TransAtlantic TransMediterranean Portugal Tall Ships Olson House Flying Dutchman Boat Building Maine 2005

Geometry has two great treasures:
one the Theorem of Pythagoras;
the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio.
The first we may compare to a measure of gold;
the second we may name a precious jewel.
--Johann Kepler (1571-1630)


"To be successful at sea we must keep things simple." -R.D. Culler..... "The lovely thing about cruising is planning usually turns out to be of little use." -Dom Degnon..... "Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear." -Buzz Trent..... "The cure for anything is saltwater - sweat, tears or the sea." -Isak Dinesen..... "A tourist remains an outsider throughout his visit, but a sailor is part of the local scene from the moment he arrives." -Ann Davison..... "Men in ships are always looking up, and men ashore generally looking down." -John Masefield..... "Sailors, with their built-in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world." -Nicholas Monsarrat..... "A sailor's wonderfully handy about the house." -Dorothy Sayers..... "Life is too short to splice wire rope." -Bernard Moitessier..... "Only two sailors, in my experience, never ran aground. One never left port and the other was an atrocious liar" -Don Bamford..... "Out of site of land a sailor feels safe, it is the beach that worries him." -Charles G. Davis..... "He that will not sail till all the dangers are over must never put to sea." -Thomas Fuller...
I will be adding links to pictures and narratives from time to time.
The first entry is to the log and pictures of a trans Atlantic crossing I did in 1996 as part of the delivery crew for the 62 foot Gulfstar "Mistress".

Other Links
Two years later I helped deliver a Skye 54 "Samahdi".across the Mediterranean. Saginaw Bay Community Sailing
In 1999 a co-worker and I took a three month assignment in Lisbon, Portugal. This is Duane's account of that adventure. Portugal International FD
Stocks
The "Tall Ships" came to Bay City, Michigan in 2003. Mi Porsche Club
A visit to "The Olson House" in 2002 outside of Rockland Maine. Louis Vuitton
Ongoing project of restoring a 1958 Flying Dutchman. George Kirby Jr. Paint Co.
Winter of 2005 finds me helping out with a community boat building class. America's Cup 2007
In June of 2005 I took a boatbuilding class at WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine My Chili recipe
Winter of 2006 finds me again helping out with a community boat building class. Global Challenge 2004
Kayaking on the Kawkawlin Granite Island Lighthouse
In June 2006 two of us repaired the two Topmasts from the Topsail Schooner Appledore IV SBYC
July 2006 I took another WoodenBoat class in Maine. Pluto-Kupier mission
Winter of 2007 SBCSA Boatbuilding class, a 13 foot EddyCat. SBYRA
July of 2007 I took a Lofting class, a WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine.
Not much worth showing in a lofting class, however the results from other classes that built the mold
and cold molded the hull from our loftings of the TomCat.		 Stock Market History
August of 2007 found me crewing in the Small Reach Reggatta at WoodenBoat in Brooklin, Maine.
I was aboard a Penobscot 17 built in the Williamson Boatshop.
Small Reach Regatta pictures. 		Volvo Ocean Race
January 2008 I built a CLC 12 foot Sassafras canoe in my basement shop.
July of 2008 once again I crewed for Tom Williamson in the Wooden Boat Small Reach Regatta
on Eggemoggin Reach off of Brooklin Maine.
Winter of 2008 SBCSA Boatbuilding class, a 13 foot EddyCat and a Shellback.
Winter of 2009 SBCSA Boatbuilding class, 12 foot Brooks "Ellen" and a Shellback.
July 2009 Small Reach Regatta WoodenBoat, Brooklin, Maine.
Summer 2009 New deck boxes for the Appledore IV.
Projects in 2010
2010 Small Reach Regatta Frenchman's Bay, Maine
Appledore V Appledore V's trip from Bay City, MI to Fort Myers, FL. I joined the boat in Albany, NY.
Ellen II 2011 SBCSA Boat building
2012 SBCSA Boat building

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