A quarter of a million LEGO blocks! That is what it took to build the model of the Pacific Princess “Love Boat” in LEGOs. The model took six months to construct, is 10.5 feet long and 5 feet high. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Lore of the Sea
After attempting to sail on Wednesday and Thursday, the cruise ship Carnival Splendor finally departed San Diego under its own power on Friday, accompanied by two tugs. As of Sunday morning, around 05:00 local time, the ship was approaching San Francisco under its … Continue reading
Two floating cranes are now in place to begin salvaging the Waldhof, a capsized 330 foot long tanker barge, loaded with 2,400 tonnes of sulfuric acid, which has blocked traffic on the Rhine River, Europe’s busiest inland water way, for over a … Continue reading
At just before 0800 GMT this morning, Pascal Bidegorry and the crew of the 40 meter trimaran Banque Populaire set off from Brest in an attempt to win the Jules Verne Trophy. The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the … Continue reading
An update on yesterday’s post. German defense minister fires ship’s captain amid mutiny rumors The German defense minister has dismissed the commander of the naval training ship Gorch Fock after cadets complained of harsh treatment from superiors following a fatal … Continue reading
In this latest video blog from Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Chris Dobbs, Head of Interpretation at the Mary Rose Trust, talks us through the designing of the new carpenters cabin display, which is due to go into the new museum in … Continue reading
In 1840, when she arrived off their coast, the Chinese called the Honourable East India Company ship Nemesis, the devil ship. She was the first British ocean-going iron warship. In addition to two masts, she was powered by two two sixty … Continue reading
Last November, Sarah Schmidt, a 25 year old cadet fell to her death from the rigging of the German sailing training ship, Gorch Fock. It is now being reported that shortly after Schmidt’s death the cadets aboard the ship mutinied and … Continue reading
A group of former workers at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the San Francisco Bay Area has launched a campaign to bring the USS Olympia to San Pablo Bay. The Olympia, Commodore George Dewey’s flagship at the Battle of … Continue reading
Nelson style speed dating? I hope this doesn’t involve boarding with cutlasses. Unlucky in love? Try speed dating Nelson-style! His romance with mistress Lady Hamilton is the stuff of legend – and singletons will hope to harness some of Lord Nelson’s pulling … Continue reading
As one who is shivering in the snow, I am highly envious of the good folks in San Diego who will be celebrating their 3rd annual Big Bay Whale Days & Whale Festival this Saturday, January 22nd, in observance of the annual gray … Continue reading
This story is a few days old, but remains strange and disturbing. The Dutch coaster Leopard, carrying a cargo of weapons, was reported to have been hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Oman last week, but when a Turkish naval … Continue reading
Grim news. Late Saturday night, the wooden vessel Hasan Reis in the Mediterranean, carrying over 260 passengers, reported to be illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, began to leak in heavy seas and subsequently sank. The Dutch ship Momentum Scan rescued the survivors … Continue reading
The Hudson river docks in New York harbor were once elegant terminals that greeted the arrival of passenger ships in the 1900s. Several were designed by the same architects that designed New York’s Grand Central Station. By the 70s, when … Continue reading
Some absolutely wonderful photography and video as photographer Lisa Denning talks about her process of making pictures of humpback whales off the island of Rurutu in French Polynesia. From Time magazine: … Continue reading
American Brad van Liew sailing his Eco 60 yacht Le Pingouin won the second leg of the Velux 5 Oceans race, arriving in Wellington 120 miles ahead of his nearest competitor. Van Liew also won the first leg from La … Continue reading
One year ago last Wednesday, Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. The port of Port-au-Prince was severely damaged. Now a year later the damage to the port remains unrepaired, but floating barges have temporarily replaced the damaged docks. Click … Continue reading
Last night was clear and bitterly cold in New York harbor. Wind chill from the northwesterly breeze made the temperature feel like it was in the single digits. A new layer of snow from a storm two days before added … Continue reading
An interesting followup to a previous post: Retirement of adm. on hold in video inquiry In an indication of just how seriously the Navy is taking the investigation into the racy shipboard videos aired four years ago aboard the carrier … Continue reading
Congratulations to the Capt. Shane Granger, Meggi Macoun, Joanne Har and all the good folks on the historic vessel Vega for being honored with the Asia Pacific Laureate Foundation annual award for Social Services in recognition of “Humanitarian Services to Isolated Island … Continue reading