgGp6KunFCSpJ3mieOxcnWBoTjf3OULmyGiRaS24fOmjrvxy4cJUBQFDIwfMBlmaYgqdJprpsMgCN_rDXyk__-_RZdFjmqcShdXPbUoA3a7sYTNjdzVz0ZiVKWXk6uO5LU8rUYrTBaIAR-j0EY6N0iKSFo1Wvc9jq1EwpPDxRMKIup-z2fsv8GhWd5L63" width="320" /></a></div><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-section" id="m_2591027896064444682section_1692706407042" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column-container" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 280px; width: 599.989px;"><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column m_2591027896064444682hse-size-12" id="m_2591027896064444682column_1692706407042_0" style="display: table-cell; max-width: 600px !important; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897865737992" style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897865737992_" style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><h1 align="center" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><em><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjP3hK2MW6N1vHY6lZ3lXVmmDQZ5JwcZ5W7CntKf3ZYK-2DPM7HrhPrg2gwW19RzhN15V-5FXMW38vVFH6xbcwLW16P4V64y-2DT53W6qDMFv4-5FCsWYW7lXsH-2D88VcylW6MDz-5FK7MFLvMW1fZMZ-5F5bY7kxW2hgC9T5HhZfLW8yfZ6l8n2vs8W6QdL5J7FN713W5KMyjH9gxy3mN19bNwcjq-2Dl9W3jKktD88JX96W1R-5F8Ld8LykKMN8Sm3f1zx2chW61StCZ4XPTSYW72sj0t35ppR5W3d3Bc88qRp5RVYHZx03r5gM-2Df6P7vhK04%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DaqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM%26r%3D6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ%26m%3D9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7%26s%3DLQe_FFtchULgN7qQt8pF8Wn67FD7ZvFuYZwsgyMnGk4%26e%3D&source=gmail&ust=1692976396645000&usg=AOvVaw1Qq3L7v1vrsLDOy87cUmX4" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjP3hK2MW6N1vHY6lZ3lXVmmDQZ5JwcZ5W7CntKf3ZYK-2DPM7HrhPrg2gwW19RzhN15V-5FXMW38vVFH6xbcwLW16P4V64y-2DT53W6qDMFv4-5FCsWYW7lXsH-2D88VcylW6MDz-5FK7MFLvMW1fZMZ-5F5bY7kxW2hgC9T5HhZfLW8yfZ6l8n2vs8W6QdL5J7FN713W5KMyjH9gxy3mN19bNwcjq-2Dl9W3jKktD88JX96W1R-5F8Ld8LykKMN8Sm3f1zx2chW61StCZ4XPTSYW72sj0t35ppR5W3d3Bc88qRp5RVYHZx03r5gM-2Df6P7vhK04&d=DwMFaQ&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ&m=9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7&s=LQe_FFtchULgN7qQt8pF8Wn67FD7ZvFuYZwsgyMnGk4&e=" rel="noopener" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) </a><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjv3hK2MW69sMD-2D6lZ3lzN3G7YsTdhnhbN6zy4CC-5FgsL5W5jk4Y64RKm9LW37llTW96Y5jqW7xtZCZ7pMm-5FHW7YSpPv11PM0tW2wYVn94BFWQ8W1qbQPn2GbFBNW3X6B1W4xb7GgW41b6vs2ng-5F2CVqvcHB26BgVMW3Yqcxy9c-5FtfxW5Ydkkk6-5Fr-5FDyW1jgttz7FQ0xqW4YqGJb8gLWxVW7kpH4-5F4nlFFYW3XhhKy7DYq-2DTW6njlZB5-5FbzCyW6Gjld944mlm8W1rnLt24pl4Qbf2TTz-5FP04%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DaqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM%26r%3D6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ%26m%3D9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7%26s%3DkKLB6PsgEAHBnyzbTPawlfwlf4o5qajQt7-asl2tyLo%26e%3D&source=gmail&ust=1692976396645000&usg=AOvVaw2hUe8woFErOqpyZde-3p-I" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjv3hK2MW69sMD-2D6lZ3lzN3G7YsTdhnhbN6zy4CC-5FgsL5W5jk4Y64RKm9LW37llTW96Y5jqW7xtZCZ7pMm-5FHW7YSpPv11PM0tW2wYVn94BFWQ8W1qbQPn2GbFBNW3X6B1W4xb7GgW41b6vs2ng-5F2CVqvcHB26BgVMW3Yqcxy9c-5FtfxW5Ydkkk6-5Fr-5FDyW1jgttz7FQ0xqW4YqGJb8gLWxVW7kpH4-5F4nlFFYW3XhhKy7DYq-2DTW6njlZB5-5FbzCyW6Gjld944mlm8W1rnLt24pl4Qbf2TTz-5FP04&d=DwMFaQ&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ&m=9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7&s=kKLB6PsgEAHBnyzbTPawlfwlf4o5qajQt7-asl2tyLo&e=" rel="noopener" style="color: #00a4bd;" target="_blank">National Archives Identifier 77273</a></em></span></h1></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-section" id="m_2591027896064444682module_1684849993137" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column-container" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 280px; width: 599.989px;"><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column m_2591027896064444682hse-size-12" id="m_2591027896064444682module_1684849993137_0" style="display: table-cell; max-width: 600px !important; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897867478413" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897867478413_" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><h2 style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 26.25px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">The various quests to reach the North Pole were equal parts danger and glory, with scientists and thrill-seekers alike pushing the limits of human endurance and technology. While the explorers Frederick Cook in 1908, Robert Peary in 1909, and Richard E. Byrd in 1926 all claimed to have first reached the geographic North Pole on foot, and the 1926 journey of the Italian-built, semi-rigid airship </span><em><span style="color: black;">Norge</span></em><span style="color: black;"> </span><em><span style="color: black;"> </span></em><span style="color: black;">was the first verified craft to reach it by air, the </span><em><span style="color: black;">USS Nautilus</span></em><span style="color: black;"> was the first </span><em><span style="color: black;">sea</span></em><span style="color: black;"> vessel to accomplish the same feat in 1958.</span></span></h2></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168485003545920" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168485003545920_" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><p style="line-height: 26.25px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The USS Nautilus (SSN-571), a nuclear-powered submarine that was created from the ambitious mind of Admiral Hyman Rickover, challenged the limits of scientific innovation during Operation Sunshine in 1958. With ice year round, the North Pole was inaccessible by all ships. However the use of nuclear technology in compact, submersible vessels allowed the Nautilus to move faster and stay underwater up to seven times longer than previous submarines. According to the Nautilus deck log on August 3, the submerged ship “proceeded further north than any other previous ship in history” at 0812 hours. Then, at 1915 hours, it passed the North Pole and became the “first ship to do so under its own power.” </span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-section" id="m_2591027896064444682section_1689787514120" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column-container" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 280px; width: 599.989px;"><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column m_2591027896064444682hse-size-12" id="m_2591027896064444682column_1689787514120_0" style="display: table-cell; max-width: 600px !important; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897875239154" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 20px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img align="middle" alt="ADM Hyman G. Rickover, deputy assistant secretary for naval reactors, Department of Energy" class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/GBYY_TKGwXpcese6C4dtLyGZGd-Wn7rfc9Ac12vQ5bZp2iN4aGJoOPie-M26JXLvYhVUwEI4S1umWEsM3khK4FG8Ghjhbo9hGH5ygun3Jnn8LvwJFkvUTVToPibWZ3TJoi3St1kq937ggUj3ymWwVaKHKqFS_zzMmmUs_tSdgXw82rDW-UaX_qGUpwrawDy3=s0-d-e1-ft#https://hs-20973928.f.hubspotemail.net/hub/20973928/hubfs/DN-ST-82-01637.jpeg?width=600&upscale=true&name=DN-ST-82-01637.jpeg" style="cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; outline: none;" tabindex="0" width="300" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-section" id="m_2591027896064444682section_1692706905829" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column-container" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 280px; width: 599.989px;"><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column m_2591027896064444682hse-size-12" id="m_2591027896064444682column_1692706905829_0" style="display: table-cell; max-width: 600px !important; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897876151596" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897876151596_" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><p style="line-height: 18.75px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: black;">[Hyman Rickover in 1981] </span><span style="color: #1b1b1b;">ADM Hyman G. Rickover, deputy assistant secretary for naval reactors, Department of Energy, speaks at the commissioning of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726), </span></span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjv3hK2MW69sMD-2D6lZ3mrW6qfn6m6jn2lSW1vKyXk3QX12NF10FXgtrkJRW5YlZWS87B3zqW3-2D3hgn1JpKR8W3xYRnN3rdx6xW4vQ5Vy4s-5FR5PW8TV4xy86x0FbW2Wlr3h2cFLNbW2-2DR5WM5pMNgCN7P-5FkLyNWbLkW4hH4PJ5q6k3yMGS2NJJ2cBHW4h8rGJ8SdQr3W7MCwSV6mYZ5QN8pvBWZRy4NmW49DKj93M6VT1W3rb3PT28Gh3fW5hdM6r89h3FKVd0KFc7b-2DC2zf5D1dR004%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DaqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM%26r%3D6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ%26m%3D9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7%26s%3Dppep0QivtGfG-Nv9L5PYHnJgYcI5_lsIUhl5BFDAui8%26e%3D&source=gmail&ust=1692976396645000&usg=AOvVaw0LaGCzh56sjJlDpryKBtFG" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjv3hK2MW69sMD-2D6lZ3mrW6qfn6m6jn2lSW1vKyXk3QX12NF10FXgtrkJRW5YlZWS87B3zqW3-2D3hgn1JpKR8W3xYRnN3rdx6xW4vQ5Vy4s-5FR5PW8TV4xy86x0FbW2Wlr3h2cFLNbW2-2DR5WM5pMNgCN7P-5FkLyNWbLkW4hH4PJ5q6k3yMGS2NJJ2cBHW4h8rGJ8SdQr3W7MCwSV6mYZ5QN8pvBWZRy4NmW49DKj93M6VT1W3rb3PT28Gh3fW5hdM6r89h3FKVd0KFc7b-2DC2zf5D1dR004&d=DwMFaQ&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ&m=9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7&s=ppep0QivtGfG-Nv9L5PYHnJgYcI5_lsIUhl5BFDAui8&e=" rel="noopener" style="color: #00a4bd; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">National Archives Identifier 6352639</a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-section" id="m_2591027896064444682section_1684849835332" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column-container" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 600px; min-width: 280px; width: 599.989px;"><div class="m_2591027896064444682hse-column m_2591027896064444682hse-size-12" id="m_2591027896064444682column_1684849835332_0" style="display: table-cell; max-width: 600px !important; vertical-align: top; width: 600px !important;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897878432768" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img align="middle" alt="Deck log Nautilus (SSN-571)" class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/pk-4wazMxcx4h8k93KyrSeU8eUdnMlAkbH8djHcpJn98X2dDANz4wEWrh_3pIuOO5NLVVD80lHp8cIFX0i3a4mzeRn816l9mJXfRi4WR3FGWL22Wgxn94dX8OX7wGi2H_BJJ0aCFf08v19BIQsT_9eO4UMpkYg44bzubKXXHEUW0ZlVSte6R8aqLHPz2syFN6x3R5f7mem2vDO-MuOCPOCdarHLWgi1NGmp7dhav9TN2ZfG9z3n9SoqXpjyoUtUF7C_hRjJjaPtYOOh1Mm4p3Q4bq8RDQBcrFkoSrh9w6e0y-_6XVCIq7h1uBpUa0BtErkx7_yaEmpZyZedMH_hxbVdXh0o5=s0-d-e1-ft#https://hs-20973928.f.hubspotemail.net/hub/20973928/hubfs/SSN-571_BWN00036533_1958_08_CSRA_200083107P001089284_00_00_00_0701089284B.jpg?width=600&upscale=true&name=SSN-571_BWN00036533_1958_08_CSRA_200083107P001089284_00_00_00_0701089284B.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; outline: none;" tabindex="0" width="300" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168978858307910" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168978858307910_" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><h1 align="center" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Nautilus (SSN-571) - August 1958, page 9, </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjv3hK2MW69sMD-2D6lZ3pfN7MTpkQhTCSfVKZVNX5HS-5FHyW5Cdsh61Jn568W6zj8Z28ZBhGTVsRc4754pbcNW3-2Dbkhy5sDFhSW6NnBbT4tBGQ7VTlvHM5mY4WTW3v98gd6H-2DhbYN4s11hNjw2bwVXn25h1Hv9JtV2bZx02qd-2D76W33WqK569QXRgW1Rvs6p11ygnVW6p29D78-2D5J5hW4qQshw1FFt2yW2zrxqr3JlYJkN29q9DtW2nVKW4q0HkV2SJfqFW75z2Lf1p2dlYf6K69FC04%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DaqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM%26r%3D6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ%26m%3D9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7%26s%3D-maOdqY_DDCgVe5Nbk5o6fehy2WylQhfbU9xIP4oZy4%26e%3D&source=gmail&ust=1692976396645000&usg=AOvVaw2wrIIAP1bjYPUmIQhoIzGA" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjv3hK2MW69sMD-2D6lZ3pfN7MTpkQhTCSfVKZVNX5HS-5FHyW5Cdsh61Jn568W6zj8Z28ZBhGTVsRc4754pbcNW3-2Dbkhy5sDFhSW6NnBbT4tBGQ7VTlvHM5mY4WTW3v98gd6H-2DhbYN4s11hNjw2bwVXn25h1Hv9JtV2bZx02qd-2D76W33WqK569QXRgW1Rvs6p11ygnVW6p29D78-2D5J5hW4qQshw1FFt2yW2zrxqr3JlYJkN29q9DtW2nVKW4q0HkV2SJfqFW75z2Lf1p2dlYf6K69FC04&d=DwMFaQ&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ&m=9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7&s=-maOdqY_DDCgVe5Nbk5o6fehy2WylQhfbU9xIP4oZy4&e=" rel="noopener" style="color: #00a4bd; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">National Archives Identifier 181921919</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span> </span></span></h1></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897879448279" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_16897879448279_" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><p style="line-height: 32.85px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Many more submarines have transited the geographic North Pole since then. One noteworthy example is the USS Skate (SSN-578), which at 1600 hours on March 17, 1959, breached the ice as it surfaced at the top of the world.</span></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168978871971411" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img align="middle" alt="USS Skate" class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" src="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/s6hgSi5u6gN5B5Xs5ADKcf0-uMvkw_TQuCoS9EsEtCJfNcvSNcfFFvxPViEJz-H17lmncRXAqztJp5gTd4WZGjZtGDqGT1yXwuOyPYgz6yX8DaK3nqsGAmFE1Xi8lviMDKuinS6Zsm7W8OMdTFPHl-CFPk07_OyAifFlPZxUDBaQIV3etx2I70M4LHLUF2eMRMZ69QrgPGJU=s0-d-e1-ft#https://hs-20973928.f.hubspotemail.net/hub/20973928/hubfs/USS_Skate_NAID83024.gif?width=788&upscale=true&name=USS_Skate_NAID83024.gif" style="cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; outline: none;" tabindex="0" width="394" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168978904899612" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168978904899612_" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><h1 align="center" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">USS SKATE (SSN-578) IN ICE North Pole Area, </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjv3hK2MW69sMD-2D6lZ3ljW3FKXKG4hKgNsN7TfFQ1wK2GjW8r8twk62WPg5W27Fh-2DX5LkpQxW7DkHK267hHnDW6NnpGN7xJb2gW4RnptS58c6jwV6X13s6NHN3lW6p05zf8wwbmgW8bqxkM9cHzkyW2bBMrX6T6bDWW2L4NfG820PPbW4SX-2DHn6SzpF8W2x6kYH7Xp06nW1lyRq52bV86sW2b8XhK8WKKnxW8j6fd01-5FZKPwW8vtpf44l0YBXW81bjdc1d10vlVM-2D4-5FV2W92Cqf7v84jj04%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DaqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM%26r%3D6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ%26m%3D9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7%26s%3DY8OMteba79nhElIZsNa7uyQ3fF0YaWYuo_1iCAQwrt4%26e%3D&source=gmail&ust=1692976396645000&usg=AOvVaw0JDG6oVjJPT7hAypcZtSFh" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hjv3hK2MW69sMD-2D6lZ3ljW3FKXKG4hKgNsN7TfFQ1wK2GjW8r8twk62WPg5W27Fh-2DX5LkpQxW7DkHK267hHnDW6NnpGN7xJb2gW4RnptS58c6jwV6X13s6NHN3lW6p05zf8wwbmgW8bqxkM9cHzkyW2bBMrX6T6bDWW2L4NfG820PPbW4SX-2DHn6SzpF8W2x6kYH7Xp06nW1lyRq52bV86sW2b8XhK8WKKnxW8j6fd01-5FZKPwW8vtpf44l0YBXW81bjdc1d10vlVM-2D4-5FV2W92Cqf7v84jj04&d=DwMFaQ&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ&m=9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7&s=Y8OMteba79nhElIZsNa7uyQ3fF0YaWYuo_1iCAQwrt4&e=" rel="noopener" style="color: #00a4bd; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">National Archives Identifier 83024</a><span style="color: black;"></span></span></h1></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168978917834513" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168978917834513_" style="color: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><p style="line-height: 26.25px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">Frontiers of human endurance and technology will always be broken. Ten years after the </span><em><span style="color: black;">Nautilus</span></em><span style="color: black;"> and the </span><em><span style="color: black;">Skate </span></em><span style="color: black;">reached and breached the top of our planet, man’s first steps appeared on the moon. By foot, by sled, or by ship, what steps in our long march of history might appear tomorrow?</span></span></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></h2><p style="line-height: 26.25px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Would you like to learn more about Polar Exploration? Check out these blog posts: </span></span></p><ul style="line-height: 26.25px;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hkH3hK2MW8wLKSR6lZ3nHW5FNX4B3XkD7KN3QRfNfkB9ssW87SGd-5F5zqvvlW56H7x64zvlWVW2dlSCQ5Pw3r-5FW99lk7l2-2Ds9SCW5SV2dh4RgRszW1xj9GS6KnvvMW8nrhG75XP8bRW5S0w3Z5tvZ-2D-2DW7JqSN62-2DrL8yN5MN4ZXht1n6W2Dr5J18Zv02lW5SWntD3-2D5Wg6W7NnPqZ643QRLW4NKyWX4kHb1TW6VpjmW4lw6jQW34Q5tY9gSX8JW4LJHsf8DsKsPW4qd4nX9c3d-2DcW5ZL2Nt8SXRP9W2w0BwB61X7qmW1yvGYw4kM6-2DfN90c1q291QHNW7CRDGZ264swLW2qwCKN5Rfs9rW8XrTDM8h-2DbZjW8S-2DxRQ2-5F7RxLf1qmnSP04%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DaqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM%26r%3D6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ%26m%3D9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7%26s%3DVJigzb8U7A4YdisJEq1bLhEnjvGs5zzhlRzUZDdowo4%26e%3D&source=gmail&ust=1692976396645000&usg=AOvVaw3ZGICZy1QqQ7dKPZjyCig0" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hkH3hK2MW8wLKSR6lZ3nHW5FNX4B3XkD7KN3QRfNfkB9ssW87SGd-5F5zqvvlW56H7x64zvlWVW2dlSCQ5Pw3r-5FW99lk7l2-2Ds9SCW5SV2dh4RgRszW1xj9GS6KnvvMW8nrhG75XP8bRW5S0w3Z5tvZ-2D-2DW7JqSN62-2DrL8yN5MN4ZXht1n6W2Dr5J18Zv02lW5SWntD3-2D5Wg6W7NnPqZ643QRLW4NKyWX4kHb1TW6VpjmW4lw6jQW34Q5tY9gSX8JW4LJHsf8DsKsPW4qd4nX9c3d-2DcW5ZL2Nt8SXRP9W2w0BwB61X7qmW1yvGYw4kM6-2DfN90c1q291QHNW7CRDGZ264swLW2qwCKN5Rfs9rW8XrTDM8h-2DbZjW8S-2DxRQ2-5F7RxLf1qmnSP04&d=DwMFaQ&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ&m=9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7&s=VJigzb8U7A4YdisJEq1bLhEnjvGs5zzhlRzUZDdowo4&e=" rel="noopener" style="color: #00a4bd;" target="_blank">Mystery of the Arctic Ice: Who was First to the North Pole</a> </span></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hkn3hK2MW7Y8-2DPT6lZ3kGW93DDq-5F8XTNMzW8tBz4s8Wj7j8W5hFtGh2fCPR9W5k5M1B50VxcDW6w6c3C4kqBxKW4TWvn67TPvqXW3cjzrQ131rWbW2VxKbV8VsYhgW6PLQLJ8RQwp3W6gwkbq5G6F7BW6LKk-2DV8fGw5JW21zdns5mxz2GN6CbBj0S6hZTW8nJYmv8rL2-2DKW2P9bS27Y48qhW7JfSKd1H3R2cW3D-2Dk1g5J2RjMW6PwVnS1Cx5-2DnW4K4sf52qDmMlW5TwTQd2DD9JvW56CcXx83HFVNW4flfDz8n-2DqVvW3Dv4TW5HBcsDW2RR8523Gz9X8W8cd1mM6TlBRLW7RzD3W8VtVq0f1BRlpv04%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DaqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM%26r%3D6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ%26m%3D9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7%26s%3D3qCpZanwrFOYrxRAu6ZfJE65r7w-wf_p98WNwJqJbC4%26e%3D&source=gmail&ust=1692976396646000&usg=AOvVaw3D9J-fdP1JqprI_yWAH62T" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hkn3hK2MW7Y8-2DPT6lZ3kGW93DDq-5F8XTNMzW8tBz4s8Wj7j8W5hFtGh2fCPR9W5k5M1B50VxcDW6w6c3C4kqBxKW4TWvn67TPvqXW3cjzrQ131rWbW2VxKbV8VsYhgW6PLQLJ8RQwp3W6gwkbq5G6F7BW6LKk-2DV8fGw5JW21zdns5mxz2GN6CbBj0S6hZTW8nJYmv8rL2-2DKW2P9bS27Y48qhW7JfSKd1H3R2cW3D-2Dk1g5J2RjMW6PwVnS1Cx5-2DnW4K4sf52qDmMlW5TwTQd2DD9JvW56CcXx83HFVNW4flfDz8n-2DqVvW3Dv4TW5HBcsDW2RR8523Gz9X8W8cd1mM6TlBRLW7RzD3W8VtVq0f1BRlpv04&d=DwMFaQ&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ&m=9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7&s=3qCpZanwrFOYrxRAu6ZfJE65r7w-wf_p98WNwJqJbC4&e=" rel="noopener" style="color: #00a4bd;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Images of the Week: Polar Expeditions</span></a></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hkn3hK2MW7Y8-2DPT6lZ3lmW8mwdPM4x-2DV3PVzy0Zx1PCGCLN41m1PWq27xqW6JtcpQ68fgh9W96t4gX3sCMs4W6Qs61n1rSymvW7Vwbp74YdSk9W1bs4QY4qgy1rN8RMNW-5FbK1P8W7Sqtn68zSFxNW3RR6Mb2s4ChfW2YcRcz1bYs5MW2DKZkW1P6sYLVsSMFh3Mx2hCW1ZQ98-2D832mssW3-2DpP6k88jz4HW3rwxXr5cDs6wW2wttWq2hjvMcW2rZT8m5kh7ZnW92Lz-2DY222t7cW7gj34K98vpgvN57lCp2J-5FlTBVFBp-2DT2vHG-2DyW6-5FjdJN1bw-5FQgW7Lb1Q51yMwlbW7JH-2Dzd36PQdtf5X0-5FnH04%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DaqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM%26r%3D6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ%26m%3D9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7%26s%3DirUGRYYz9czTsSIIWmRygFfx7B-TszXVdJYhUQjWfoo%26e%3D&source=gmail&ust=1692976396646000&usg=AOvVaw0Zbh0w20_e65fgYVBa773j" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__d2tbK404.na1.hubspotlinks.com_Ctc_2N-2B113_d2tbK404_VW7skp8-2DSc78W1nps3j2w7Mn9W6YVQGc52C46yN5q1hkn3hK2MW7Y8-2DPT6lZ3lmW8mwdPM4x-2DV3PVzy0Zx1PCGCLN41m1PWq27xqW6JtcpQ68fgh9W96t4gX3sCMs4W6Qs61n1rSymvW7Vwbp74YdSk9W1bs4QY4qgy1rN8RMNW-5FbK1P8W7Sqtn68zSFxNW3RR6Mb2s4ChfW2YcRcz1bYs5MW2DKZkW1P6sYLVsSMFh3Mx2hCW1ZQ98-2D832mssW3-2DpP6k88jz4HW3rwxXr5cDs6wW2wttWq2hjvMcW2rZT8m5kh7ZnW92Lz-2DY222t7cW7gj34K98vpgvN57lCp2J-5FlTBVFBp-2DT2vHG-2DyW6-5FjdJN1bw-5FQgW7Lb1Q51yMwlbW7JH-2Dzd36PQdtf5X0-5FnH04&d=DwMFaQ&c=aqMfXOEvEJQh2iQMCb7Wy8l0sPnURkcqADc2guUW8IM&r=6j5WxxUyNMwTw_W6qOpNkdsZxbN8nTNiYvk-z5uHmWQ&m=9qbbSpauJTIXZBMPU0nFnjf533zz4tjFYUcBeHLapQhYvrHIBYpOx4sghhtStSy7&s=irUGRYYz9czTsSIIWmRygFfx7B-TszXVdJYhUQjWfoo&e=" rel="noopener" style="color: #00a4bd;" target="_blank">Women of the Polar Archives: The Films and Stories of Marie Peary Stafford and Louise Boyd</a> </span></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2591027896064444682hs_padded" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div id="m_2591027896064444682hs_cos_wrapper_module_168979087620517" style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table align="center" border="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-size: 1px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 20px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; word-break: break-word;" width="auto"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-collapse: collapse; border-image: initial; border-left: transparent; border-right: transparent; border-top: transparent; color: #202020; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; word-break: break-word;" valign="middle" width="50%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br /></div>GeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.com0