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Journal | Newest EntriesThe Last Navigator Finds His Way Home
Mau Piailug, Micronesian who sailed by navigating sun and stars, dies at 78 Mau Piailug : Last of the Pacific Navigators Finds his Way Home
Special thanks to C. O’Hanlon for this submission.
Poetry in Motion - C Class CatamaransThe “Little America’s Cup” catamarans are like thoroughbreds - expensive and delicate creatures good for little else besides racing others of their kind. But oh… what a ride! Here’s UK Team Invictus putting the boat through its paces a few days before shipping the yacht to Newport, Rhode Island. Racing begins Aug 22, with coverage by Sailing Anarchy.
AntheneaPosted: 06/19/10 |
Flotsam & Jetsam
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Good taste, Jean-Michel! That is also MY favorite Bond movie. The villain is shipping tycoon Karl Stromberg, who wants man to live in harmony with the sea. Radical idea, Karl… radical.
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New Seaclipper 20Jim Brown rocks the boat, again.
Multihulls make great camp cruisers… in theory. In practice, they are expensive and complex, cumbersome to launch and trailer, and just plain awkward in a monohull oriented environment. Until now. Jim Brown and his long time collaborator, Ron Marples, have at last created the VW microbus of multihulls - the new Seaclipper 20. The boat is simple to build, robust, a snap to rig and launch, safe, comfy and yes… even fast! A standard used beach cat rig keeps the cost down and the performance up, and finally, a standard 7’ square dome tent converts the boat into a luxurious camp site! I am SO happy to see a new trimaran design that isn’t all carbon fiber and made in China. Plans available at Searunner.com. Via SmallTrimarans.
Aye, Calypso!
The 100th anniversary of Commandant Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s birth is today. Today is also day 52 of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Thanks to the Horse’s Mouth for the pic.
Calypso, by John Denver Proavocative ArtThe designs of Denis Kergomard
The French multi-mania includes proas (a particularly virulent strain) and designer Denis Kergomard appears to be particularly stricken. These are some of the best proa designs I have ever seen, and I’ve seen more than a few. Wild and organic, beautiful and dangerous, Kergormard’s vessels invite us into a field of dreams. Nautical art, indeed. See more after the jump, and do be sure to check out his body of work at Alibi Architecture. Documenting the History of Modern Multihulls - Before It’s GonePosted: 05/17/10 |
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The Searunner Rides Again
Jim has begun a new project at Outrig.org, where he is documenting the beginnings of the modern multihull movement, with which he is intimately associated. He’s begun with the pioneers such as Woody Brown, Arthur Piver and Richard Newick, and new material is being consistently added. IMHO, this is an extremely worthwhile and timely endeavor. The history of the origins of the modern multihull live mostly in the memory cells of those who lived it, and those cells are being rapidly diminished over time. If the true history isn’t recorded now, it never will be, and that really would be a tragedy.
Jim Brown’s enthusiasm for the multihull concept seems undimmed even after 50 years of designing, building and seafaring, and amongst all his many accomplishments, I think that is what I admire most. Traditional Vaka Heading EastPosted: 04/13/10 |
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A fleet of four traditional vaka will sail from Auckland on Wednesday April 14th (weather permitting) to French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji.
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Bernard Smith, 1910-2010Posted: 02/18/10 |
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