What I Miss Most About My Father - George Vecsey

What I Miss Most About My Father - George Vecsey:


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

'via Blog this'

Novice crew for Father's Day

Nik Wallenda at Niagara = Philippe Petit at the Twin Towers

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

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

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

Hell is the Bay of Biscay

565 nm - 24 hour distance record - Volvo Ocean Race

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

North River 2 - splashdown

floating floorboards

Launch June 11, 2012

Issuma: Journey's End

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

Golden Eye - St. Maarten to Bermuda

from WoodenBoat forum - all other pix Jesse Fradkin

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

at sea

entering St. George, Bermuda

Captain Emmert & crew

on the hook in Bermuda

at anchor in St. Maarten

Issuma - Sitka to Vancouver Island

Petroglyph Cove

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

Monet's Garden - in the Bronx

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