Roger Chapman sings Blind Willie McTell

Forget about mortality rate, this is why you should be worried about coronavirus

Forget about mortality rate, this is why you should be worried about coronavirus

by Adam Wren  MEDIUM

How do you know if you have the flu or a corona virus?

.@SenAlexander: "How do you know if you have the flu as opposed to #coronavirus?"

Watch Dr. Anthony Fauci's (@NIAIDNews) explanation in the video.

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— CSPAN (@cspan) March 3, 2020

Taisy and Xander - Baby Zollo Shower

Prototype | EcoClipper

Prototype | EcoClipper

Captain JP's log: The traditional dhow builders of Oman

Captain JP's log: The traditional dhow builders of Oman

The last of the seafaring life, at the Boston Fish Pier - The Boston Globe

The last of the seafaring life, at the Boston Fish Pier - The Boston Globe

Dallas Murphy - Rounding the Horn: Being the Story of Williwaws and Windjammers, Drake, Darwin, Murdered Missionaries and Naked Natives — A Deck's-Eye View of Cape Horn.

I just finished - to my regret it had to end - Dallas Murphy's Rounding the Horn: Being the Story of Williwaws and Windjammers, Drake, Darwin, Murdered Missionaries and Naked Natives — A Deck's-Eye View of Cape Horn. I bumped into Murphy at a post-race party in Glen Cove, Long Island. When I described myself as a fan of the genre "men in bad weather" Murphy suggested his own Rounding the Horn. It's a great read. Murphy spent some weeks aboard Pelagic - a Patagonia region sailing tour boat. He weaves together the tale of their own and historic explorations. Missionaries, traders, botanists, fools, and adventurers come alive in Murphy's hands. Together we tour the dramatic and challenging region - landing at Cape Horn, exploring fjords, and the site of massacres, triumphs, rescues, wisdom, and foolishness.
Below NPR's Neil Conan talks with Murphy. 

Cold snap and thaw - February 2020

26' "Cliffy" Lobster boat under construction - The Apprenticeshop

The apprentices at The Apprenticeshop in Rockland, Maine have begun another impressive project.  The Dublin Bay 24 (lwl, 38' loa) mahogany sloop is planked, will soon be decked and work begun on the interior.  So it is time to start something new - a version of a classic 26' local lobster boat.
You will see in the photos below that hand tools play a big part.
What you see here is the keel - the long fore and aft piece to which everything is anchored.  And the stem - the laminated steam bent curved piece that will be the core of the bow.