an infrequent repository of mostly new stuff
The Ballad of Holland Island House from Lynn Tomlinson on Vimeo.
This is a lovely piece. You’ll remember last year, while sailing near Deal and Crisfield, I wrote up the story of Holland Island. It has been one of my most visited and favorited posts.
This animation on the same story, made with clay on glass and set to music, is really well done, and the medium lends itself well to the subject.
A nice post on Colossal is here, with additional links:
This is Colossal: Holland Island House
My father-in-law’s family was in the chandlery and barge business on the Hudson in New York, for a century or more. His mother’s family was in the tug business, a match made on commerce, as it were.
A fine article and video on the icebreakers of the Hudson. Many communities along the river still rely on barges to supply them with essentials, like heating oil, salt for roads, and bulk staples.
Icebreaker Sturgeon Bay on the Hudson
the quietest places in the US, mapped
Note that even slightly offshore isn’t even on the map.
Nice.
I’m down with that.
This is really cool.
Undeveloped World War II Film Discovered from The Rescued Film Project on Vimeo.
The Rescued Film Project discovers and processes 31 rolls of film shot by an American WWII soldier over 70 years ago.
Filmed By: Tucker Debevec
Audio Engineer: Eric Bower
Original Music: Mark Doubleday
Second Camera: Eric Bower
Edited by: Levi Bettwieser
the harbor at Isle au Haut, Maine
Michael Bogoger, The Doryman
Speaking of boats . . .
Back in January, at the end of the Epic Cross Country Road Trip, there was a fun little bonus waiting: A chance meeting with longtime boatbuilder and maritime blogger known as Doryman.
Gavin Atkin over the pond at intheboatshed recently dug up some archival footage from the 1960’s. Most of it was filmed on and around Deal Island, Maryland, where we spent several days on the Chesapeake Float this year.
The film was shot forty years ago, but it’s amazing how little has changed. Captain Art Daniels is still racing his skipjack, or was until very recently. The churches I photographed are still there, though the one is under repair. Wenona harbor looks much the same, just fewer boats. That and They had enough watermen then to field a softball team.
The sail loft that served the skipjacks was still in operation then, though it’s been closed for several years now. And there are far fewer skipjacks now than there were even then.
Pretty cool to watch
Hour long feature film on Skipjacks of Chesapeake Bay