It was a really good homemade Thai dinner, thank you!
Tag: Fun
Fire on board
Wooden sailing vessels traditionally had only one fire onboard, the cook’s stove. I can’t imagine how cold sailors, much less passengers, were through most of the year.
Windjammers hew to that tradition.
a wooden sailing vessel
with a wood-fired cook stove
and kerosine lanterns
two iceboxes
Smoke from the cookstove goes
into a T-shaped chimney vent
don’t get too close
“Smokestack,” not “chimney”
maybe “noble Charlie”
Can you beat this?
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Crossing Penobscot Bay
cruise ship off Rockport
glare against haze of blue
Camden Hills a thousand-plus feet
other schooners out of Rockland
Eagle Island light
Mark Island light
Saddleback Ledge light
too far off to photograph
American Eagle
full sail
after a nap
Hoisting the sail
perfect weather, sunny, 60s
a knot = 1.1 mph
a little more up
meaning into the wind
luffing, meaning chuffing in the sheets
no sea legs yet
wobbly
even on calm seas
bit queasy
edge of mal de mer?
slow lull
slow sun
will I feel a late-season burn?
“all on the bowline, we sing that melody
like all good sailors do when they’re faraway at sea”
a song our Dylan doesn’t know
in his impressive repertoire
a generational gap
116th Street Blues, starts out with Captain Ahab
then more nautical lines
find your own style
it’s an active experience
just relax
Passing the Curtis Island lighthouse
Honoring the Philadelphia family of Curtis Publishing
(Saturday Evening Post legacy)
this lighthouse at Camden
the bay is sheltered from the motions
of the open ocean
there are subtle rolls and pitches
whoa! There just was a wave
Off we go
Getting acquainted at our dock in Camden
Safety talk
And everybody gets to pitch in
14 passengers, short of 21 max
(few of the double beds have two booked this trip)
crew of four plus cook
and we scoot off
Homemade bagels
I get to sample the results of many experiments around here.
Time to meet her, the Louis R. French
So who was Louis Robbins French?
Father of the three sons
who built this in South Bristol, Maine
The French is 101 feet overall, 65 feet on deck, with 19 feet of beam, as the brochure proclaims. She draws 7.5 feet with a full keel. A proven vessel in all conditions, she is a nifty and quick sailor, having won the Great Schooner Race many times. The French has also participated in recent Tall Ships gatherings in Boston. It spent part of its life based out of Lubec just south of Eastport.
the French was largely stripped and gutted
and rebuilt for passengers
what’s left?
As my buddy Peter grinned at me at the end of our week:
“Your first love. You never forget.”
MICE contradance
That’s Moose Island Contras Etc., a very fine traditional country dance band with a very fine caller. We do have fun around here.
Jnana's Red Barn 