The Crystal Ship - one for Charlie Crist

I guess it is really over for Charlie Crist and the Republican Party now that he has pardoned Jim Morrison.

Issuma: Winter on Lake Ontario

Rochester, December 2010

Winter has arrived.  Especially in buffalo which got its first "lake effect" blizzard.  Not far from there is Rochester where Issuma was hauled for rigging work after a slow and picturesque trip up the Hudson through the Erie Canal, and then the Oswego Canal.  check out the pictures on Issuma's  blog, to the right.

The Wave - Susan Casey

This is an ad, but it's got some great footage.   And it's a potential gift.

Three Boys Feared Lost Are Found in Pacific - NYTimes.com

Three Tokelau Islands boys spent 50 days at sea

Three Boys Feared Lost Are Found in Pacific - NYTimes.com
A more detailed account is here.

Matt Brown: Pemaquid Point from Little Thrumcap Island

Thanks to Susan and the kids for this woodcut by Matt Brown.
Little Thrumcap is about two miles southwest from Pemaquid Point, across the mouth of John's Bay.

Pemaquid Point from Little Thumcap Island, John's Bay, Gulf of Maine

Senior Citizen Completes Solo Circumnavigation of City Island

On my first day of Medicare eligibility I rowed around City Island.  Why?  Because I could.  Engaged in every man's favorite activity: watching other men work while I did what I pleased.  Below are my 8 ft Walker Bay skiff and some of the workmen and working boats I saw.

My boat - NR2A

all quiet at the fuel dock

Island Current - Daily 8
AM, Nightly 6:30 PM

Hudson Beaver

City Island Bridge

Howard H -  wood work boat still working in NY harbor

Big Bird in his skiff

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Issuma: low bridge, everybody down - northbound on the Erie Canal

Issuma threaded its way - the wrong way - northbound in October - on the Erie Canal.  When we were kids we learned the Erie Canal song - Low Bridge - Everybody Down.  HERE it is. 


Tugster and Bowsprite were there

 And why not hear Suzanne Vega pay tribute to that good old mule Sal.

Like a white winged dove - Stevie Nicks - 1983

Edge of Seventeen

Jon Gelman Photography: Maine Lobster Fishing Port

Jon Gelman Photography: Maine Lobster Fishing Port: "Captured on a D700, 1/5 sec., ISO 200, f/18, 195 mm, HDR."

Buzzards Bay 14 for sale

Not mine.  But one just like my North River 2  - built at the Boat School, Eastport Maine.  Details HERE