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Bernard Smith, 1910-2010

Bernard Smith passed away on Feb. 12, three months short of his 100th birthday. He invented a radical sailboat called the aerohydrofoil that had neither a “sail” nor a “boat”, and he outlined his design in his 1963 book, “The 40-Knot Sailboat” . I must have checked that book out of my local library about 20 times! Thanks to Paul Dunlop for the news.

The passing of sailing’s true rocket scientist | Mr. Smith’s Amazing Sailboats

End Game

After all the amazing legal bullshit thrown by both sides of this mighty conflict, I gotta say... the America’s Cup has still got it. I’ll be riveted to the SA coverage, and I’ll be rooting for the black trident.

Devolution

Apacolypso is a Pacific Islander inspired outrigger sailing canoe, made from aluminum pontoon boat parts, bamboo and various other locally obtainable items in their native American south, all lashed together with spit and vinegar. Her two crew are about to embark on a voyage of discovery, circumnavigating Florida via the “Saltwater Paddling Trail”, from Pensacola to Fort Clinch State Park, a distance of 1,515 miles. However, Apocolypso is far more than the sum of her parts:

She is a vessel of transformation for civilized men and women who wish to explore and reconnect with the ebb and flow of natural law. It is a laboratory of earthly experience, floating above an estuary of life, the most productive ecosystem on the planet. She is a ship, a transactional embodiment between two natural entities, a partnership, a friendship, a relationship, registered and limitedly liable via a citizenship.

I will be seriously following this voyage of poets, happily discarding and embracing their two citizenships. Henry David Thoreau lives on. Apacolypso Designs Page 1 of 1 pages