Really beautiful. Worth watching full screen in HD.
Monsoon II from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.
Much more info, and background on how it was shot, at
Forecast for MASCF
Forecast. Relevant days in red box.
Loading up for St. Michaels and the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft festival. Will leave early Thursday morning.
Tropical Storm Joaquin is aspiring to hurricane status by the weekend, about the time it’s offshore of, you know, us. Should be an interesting trip.
Speaking of interesting trips, I’ve heard from Steve recently. He’s eating crabs and sailing; if not where he thought he’d be, exactly where he wants to be.
28 Feet
Twenty Eight Feet: life on a little wooden boat from kevinAfraser on Vimeo.
A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search for happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he restored from a scrap heap. Featuring music from Bahamas, Acres & Acres and Ben Howard!
Director & Cinematographer: Kevin A Fraser www.kevinAfraser.com
Featuring & Additional Photography: David Welsford www.TwentyEightFeet.com
Urbanna Sail ~ Video
Urbanna ~ Atherston Hall
Atherston Hall B&B in Urbanna, Virginia
Urbanna really is like Scottsville on the Rappahannock, even more than we imagined.
The old town of Urbanna is only a couple of blocks long in any direction. Resting on the bluff above the harbor, it’s easy to walk the whole thing in a few minutes. Several stately buildings pre-date the Revolutionary War: the old Custom House, a former Scottish general store, the original courthouse converted to a church in the 1850’s. Side streets are narrow and shaded by big trees.
Urbanna ~ Pearl in the Sky
For me, a trip to the lower Rapphannock now entails a stop at Merroir. It’s a requisite ritual reward, a local Mecca for oyster worship, a station of the cross whereupon to leave an offering when I visit the Church of the Sea. This is the first time I’ve brought Terri, however – a duty I have neglected for several years, and of which she has reminded me repeatedly.
Urbanna, Virginia
Every year for our anniversary, T and I try to go somewhere new. We don’t need to go far – west is the mountains, east is the Bay. We can arrive within a few miles of a place we’ve been before and have it feel completely different. This year – just upriver from Deltaville, and Gwynn’s Island, within sight of the creek that leads to Irvington, and beyond that Windmill Point, all places we’ve been before – Urbanna gets the nod.
