Saturday, September 21, 2024

Monday, September 16, 2024

Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga is the masterpiece of L. Francis Herreshoff who designed my little boat 
Here it is at the dock of its HomePort, Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT.

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

At the Tom Verlaine Book Sale - Alex Abramovich - LRBlog


 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0z32mdsmzktsv06fa8v55/At-the-Tom-Verlaine-Book-Sale.docx?rlkey=kciq5br264k7w88l058fxqdwe&dl=0

Monday, August 26, 2024

Why did Bayesian sink? >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News: Providing sailing news for sailors

Why did Bayesian sink? >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News: Providing sailing news for sailors

Why did it sink?

Bayesian was a massive sailing yacht with one of the tallest masts in yachting history, a 246-foot pole that would have commanded attention even if it hadn’t been illuminated at a peaceful anchorage just north of Sicily on Sunday night.

Mike Lynch, the owner, a British tech billionaire who had been compared to both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, was onboard, celebrating his acquittal on fraud charges that could have sent him to prison for 20 years. He was joined by members of his family, two of the lawyers who defended him, and an investment banker who had provided helpful testimony.






Sunday, August 18, 2024

West Boothbay Harbor

 







Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Hatchet Cove - my homeport

The memorial cross at Georges Harbor 
five miles south of my mooring at Hatchet Cove, Friendship,
Maine


When we first came to Friendship thirty years ago, this was Brian Reed's wharf. It's the Carter family's now.
The Reeds and the Carters had fishing camps on Benner Island about five miles south.
Betsy Wyeth then bought two islands - Allen and Benner -   of the four that make up Georges Harbor where English explorer George Waymouth first landed on the coast of Maine in 1605.  In 1905 the State of Maine  erected a granite cross on Allen and claimed it as the founding of Maine.  
The Carters swung a deal with Betsy Wyeth who had a big wharf built on Allen Island and a house for her family on the south side of Benner.  The Carters still have traps stored there.  They are buyers as well as fishermen now.   Below are shots of Carter's wharf at Hatchet  Cove, Friendship now.

BrAvery's haul today - about 1,000 lbs.
@$7lb - before fuel, boat, crew, truck
It isn't easy

Salt 
dinghy dock
Bait - redfish heads from iceland
Diesel oil
Some bait is local - menhaden (pogies or bunker)
netted in the Cove or the St. George River
Product of Iceland
Clara - boatyard dog
A monhegan skiff
"Do not expect a warning shot"
Harvester wharf (fka Brian's wharf) 
Hatchet Cove, Friendship, ME

                                                                Storage shed
                                                                                The wharf
                                                                            Refrigerated bait shed

                                                                                


 

Friday, August 9, 2024

Cape Breton - Road Photos 2024 | tugster: a waterblog

Road Photos 2024 F | tugster: a waterblog

Maine Mist - August 9, 2024

 Back River, Friendship, Maine

The Back River

The town wharf - Friendship, Maine