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.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Sunday, August 18, 2024
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"
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
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