I can think of no image that speaks to the quiet elegance of Charleston’s neighborhoods more than this door wreath, one of two for this house. Nothing suggests the allure of Charleston’s streets early in the morning than the gentle light we see here. Everything comes with a price. This morning light is fleeting at […]
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Saturday Market
It’s always fun to see what a community’s Farmer’s Market has to offer. In American cities the markets vary widely – everything from struggling to exist to well established institutions. Charleston’s market seems to be seasonally established and a Saturday morning must for many. The crepe and omelet tents had what I would consider too […]
South of Broad
Early morning light shines kindly on Charleston’s historic and definitely pricey residential neighborhood, the entirety of Charleston south of Broad Street. Newspapers lie on doorsteps waiting for retrieval. Residents are out walking their dogs. Pickup trucks infiltrate the neighborhood as preservation craftsmen come in for their day’s work. They seem quite in context as this […]
Not a Good Day
Not a good day for the sailboat Midori. We can wonder what they were doing way out of the channel when the tide is going out in territory that has a five foot tidal range, is well charted, well marked and known to have extensive mud flats outside of the channel. Whatever the reason it’s […]
Feed Me!
Day two at Custom Propeller Systems: A great day to watch our props from day one get their first finishing. We learned all sorts of things most important the proper name of the company. The shop has been Ellis Propeller forever. John Rose has owned it for quite some time so many refer to it […]
Ellis Propeller
Industrial America is alive and, in the case of Ellis Propeller in Jacksonville, surviving. New orders are way off but fortunately for the shop people do manage to damage propellers so service work pays the bills. What we find amazing is the size of propellers and amount of damage that is repairable. The owner of […]
March 28, 2011
We’re back. Back on the boat, and ready to leave it again. Go figure…
I did go to New York. Stayed in the condo for two weekends, to give the crew in FL time to install the new heating system. The only problem is, the compon…
Tavares Float Planes
It’s great to be out early in the morning with camera in hand. Although there was no early activity in the race boat pits last Saturday, moored float planes offer a nice target of opportunity. The folks in Tavares advertise themselves as America’s Seaplane City. Seems to me to be ambitious marketing bordering on wishful […]
Classic Boat Races
Our boat builder, good buddy, mentor, and often co-conspirator – Ken Fickett – told us about some folks who get together to race old hydroplanes and Jersey Skiffs down on Lake Dora. He would take his skiff down there as a chase boat and we could photograph the races that aren’t actually races. So off […]
Lake Dora Canal
It’s Saturday morning on Lake Eustis. The local boat ramp is busy with jet skis, runabouts and some fishermen. The serious bass boats are mostly already out on the lakes. We are to take our skiff through the Lake Dora Canal to, of course, Lake Dora. There we will enjoy the hospitality of the Classic […]
