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Jim Wagner and crew Jill Moorhouse hang in there during a puff.
Old school sailing from Dave's Way Back Machine.
Courtesy of Bay Dog.
A pride of Penguins piled the waters of Great Kills, Staten Island N.Y. for the Penguin Region II championships, May 6 (1973).
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The Ninth Wave is the best known painting by Russian Romantic painter Ivan Aivazovsky. He is considered one of the greatest marine artists in history
I'm back, no thanks to the thugs who swarmed Typepad with DDoS Attacks.
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A scooter, that's old hat!
It's still a voyage of discovery.
British Pathé library on YouTube
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Hello, North America! note:sorry to the Pacific Northwest, BC and Alaska. You didn't make the cut. Try again next year.
Via NASA 360
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Goodbye, yellow Laser. You've reached the end of the road. It's time to dream about Fiberglass Heaven.
4 Picos are also on their way out. I hate rotomolded boats. Indestructible, my ass!
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It's Pau Hana time!
Try and make it out onto or into the water this weekend.
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Any guesses where this photo was taken?
I don't think she'll fly anymore.
Funny this whole Thursday Throwback nostalgia thing that just popped out of nowhere.
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4! I must say, this is a brilliant photo. Keep up the good work!
Via Dutch A-division Catamarans Association.
Hat Tip: David Wells from 101 Surf Sports.
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There are a couple of new guys in the line up.
Stick, I don't need no damn stick brah!
Hat tip Mark Denzer
Source: Divine Dolphin
Credit: North Shore Surf Photos
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Mickey Rooney: September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014
Thank you for all the hours of enjoyment I got from watching your old movies when I was a kid. You always brought a smile to my face.
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From NASAs Astronomy Picture of the Day:
As dawn broke on March 27, the center of the Milky Way Galaxy stood almost directly above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory. In the dry, clear sky of Chile's Atacama desert, our galaxy's dusty central bulge is flanked by Paranal's four 8 meter Very Large Telescope units in this astronomical fisheye view. Along the top, Venus is close to the eastern horizon. The brilliant morning star shines very near a waning crescent Moon just at the edge of one of the telescope structures. Despite the bright pairing in the east, the Milky Way dominates the scene though. Cut by dust lanes and charged with clouds of stars and glowing nebulae, the center of our galaxy sprawls across the darker zenith even as the deep blue sky grows brighter and buildings still glint in moonlight.
A Milky Way Dawn
Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN), ESO Ultra HD Expedition
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How politically incorrect of you, Joe. Shouldn't it be Crew Overboard?
F that! I'm sick of walking on eggshells.
Sorry for the ride around the lake. Now back to our story.
Andrew Taylor was flung overboard while changing a sail on the foredeck of Derry~Londonderry~Doire' during Race 10 of the Clipper Round the World Race. His swim occurred midway between Qingdao, China, and San Francisco. Luckily for Andrew, he was wearing a drysuit and PFD. His recovery from the messy waters of the North Pacific was no mean feat. Poor Andrew spent about an hour and a half in the water. He was quite happy to be pulled back aboard to the safety of the boat. His skipper said, "...whilst clearly shocked, he is quite happy to be alive I think!" Ya think!
Yes boys and girls, the sea is not for the faint of heart. To quote the Swiss Boy Scout handbook, "Allzeit bereit!"
Sources: Lectronic Latitude Lasso | Derry~Londonderry~Doire Clipper's Facebook Page
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