In the early morning hours of Sunday May 24th 2009 Philip Cunningham Bolger of 66 Atlantic Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts took his own life, out of his own free will, shooting himself in the head with his Colt 45. I awoke later to his absence and found his body on our property out of public sight. The matter is under routine investigate by the Massachusetts State Police and Gloucester Police Department.
He had observed the progression of declining mental faculties in earlier generations of his family.
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Phil’s personal life and body of work were an expression of firmly defined and ever broadened independence from deeply-entrenched conventions, intangible superstitions, and other known limitations on the free use of mind and thus sound judgment. He lived that way and decided to leave us that way.
First historical episode of the Adventures of Paradise series, broadcasted on ABC TV on 5th October 1959. Starring Gardner McKay, as Adam Troy, captain of the schooner Tiki. Swilling down rum while watching the box set souns like a great idea — searching eBay now!
Sailboat left in water over the winter. Unknown if there is any damage to the boat. Boat WAS 10,000us 3 years ago. This WAS a nice boat but can probably be fixed up by someone who wants a project. It is a 1976 P26 Paceship, 26 feet long. The sails are in good condition. They are stored separately along with the mast. The mast needs work on the bottom as there was some corrosion there. It had an inboard motor, but I’m guessing that isn’t working anymore due to the present location.
Simon in Singapore sent in this sweet shot of his O-34 Sapphire
Hope you are well. Attached is the best spinnaker shot we have of Sapphire, taken from another boat as we were just overtaking the Hanse315 at 7am in the morning at the start of a 9 hour race. It was the first of 5 races in the recent Horsburgh Regatta in Singapore. We came in 2nd overall just a point behind the eventual winner - the Hanse in the picture.
Racing an Olson 911S in the 2007 Coastal Cup. A couple days and nights of epic sailing, ranging from surfing like mad along under spinnaker and moonlight, fighting round-ups in 40+ knot gusts off Point Conception, and bobbing around in a dead calm in the Santa Barbara channel.
The Olson 911 is the Carl Schumacher-designed little brother of the ‘34. And she is for sale, at a good price.
Fellow Olson 34 owner Brian Boschma (Red Sky) graciously invited me to crew for the Corinthian Midwinters. I had a great time and made some new friends. This shot is from Saturday; Sunday’s race was in the pouring rain. Good times! Read all about it at norcalsailing.com.
For only $1M you can own David Crosby’s 1947 59′ Alden centerboard schooner Mayan, currently lying Santa Barbara. In a recent interview, the current owner said “I started sailing when I was 11, and so I’ve been sailing 54 years. … I wrote many songs on this boat. Down in that main cabin there, I wrote ‘Wooden Ships,’ I wrote ‘Page 43.’ I wrote ‘Carry Me.’ “
As beautiful below as above, and quick on the water, she would be a delight to own and sail, although one knowledgeable source estimates she would take $4000/mo to keep in prime condition.
Big discount - great opportunity for any of you recession-proof Anarchists. The boat is in good condition and is quite well equipped. Brand new bottom job finished in October ’08 and only in the water for 3 months. Just completed the Lauderdale to Key West Race with decent results given the conditions. Please see website for complete equipment list, info about the boat and photos. $46,000
This is an incredble deal on a turn-key, completely tricked out Zero. I often think (while working on the head in my boat) that I might have better off with this very boat.
Minista Ryan Finn films Christian Fittipaldi at the helm of the long-awaited M65, a Serie mini designed by Owen Clarke. Someone on the West Coast please buy one, and take me for a ride!
Note: ‘esky’ is Australian for ‘big ice chest’ or ‘plastic cooler’.
Two Burmese fishermen survived almost a month floating in a large esky after their small wooden boat sank in the Torres Strait two days before Christmas.
The designer of the esky may have intended it to be just a portable cooler, but it features time and again at the centre of incredible tales of ocean survival.
The pair, aged in their 20s, are recovering in the Thursday Island Hospital, off the tip of the Cape York Peninsula, the Seven Network reported. […] The men said 18 other people were on board a 10-metre wooden fishing vessel when the boat sank.
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