Flying Passage and Bremen Long Island

Marilyn's longest voyage - circumnavigating Bremen Long Island via Flying Passage and the Hockomock Channel was a good one until that beam sea as the wind kicked up from the southwest.  Fortunately we had installed the "oh my god" grab handles, as there was plenty of that.
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Flying Passage

Osprey guarding the nest

navigator - voyager

naturalist

Muscongus Bay sloop (aka Friendship sloop)

Homeport: Hatchet Cove

Feeling at home on Brian's wharf, Hatchet Cove, Friendship, Maine
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me aboard my skiff - soon to be renamed 

The Winfield Lash

The Winfield Lash

Harvest of Plenty: Lobster Glut on the Maine Coast

Lobster crates - Stonington, Deer Isle, Maine

Annabel buys lobster at Brian's Wharf, Hatchet Cove, Friendship, Maine

Warm water.  It's not all bad.  The lobster love it.  The Times reports there's a lobster glut on the coast of Maine, driving down prices.  We're paying $2.75 right off the boat at the dock at Hatchet Cove in Friendship where I moor our boat. Katherine Q. Seelye drew the plum assignment this year to drive up the lobster coast and taste.  Chris Becker is the Times photographer on the story.  His slide show tells the story.

Good luck, Clare!

from all of us in Maine on the night before your surgery.
Next year in Friendship!

Bronx River Now Flows by Parks - NYTimes.com

Bronx River Now Flows by Parks - NYTimes.com  Yes, the Bronx River, The Bronx - home of City Island, my homeport.

Become an Antarctic explorer with panoramic imagery | Official Google Blog

Become an Antarctic explorer with panoramic imagery | Official Google Blog:


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Explorer Pushes the Boundaries of a Human-Powered Watercraft - NYTimes.com

Explorer Pushes the Boundaries of a Human-Powered Watercraft - NYTimes.com:

by Tom Sims

 "Wave Vidmar is about to cross the Pacific from California to Hawaii — in a kayak, totally alone and unsupported — in what, if he succeeds, will likely be the longest voyage of its kind.
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Humans have been crossing oceans for centuries, of course, but what makes this excursion particularly challenging is the fact that Mr. Vidmar (yes, Wave is his real name) is traveling by kayak: a small vessel he propels himself with a double-ended paddle. And there’s also the worrisome issue that it could take days for a ship, helicopter or plane to reach him (to the tune of $35,000 an hour) if he needs emergency help.

In the coming days, Mr. Vidmar, 48, plans to leave Horseshoe Cove in Sausalito under the Golden Gate Bridge in his custom Seaward Passat G3. He expects the voyage to last 45 to 65 days."



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Gone to Sea - George Vecsey

The Great Times sportswriter George Vecsey is a man after my own heart.  He understands that the key is to see an epic in an everyday voyage. - GWC

Gone to Sea - George Vecsey:
 "When I took the [NY Times] no-brainer buyout last December, I talked about watching the wheels go round and round. Instead, I’m watching  waves.


Two years ago my wife bought me another perfect  present,  an inflatable kayak from Sea Eagle. Pumps up with a pedal in 10 minutes. Seats two. All I need is  company up front. 


This week Grandchild No. 5/5  and I paddled across the bay to inspect a mansion at West Egg. We glided through a school of baby blues (you should see them jump when they are fully grown in September, I told her), and watched a gent in a motorboat cut his engine politely when he reached the No Wake sign. I pointed out the Bronx and New Rochelle at the north end of the bay  and we talked about the Huguenots who settled there. We watched the afternoon flights heading toward JFK.


After an hour, I told her to navigate toward the dock and the beach. The kayak deflated and was easily stuffed in the back of the car. 


The summer is young. "

1421 The Chinese Discover America

1421 - the fabulous book by Gavin Menzies is about the Chinese treasure fleet that explored all the world's oceans from 1421-1423. 
Here is the website.  But National Geographic isn't buying it.  They recognize seven voyages by the great admiral Zheng He = which stretch only to the east coast of Africa and Java.  Meanwhile the Chinese training ship Zhen He has just passed through the Panama Canal.

The Iliad on the Broadway Local

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