On the 221st anniversary of the founding of the US Coast Guard here is a dramatic look at the service in action. Narco Sub With 7.5 Tons of Cocaine Caught in Caribbean The Coast Guard caught a narco submarine trying … Continue reading
Rick Spilman
On August 4, 1790, Alexander Hamilton founded the Revenue Cutter Service, the predecessor of the United States Coast Guard. The anniversary is celebrated in various ways around the United States. Portsmouth, VA will host a celebration today through Saturday. In Alaska, August … Continue reading
We just heard from the good folks at PortSide NewYork that the US Coast Guard barque Eagle will be open to the public for the first time ever in Brooklyn, beginning Friday afternoon and continuing Saturday and Sunday at Pier 7 at … Continue reading
In June, we posted about Polynesian voyaging canoes of the “Te Mana o Te Moana” (Spirit of the Sea) expedition arriving in Hilo, Hawaii after sailing from New Zealand by way of the Marquesas and Tahiti. Yesterday, six of the vaka, … Continue reading
On his YouTube channel, Hulton Clint identifies himself as “Ranzo, the YouTube Chanteyman.” Something over three years ago he began an ambitious You Tube undertaking : The “Shanties From the Seven Seas” project where he sings the chanteys from Stan Hugill’s classic book of … Continue reading
A well done video of Irish Naval Service fleet exercises. Naval Service Exercises [iframe: width=”475″ height=”300″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/5TPxuc3-ipM” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen] Thanks to Alaric Bond for pointing the video out. … Continue reading
Beautiful photography by Doug Mills of the The Great Schooner Race of 2011 in Penobscot Bay. It looks like they had a day of light air so the race may have been a touch on the slow side. Nevertheless the schooners are beautiful. The Great Schooner … Continue reading
The Maine Lobster Festival being held in Rockland from August 3rd to the 7th is described as “Five Days of Feasting and Fun on the Fabulous Coast of Maine!” “The festival promises “ the world’s greatest lobster cooker, 20,000 pounds of lobster, a sea goddess … Continue reading
The pinky schooner Ardelle was launched recently from the historic Burnham Boatbuilding yard in Essex, MA. They used the traditional “Essex side-launch” technique, which, to my uninitiated eye, looks very odd. Nevertheless, it obviously is effective. The Ardelle’s debut Thanks to Tom Russell … Continue reading
At a time when many maritime museums in the United States are struggling to just maintain their ships and indeed several are attempting to get rid of them, the Maritime Museum of San Diego is building a new historic replica, the San Salvador, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo‘s flagship. In the … Continue reading
The Sail Power and Steam Museum of Rockland, Maine looks like a great little museum. Sail Power and Steam Museum [iframe: width=”475″ height=”300″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/KTbebQdrvVE?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen] … Continue reading
I am a big fan of both Margaret Muir and Linda Collison. Both are marvelous writers – skilled story tellers whose writing about the Age of Sail has both an immediacy and an understated authenticity that draws the reader into … Continue reading
The American Sail Training Association is “rebranding.” They will now be known as Tall Ships America. Everything else will stay about the same. I have to admit, Tall Ships America does have a nice ring to it while ASTA sounded … Continue reading
The North River Historic Ship Society is hosting a four day Historic Ship Festival on July 28-31 to celebrate the the opening of the first historic ship pier in Hudson River Park in Tribeca, New York. Festival at Pier 25 Features Free Ship Tours, … Continue reading
Congratulations are due to the Port of San Diego on several counts. Their video “Disabled Veterans Compete in VA Summer Sports Clinic on San Diego Bay” has won a Telly Award, competing against 11,000 other applicants. A second congratulation is order for … Continue reading
Last July, a barge pushed by the tug Caribbean Sea struck a disabled tourist “duck boat” at anchor in the Delaware River. Two tourists drowned in the collision. A report by the National Transportation Safety Board said the tug’s mate Matthew Devlin was on his … Continue reading
The timing could not have been worse. In the midst of a blistering heat wave in New York City, what has been described as a “catastrophic fire” at the North River Waste Water Treatment plant yesterday allowed millions of gallons of … Continue reading
Last July, workers excavating at the new World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan uncovered the remains of an 18th century wooden merchant ship 20 feet below street level. See our previous posts – here and here. Now researchers have been able to identify where … Continue reading
AllOnScale in Rotterdam builds around 1,000 ships a year. The ships are all rather small, however, ranging from around 20 cm to several meters. AllOnScale is a leading ship model maker specializing in the production of small series in scales … Continue reading
Some times all it takes is a photo to demonstrate how much things have changed and what has stayed the same. I recall as a boy watching jack-up rigs being put into operation off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of … Continue reading