High tide at our place

Small Town, Big Tides, Bigger Ambitions: Ocean Renewable Power in Eastport - James Fallows - The Atlantic

Small Town, Big Tides, Bigger Ambitions: Ocean Renewable Power in Eastport - James Fallows - The Atlantic:


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My place

Stealth Destroyer launched in Bath, Maine

It does look stealthy. - GWC
Ship Photos of The Day – First Zumwalt Class Stealth Destroyer Launched in Maine | gCaptain ⚓ Maritime & Offshore News: "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on Monday successfully launched the Navy’s first Zumwalt-class destroyer at their Bath, Maine shipyard. The ship, the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), will be the first of three ships in the Navy’s newest destroyer class, designed for littoral operations and land attack. The ship began the transition from Bath Iron Works’ land-based construction facility to a floating dry dock on Friday. Once loaded into the dry dock, the dock was flooded and the ship was removed from its cradle. By late Monday, the dock had been flooded and the ship was floated off and tied to a pier on the Kennebec River."

Terrible beauty - Atlantic storm lashes northern Europe

Lou Reed

Lou Reed is dead at 71.   I can't remember why I bought the album - the first - Velvet Underground and Nico when it came out in 1967.  I don't think I really understood what he was saying in Heroin.  But I did like lines like "I don't know just where I'm going but I'm going to try for the kingdom..."  It certainly was not the Hootenanny folkie goodie goodie music like Simon & Garfunkel that I loved.  It was part of a new anti-establishment wave that had lasting impact, even for those of us who never did take a walk on the wild side.

Lifeboat Louie - Anchored to the Water - NYTimes.com

I don't know him - surprising given how much time I spend on City Island.  But now, thanks to the times, I know who owns those two boats tied together just off the doomed City Island Bridge.
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On the hard - sailing season over

North River 2 is on the hard ground now - at Barron's boatyard, City Island, NY

OTHERWISE: Eastport Road Map: Global Meets Local in a Very Small Town - James Fallows - The Atlantic

OTHERWISE: Eastport Road Map: Global Meets Local in a Very Small Town - James Fallows - The Atlantic:



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Fifteen Tons of Groceries, Sailing Down the Hudson - NYTimes.com

Ceres - the vessel of the Vermont Sail Freight project has landed in New York City. GWC
Food Matters | Fifteen Tons of Groceries, Sailing Down the Hudson - NYTimes.com:by Eviana Hartman

 "Before the Industrial Revolution, most food was regional by necessity, shipped via wind-powered boats. Urban waterfronts were vibrant centers of commerce and community. Seeking a more sustainable way to get his grain to market, the Vermont farmer Erik Andrus conceived the Vermont Sail Freight Project to find out if this model could work again today. In April, he raised more than $15,000 on Kickstarter to build a 39-foot-long plywood sail barge named Ceres (after the Roman goddess of agriculture). The Greenhorns, an Essex, N.Y.-based farmer advocacy group, and the Willowell Foundation, a nonprofit education organization, signed on as partners to raise additional funds, handle the project’s logistics and recruit farmers and volunteers."

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