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'Salarøy is a 41' fembøring, a Norwegian workboat in Tromsø Norway. Courtesy Hildringstimens båtgalleri - http://www.hildringstimen.no/batlista.htm

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Flotilla (water striders)

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A flotilla of water striders bask in a pool of autumn sun.  Haiku and Photography graciously shared by Melinda  Schwakhofer  © Steve Roberts...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Mermaid

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David at Never Sea Land  likes mermaids.   A lot.   I, too, liked this one. Had to share it. If you like mermaids, visit. Looks like a Pre R...
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Webb Chiles and Chidiock Tichborne or Macro/microcruising (part 7)

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Webb Chiles is currently undertaking his fifth circumnavigation, well, 4&3/4 if you want to get technical, but he doesn't and I won...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Frank and Margaret Dye, or Macro/microcruising (part 6)

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Frank and Margaret are perhaps the ultimate Microcruisers. They have taken their little Wayfarer dinghy (15'10") to some places and...
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Macro/Microcrising (part 5)

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Around in Ten is a singlehanded circumnavigation race designed to challenge Serge Testa's record , stipulating that all boats must b...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Serge Testa and Acrohc Australis or Micro/Macrocruiing (part 4)

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Serge Testa currently holds the world record for circumnavigation in the smallest boat, his Acrohc Australis, which he designed and built hi...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Microcruising Part Three

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Dave and Mindy Bolduc are exemplars of microcruising. They have a website devoted to microcruising and do quite a bit of it themselves. Litt...
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Microcruising, Part One (well, actually, two)

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Bill Seargent has a very informative, information rich website for small sailboats and cruising them. He's owned a lot of boats over hi...
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Friday, September 19, 2008

Megin

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I'm working on something else but I thought in the meantime you might enjoy these. Denmark, Peer Bruun, designer. Quote "The Megin...
Monday, September 15, 2008

Deja Vuoogle

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Whoa. Creed O'Hanlon of the Ethnic Catamaran Co. sent me a heads up on a possible new development in the evolution of seasteading and i...
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Wikiproa

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Kevin O'Neill has a very nice wiki, called Wikiproa , wherein he has a group of proa enthusiasts and builders publishing the fruits of t...

Hiroshi Sugimoto

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Hiroshi Sugimoto is a sublime and even ecstatic artist. Buddhist inspired or informed, very silent and quiet, empty but always pointing ...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Elf Update

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Elf apparently has her new topsail, judging from these pictures I recently recieved from Rick. The Crab Feast took place last weekend but I...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Can't believe I missed this

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I spoke to Grant Gambell of Gambell & Hunter Sailmakers up in Camden, Me. I had written about them before in connection with an electro...

Jose is in!

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Jose finally went in Tuesday morning and Jasper and I went down to fire up the new diesel. She started on the second pop, but eventually wo...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

James Wharram and Hanneke Boon

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I've been reluctant to post James Wharram as most of my readers are already aware of him. You may not be aware, however, of this little ...
Saturday, September 6, 2008

SAVEIRO DE VELA DE IÇAR

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I don't really read Portuguese, so I don't know what this blog is addressing, completely. I do know he(or she) is posting really in...
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Arpex defined

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Peter Mirow has posted an answer online to a question I put to him about the meaning of the name Arpex. He also posted a portrait of the lan...
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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Sealand

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Creed O'Hanlon of The Ethnic Catamaran Company has published a very interesting piece on nomadic lifestyles in general and seasteading ...
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