Toy Ship Adventure Sails On, Crosses the Atlantic

The extremely small ship Adventure sails on. Last year we posted about the Playmobil toy pirate ship, named Adventure, launched by brothers Ollie and Harry Ferguson, 9 and 6 years old, respectively, from the port of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. After adding … Continue reading

Tall Ship Race Update – Christian Radich wins First Leg, Waterford Festival “an Awesome Success”

The  Tall  Ships Race 2011  is off to a great start.  The race was kicked off with a festival in Waterford, Ireland,  which was declared ‘an awesome success’ by the chairman of Fáilte Ireland, the national tourism authority. (See our previous … Continue reading

Before IMAX, there was Windjammer in “Cinemiracle”

In 1958, the New York Times published a review of  Louis de Rochemont’s new movie “Windjammer.”  It began: “Every last moviegoer with a drop of salt water in his blood will want to swing aboard “Windjammer,” which opened at the … Continue reading