Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Simply the Best, part two: Sister's

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Ok. I asked for reader help in deciding what to enter for Tillerman's competition Simply the Best , but on very short notice. No respon...
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Simply the Best

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photograph courtesy  Pär Björfjäl, Wetstuff !Last minute! Help me with this. Tillerman over at Proper Course has a competition for the bes...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

70.8%

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courtesy Brian Schulz, Cape Falcon Kayak
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Monday, December 22, 2008

the Greenlanders, Jane Smiley

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Eriks homestead at Brattahlid courtesy. courtesy Amazon photograph courtesy  © Gerald Zinnecker all rights reserved While doing my researc...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

Kayak part 1.2 The Historians: The Russians

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A leut model of a two-man baidarka (or kayak) from the Commander Islands, Russia, collected in 1891 by N.M. Tilman. Made of wood, gutskin, b...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Kayak part 1.1 the Historians: Alaskan Digital Archives

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Eskimo Hunter, Nome, C.1913 photograph George A. Parks courtesy Alaska State Library. Eskimo boy with kayak, photographer undocumented, cour...
Sunday, December 14, 2008

Kayak, part 1.0, the Historians: Preface, Franz Boaz

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Franz Boas dressed in traditional Groenland hunting costume, courtesy the   American Philosophical Society.   On a trip to the Arctic,photo ...
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Kayak, part 1, the Historians:Preface

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Portrait of James Cook courtesy Wikipedia, Nathaniel Dance , c. 1775 courtesy Google Book Search Unagen hunters demonstrate spear throwing ...
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Monday, December 8, 2008

On the Waterfront

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The Mary A. Whalen is an oil tanker built by Mathis Shipyard in Camden , NJ  in 1938, 172', 613 gross tonnage. She operated out of the ...
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Friday, December 5, 2008

tugster, a waterblog

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Kristin Poling, 1934 Mary Whalen , 1938 & June K Odin Onsust , 16 th C. replica Nissan Ocean Spirit, right John B Caddell , 1941 all ph...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

TRAMP

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the Henry Bonneaud the Peter P Mataora the Paddy Lambros L Creed O'Hanlon has suggested I rename my weblog "Minimalist Cruising...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

Minimalist Cruising part Seven: John Guzzwell and Trekka

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Another J. Laurent Giles design, Trekka , a 20'6" yawl made sailing history in1959 when her owner and builder John Guzzwell return...
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