Tying a Bowline - tips from a shipwright

More clever seamanship from Louis Sauzedde.  You do know how to tie a bowline but here are a few practical variations. - gwc

Celebration in magenta | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015

Celebration in magenta | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015

by Jon Bramley

Skipper Samantha Davies and her Team SCA crew scored a resounding victory for women’s offshore sailing in the early hours of Thursday morning when they gloriously clinched Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The leg is Lisbon to Lorient, France.

The comfortable victory was the first leg win by a female crew in offshore sailing’s toughest challenge since Tracy Edwards’ Maiden clinched two stage wins in Class D of the 1989-90 race, won overall by Sir Peter Blake’s famous Steinlager 2.

At least as satisfying for the first all-women’s crew to enter the race in 12 years will be the opportunity to silence those who suggested that they were looking outclassed in the current 12th edition by their experienced male rivals.

North River 2 - new season

Fishing the Bronx

Hauling traps

North River 2 Launch 2015

Splashdown for North River 2 at Barron's Boatyard, City Island.  Prep work by Pat Montalbano.  No drama.

Hupper Island, Port Clyde

Visiting Jeff, Nancy, Jim and Ann on Hupper

Spring storm - Back River, East Friendship, Maine

The view from the dining table at our place.

Memorial Day Picnic at Castle Village

In Memoriam: Bob Donovan, Mike Cunnion, Jack Martin

Remembering my three classmates at Holy Cross College who died in Vietnam. - gwc

Mike Cunnion  came to Holy Cross from Mt. St. Michael in Mt. Vernon where I had seen him as starting quarterback playing against my school, Brooklyn Prep.  Mike had a great arm - better than Jack Lentz, our classmate who after being QB at the Cross went on to play cornerback for the Buffalo Bills.
Mike was a great guy but didn't hit the books.  And Holy Cross cut you no slack for being a scholarship athlete.  He flunked out and joined the Marines.  On July 15, 1966 he and fourteen other men went down in flames in the helicopter pictured above.

Bob Donovan was a fine runner.  In 1963 he came to Holy Cross from Syracuse on a track scholarship.  But he neglected his studies, and flunked out. He was drafted, and as a PFC went to Vietnam on September 22, 1966.  The facts on the virtual wall are spare:

Incident Date: 11/09/1966

Casualty Date: 11/09/1966
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

John B. Martin, II

Jack Bernard Martin, II, Holy Cross '67  was in Navy ROTC - which paid his tuition.  I had passed the test for Navy ROTC but failed the physical.  I needed eyeglasses.  But I don't want to be a pilot, I protested.  Nevermind =we've got guys who can take your place.  Jack was one of them. The details on the Vietnam Memorial "virtual wall" are:

Location:	Offshore, North Vietnam
Remains:	Body not recovered
Casualty Type:	Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason:	Fixed Wing - Pilot
Casualty Detail:	Air loss or crash at sea

Wavertree heads to drydock on Kill van Kull

Wavertree heads to drydock credit Tugster

The three-master Wavertree has left South Street Seaport Museum and is underway for major repairs at Caddell Drydock & Repair in Staten Island.