Pirate Latitudes by Micheal Crichton, published a year after his death, is a romp. It is full of swashbuckling action and completely familiar characters. There is a bold captain, who is either a privateer or a pirate; several fair and … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2010
Barista Uno at the Marine Café Blog shares his perspective on ” downside and upside, the agony and joy, of maritime blogging.” Confessions of a maritime blogger The Marine Café Blog was launched in late August of 2009, succeeding the … Continue reading
We have previously posted about the sinking of the school ship Concordia in February off the coast of Brazil. Now, after examining satellite data and weather reports, a U. S. meteorologist, Ken Pryor of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has concluded that the … Continue reading
On April 14th Turk Film Services will be holding an online auction of up to 200 boats and floating craft ranging from the Cygnet, an iron steam launch built in 1873 to a “swan boat” which features a detachable fiberglass … Continue reading
Transoceanic Sailboat Race Kicking Off in NYC Six sailors are looking to make history. Two sailboats, the W Hotels and Estrella Damm, docked in New York harbor will set off for Barcelona, Spain, early next month. They are racing … Continue reading
Professional surfer and Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) ambassador Jodie Nelson became the first woman to paddle 39.8 grueling miles from the island of Catalina to Dana Point in an effort to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research and … Continue reading
The moral of the story may be to identify the ship before you attack it. U.S. Navy captures 5 Somali pirates, siezes pirate mother ship off Kenya, Somali coasts The dumbest Somali pirates on the high seas tried to attack … Continue reading
The new Sail Training International website has gone live and it is quite impressive. Lots of great information, news and photos. Definitely worth a look. Sail Training International is a not-for-profit organisation with worldwide membership and activities whose purpose is the … Continue reading
This looks like a great symposium, next weekend at the Maine Maritime Museum at Bath, Maine. I have also heard great things about the fish-house punch served a the evening reception. 38th Annual Walker Maritime History Symposium, April 10, 2010 … Continue reading
Sunset Planet Alert The solar system’s innermost planets are about to put on a beautiful show. This week, Mercury is emerging from the glare of the sun and making a beeline for Venus. By week’s end, the two planets will … Continue reading
Happy April 1st, which in many countries is also called April Fools’ Day. It therefore seems only fitting to look back on the Great Gold from Sea Water Hoax. In October of 1897, at the height of the Alaskan Gold … Continue reading
Larry Ellison and Ernesto Bertarelli perhaps bear equal blame for a litigious and incredibly costly America’s Cup race which turned more on technology and court rulings than on sailing. Now Ellison is singing a different tune, saying ”We’d like … Continue reading
Farrell Lines was a grand old US steamship company. It had an office in downtown Manhattan full of ship models and paintings of ships. Behind the receptionist, as you came in the door, there was a world map with chains … Continue reading
Disturbing news from Patagonia: Riddle of the dead whales MORE than 300 southern right whales, most of them young calves, have been found dead in the past five years in the waters off Argentina’s Patagonian coast, one of their most … Continue reading
We are a week late in noting this but Franck Cammas and and his nine-men crew onboard their 105 ft trimaran, Groupama 3, have won the Jules Verne trophy by setting a new round the world sailing record of 48 days, 7 hours, … Continue reading