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For journalists, the period after going to press when staff stand by in case breaking news warrants a late edition. Volume 2, No.6 |
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As a freelance writer for magazines, I’m often in need of good photos of specific subjects, and sometimes these photos can be captured only while under sail. Sometimes I’m sailing alone. Sometimes my hands or I need to be in the shot. I’m always thinking of solutions. |
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News from the HelmEarn a Good Old Boat hat, new builder sought for the almost-50-year-old Laser, nautical trivia for readers, and department of corrections.Continue reading … |
Mail BuoyPFD perspective objection, screens come alive, and readers weigh in on why food does taste better when on the water, salt or fresh. Continue reading … |
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Dogwatch (n): For sailors, either of the 2-hour watch periods between 1600 and 2000;
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Book Reviews
Click the book title for our reviews of the following books:
Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
by Michael Palin
(Greystone Books, 2018; 352 pages)
Review by Rob Mazza
Fun With Sailboats
by Peter Brennan
(Page Publishing, 2018; 152 pages).
Review by Chas. Hague
Poem of the Month
The author said that he wrote this poem, “while sitting on Vilano Beach, Florida, watching a trawler fight its way through rough seas into St. Augustine, just after sunset. I first wondered what kind of idiot was out there in that, but I gained respect as I watched the vessel carefully pick its way in past the breakwater, often disappearing into the wave troughs.”
I sits and I sits
I sits and I thinks
And the waves
come tumbling in
With toes in the sand
A drink in my hand
The waves still
Come rolling in
The ships sail out
The ships sail in
And the waves
Keep meandering in
The sun goes down
The moon comes up
And the waves
Come crashing in
The buoys blink red
The buoys blink green
And the waves
Keep thundering in
The stars come out
The world goes dim
And the waves
Come steadily in
Everything changes
Nothing’s the same
And the waves
Don’t care
–John Fox, who owns a 29-foot Hunter (pictured) that is not yet seaworthy (not since he bought her). But summer sailing in Maine is on the near horizon, as just last weekend he fixed the engine exhaust elbow and reckons he’ll leave harbor and raise sails once he gets the parts he needs to reattach the transmission cable.
–MR
Sailor of the Month
Seventy-six-year-old sailor Jeanne Socrates is our Dogwatch Sailor of the Month. As we go to press, Jeanne is more than halfway finished with what will be her second solo non-stop circumnavigation aboard Nereida, her 2009 Najad 380. She is currently the oldest woman to solo circumnavigate non-stop. When she finishes this trip in roughly three months’ time, Jeanne will be the oldest person to have successfully completed a non-stop solo circumnavigation under sail. This photo is of Jeanne and yours truly, aboard Nereida a couple weeks before the 2012 start of her first non-stop solo circumnavigation. She’s as nice and down-to-earth as she is intrepid.
A sailor doesn’t have to (yet) be legendary to be a Dogwatch Sailor of the Month. Nominate a sailor in your life by sending me a hi-res photo of them sailing. Maybe they’ll be chosen! As always, I’m at Michael_r@goodoldboat.com
–MR
