Scruffy, but good
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๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ aka Ronnie Spector; ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐บ, ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ.
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Ride em cowpoke. That is one Happy Cat.
Dinghy of the Year, bam! Wait, I'm confused. The Boat of the Year is a monohull dinghy and the dinghy of the year is a catamaran but it's not the Multihull of the Year. Shouldn't the folks at Sailing World have a category called Beach Cat of the Year? Okay, so I'm yanking their chain. I'm pleased to see inflatables coming into the mainstream.
Yes, little Alfred, boats in bags can be a lot of fun.
Links: Go to Sailing World to read more | Go to Grabner to see all their inflatables (they make great kayaks) | Mosey on over to Red Beard if you live in the US and want to buy one.
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Even though it's an ad, it's a good ad. You get to see Santa and his clones surfing in the Australian sun.
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I love small boats. I especially love folks who avoid the frenetic world of high-tech sailing. So sit back and watch as one of my favorite sailors Roger Barnes goes for a cruise along the southern coast of Brittany out to the รles de Glรฉnanof in the company of other like-minded chaps.
I might actually be back blogging. Let's see if I can carry on.
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Surfers include: Jamie O'Brien, Blair Conklin, Brad Domke, Kenny Kuypers, Tyler Thornsley and others.
Music: First Song: Dan Zeitune All other music by: Modern Aquatic
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Not your Dad's Piper Cub. "The Celera 500L is designed for transcontinental range with operating costs equal to or better than commercial airline ticket pricing on a per passenger basis. This criterion requires extremely low drag across the entire aircraft with a highly fuel-efficient propulsion system. To achieve this, extensive use of laminar shapes was used for the wings, fuselage, and tail sections."
What an unusual looking aircraft.
Game changer! 18โ25 mpg fuel economy, $328 hourly operating costs, max cruise speed projected to be in excess of 460 mph, 4,500 nautical mile range, and a payload of 6 adult passengers. Plus, the Celera 500Lโs reduction in carbon emissions beats FAA and ICAO target emissions standards for aircraft entering service in or after 2031 by over 30%.
Read all about the Celera 500L at Otto Aviation.
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EXPERIMENT IN SURVIVAL
by George Sigler
George Sigler was a Navy pilot who flew his A-3 jet in Vietnam and later flew โ you could almost say barnstormed โ it in Europe. Never a stickler for regulations, he set out to establish the worldโs record for the longest non-stop, single piloted, carrier-based aircraft flight โ without Navy permission โ of course. Flying from Spain to San Diego he was prepared for the worst from the Navy. But by the time he arrived, they changed their minds and welcomed his feat with fanfare. He was their man! This was to be a precursor for his future experiment in crossing the Pacific.
During his Navy time, and later as a civilian ferry pilot, he gave a lot of thought to the best approach to sea survival. Surviving a ditching of a small Cessna at sea gave more focus to his project.
He and a fellow Navy Reservist, Lt. Charlie Gore set out in a life raft from San Francisco with no water, and only 6 pounds of food, for Hawaii. They believed they could save the lives of future castaways if they took a scientific approach to the problems of survival at sea. Again, the Navy wanted nothing to do with such a foolish trip, but when they arrived 56 days later, ships and aircraft were deployed to retrieve them for medical testing.
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The Tayana 37 is perhaps the most successful semi-custom cruising boat to be built. It was designed by Bob Perry and introduced in 1975 as a response to the Westsail 32 which were selling in enormous numbers. Today looking back, with the boat still in production with a boat count of 588, most still sailing, and an active and owners community, its very apparent that Perry has succeeded. Read more here.
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Go sailing and surfing with Coen and Richard in Fiji when we can travel the world, again.
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The Antonov An-12 (Russian: ะะฝัะพะฝะพะฒ ะะฝ-12.) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft that was designed during Soviet era. It's still in the air today transporting cargo around the world.
What a Beast! Watch the pilot muscle his way with the controls.
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Shameless, Joe, pushing music out by one of those guys with your last name.
Too bad, I like Josh.
This probably should have been a Music Monday post but unfortunately, I've been drinking tequila again. Bad me.
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It's not April 1st so are we in bubble territory?
I've seen this movie before when the VCs threw money at any harebrained idea that used glossy marketing. Let's just say that it doesn't end well.
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If you haven't heard of Randall he's my fellow Californian who is sailing around the world via a Figure 8. What like a knot or some other obscure thing, Joe?
Nope, see the pic above.
Randall is a badass. While we are hiding in our secure world of apps and Instacart (they are not a sponsor) Randall is sailing around the world looping the Americas and Antartica. He's the first guy to undertake this momentous task.
Why the hell would anyone do this? He must be crazy or a badass. I'll go with badass since the crazies are roaming the streets of San Francisco and don't resemble Randall in the least.
Ah, maybe crazy?
I love the Horse Latitudes (gotta love that name), it's the perfect place to kayak or row. Sailing there, more like floating, is an entirely different experience. Hint, you better have a good engine and plenty of fuel.
Mind you, you can always throw your tender in the water and row pulling your boat along. Think Charleston Heston in Ben-Hur.
Sorry Randall, as a rower also I went off in a tangent. Back to the story.
The horse latitudes are located at about 30 degrees north and south of the equator. It is common in this region of the subtropics for winds to diverge and either flow toward the poles (known as the prevailing westerlies) or toward the equator (known as the trade winds). These diverging winds are the result of an area of high pressure, which is characterized by calm winds, sunny skies, and little or no precipitation.
According to legend, the term comes from ships sailing to the New World that would often become stalled for days or even weeks when they encountered areas of high pressure and calm winds. Many of these ships carried horses to the Americas as part of their cargo. Unable to sail and resupply due to lack of wind, crews often ran out of drinking water. To conserve scarce water, sailors on these ships would sometimes throw the horses they were transporting overboard. Thus, the phrase 'horse latitudes' was born.
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