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Ship’s work today

as I’m making up a new set of dock lines. Stocked up on shop scraps and sailed off the dock into a declining NNW breeze. About 45 or so and pretty damp so the stove felt welcome. Had some Joe Leone hot sausage and provolone bread crisped up on the stove along with the usual tea and Pussers. A very pleasant morning with some occasional sun.

Here are some pics from today, last weekend and other odd bits….

Reaching
Reaching to Swan Point. About 5kts worth of wind with occasional gusts to 12.

PRM
Swan Point ahead. Plenty off water today, surprising with the Westerlys we’ve been having.

Tony
One of the Beaton irregulars enjoying the Bay.

JL
Hot sausage and Provolone bread from Joe Leone’s, a world class purveyor of Italian delights.

Sunrise
Sunrise as seen from our tiny patch of salt marsh last Thursday.

Sheep
Finally, one of the highlights of my commute from Manasquan to Route 1. The farm is between Clarksburg and Roosevelt in Western Monmouth County.

Happy September 1st,

our first day back from Newport and Maine. Another successful WoodenBoat Show. About two dozen members of the WoodenBoat Forum came to the show resulting in an inordinate amount of fun from drinks and dinner Friday and Saturday nights to “racing” on Gleam and Northern Light .

Then on to Brooklin for a family visit. Glum start Sunday through Tuesday till the front came through, then a spectacular Milky Way display. Wednesday was a crystal clear, late Summer day in Maine. Managed a couple of sails and a lobster boat trip to Stonington.

Pics follow:

Russ Brilliant
Russ on Brilliant, the Olin Stephens, 1938, Nevins built beauty.

Brilliant
A perfect counter stern

head
The folding sink in the Master’s head on Brilliant

When and If
General Patton’s pre-war schooner.

Julia Gleam
Julia on Gleam with Northern Light to Port. This was before our briefing.

crossing
Racing on Gleam. (We did cross Northern Light on Port).

Then on to the Wooden Boat Capital of the world, Brooklin, Maine.

Katie D
Going to Stonington for lunch on the Katie D

Stonington
The Katie D tied up in Stonington.

Bob and Tendress
A man and his boat.

Rozinnante and Quiet Tune
Just in time for this month’s issue of Wooden Boat, a pair of L. Francis Herreshoff ketches. Rozinnante and Quiet Tune passing on Eggomogin Reach. (Technically the Rozinnante is a yawl, modified by Doug Hylan.)

Julia
Julia on Tendress on a grey day with a light breeze.

More pics on Flickr

There are also more boat show and 12 Meter photos HERE and here. They were taken by Margo and Katherine respectively ( WBF members). Here are a couple of samples:

RM
I got to raise the easy part.

R&J
Motoring into the harbor. The skipper has mastered steering with his feet.

Finally, here’s a link to the 12 Meter Thread on the WoodenBoat Forum

Back on the Bay

after a week plus sailing in the BVI. Julia and I went on a charter with our friends, Dave and Cheryl. We sailed a 47′ Beneteau out of Horizon Charters in Nany Cay, Tortola. This was our first experience with them and we were generally pleased.

Here are some pics from the trip as well as some shots of Sjogin and progress on the new Flatfish. More BVI pics can be found at our Flickr site.

Russ
Driving with my feet. Peter Island under our lee.

Sandy Sprit
Sandy Spit, a classic desert Island. Just off Little Jost van Dyke. We went over in the dinghy from our mooring at Foxy’s Taboo.

Tilman
Reading Tilman on the beach in Cane Garden Bay. The closest I was to ice was in my Painkiller.

Julia
Julia driving

Bubbly Pool
Bubbly Bath on the North shore of Jost van Dyke. The gap in the cliffs allows the surf to surge through and create a whirl pool. Truly bubbly. Best followed with a cheesburger at Foxy’s Taboo.

Tea
Tea and Tilman last Sunday. We returned from the BVI at 4:30am.

Sunset
Sunset at Beaton’s on the first day of Spring.

Flatfish
Floors being fitted on the new Flatfish.

War and Piece

War and Piece This is the well credentialed Laura Rozen’s blog. Well reasoned; slightly left.
Also this is a test of the “Press It” feature of WordPress. There’s a button on the toolbar (Firefox) that when pressed when you are at a site you wish to comment on or point out, opens a Write page is WordPress. The result is what you see here. Hmmmm…