Saturday, January 24, 2009

More Salvage!

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Bowsprite sent me these amazing photographs of the U.S. Airways Flight 1546 recovery. They were forwarded to her by a friend, and she canno...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

More Junk

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Severin Phillipine Sampan Leafsail Fleet Two Junks Christina Sun aka Bowsprite sent me this small portfolio of beautiful Junks. Thought I...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Salvage

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2037h - Snow is falling, fog is thick. The barge carrying the plane, bound for to Greenville Terminal, Jersey City, passes the Colgate Clock...
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Kayak part 1.4 Ken Taylor's famous kayak

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Ken  and his new qajaq in Scotland courtesy Duncan Winning This is Ken with a replica of the original Igdlorssuit kayak at the Delmarva Padd...
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Friday, January 16, 2009

WHOA

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Found this on a Swedish kayak blog by Håkan Alfredsson,   Håkan, kajakpaddlare! Håkgoan, kajakpaddlare!   Håkan, kajakpaddlare
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Microcruising Part 8, Bill Longyard and Lucky Town 7

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Bill Longyard is the author of what appears to be an execellent book (though I've yet to read it) on epic voyages made in "improbab...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Kayak part 1.3 the Historians: Howard I. Chapelle and Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America

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all images courtesy Skyhorse Publications Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America was a seminal book. First published in 1964, fourteen...
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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Historic Tall Ship Replicas

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 liki tiki - / 1964  Polynesien double hull  Bob Webb expedition to discover how the Polynesians populated the islands of the Pacific Ocean,...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Einstein's Boat

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Albert Einstein was given this boat for his 50 th , in 1929, by a wealthy admirer. It looks really interesting. The yacht measures about 23...
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Friday, January 2, 2009

the Ohio, or, "What I did over Christmas Break"

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I grew up playing on the Ohio. My dad bought a mahogany runabout which we reconditioned to make her usable. Had a 40hp. Merc. Used her for d...
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