Travels with Faith

Travels with Faith: "When I sold my house to buy “Faith” it was much more difficult than I had anticipated. For so many years I had dreamed of ‘selling the house and the stuff and sailing off into the sunset’ that I was taken quite by surprise at the emotional distress I suffered when it came right down to the act of giving up my cute little house and most everything I had accumulated in the previous 20 years of living. I had carved myself a very comfortable little niche and, even though I wanted very much to go cruising, it was a niche I felt great trepidation about leaving. Every dream, though, has its price. Since I couldn’t afford both a house and a large cruising boat it was imperative to shake off the chains of dirt living. If I didn’t, I would forever be doomed to the land of “what if…” and “I wish I’d…”"

Boatnames and the stories that drive them. - DayDream...

from the Marine Graphics vault...: "is a Tayana 37 bluewater cruising sailboat that we plan one day to use as a retirement home. She is a constant source of content for daydreams, hence, the name. Not fancy but descriptive! Im sure your boat is source material for your daydreams and sometimes nightmares too"

The Anarchist Yacht Clubb: Hold Fast

The Anarchist Yacht Clubb: Hold Fast
Stories of maniac sailors, anarchist castaways, and the voyage of the S/V Pestilence.

Watch it on Vimeo here.

Awesome boatname, by the way!  I love this stuff.

Moby Dick Online | Chapter 1

Happy Anniversary Herman Melville! : "I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me."

'We're gonna need a bigger boat'.

Angler lands biggest ever blue shark caught in British waters | Mail Online: "But despite his achievement the awesome fish cannot be officially recognised as a record - because Wayne didn't kill it."

Sailing and origami boat.

German artist sails a paper boat down the Thames - Odd News | newslite.tv: "A German artist yesterday set sail on the Thames, in an origami paper boat which he'd folded on the river bank.

Frank Bolter had created the boat -- named To The World's End -- with the help of members of the public as part of the Drift10 art exhibition.

After carefully folding the giant sheets of paper, which were reinforced with lightweight metal poles he jumped in and sailed in the Canary Wharf docks."

Will Ferrell Wants to Sail Around the World...

in Handmade Boat: "WILL Ferrell says he has “always wanted” to sail around he world in a handmade boat."

Record size alligator

Orlando man's alligator 'bigger than (his) boat': "An Orlando hunter nabbed the largest alligator in Florida history from the St. Johns River on Sunday, state officials said.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed Monday that the alligator was 14 feet, 3.5 inches, besting the state record by almost 3 inches. The 654-pound alligator was taken in Lake Washington in Brevard County. The previous record alligator was taken in 1997 in Lake Monroe, between Volusia and Seminole counties."

Algae based fuel

U.S. Navy Tests Boat Powered by Algae: "The navy plans to roll out its first green strike force, a group of about 10 ships, submarines and planes running on a mix of biofuels and nuclear power, in 2012, with deployment in the field scheduled for 2016.

The green trend runs across all military services. The air force has been testing jet engines on a mix of conventional fuels and camelina, a crop similar to flax, and the Marine Corps recently sent a company to Afghanistan's Helmand province equipped with portable solar panels and solar chargers for their radio equipment."

Zipper Boat - What the?

Zipper Boat