Is it a vestige of a past whose
artifacts are mostly
disappearing? Or
is it an enterprise of
what is
to come?
Read how the Danes and Dutch already do it. These Dutch from Tres Hombres wanted to sail into the sixth boro last year but were stymied by red tape. Then there’s the Vermont working sailcraft project discussed here. Andrew Wilner has more examples in his blog here. Here’s a veritable bibliography of hybrid sail ideas.
Working Harbor Committee presents a panel discussion of this topic tonight from 6 pm — 9 pm in Manhattan. Click here for details.
All fotos here by Will Van Dorp. The disintegrating sailboat fotos were taken near Bear Mountain last weekend, and the Black Seal three-masted schooner fotos date from when it delivered 20 tons of cocoa beans to Red Hook in June 2011. Here and here are related blog posts I did back then.
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April 10, 2013 at 9:36 am
Ken
I’ve seen something like your first picture up in Detour Michigan. next time I go up to my mom’s, I may have to take some pictures on the Saginaw River because with the water levels down, you can see some of the ship frames from an old shipyard.
April 10, 2013 at 9:40 am
tugster
i’d love to see some fotos. detour, michigan . . . that’s a great name!! even if it’s sometimes “de tour.”
April 11, 2013 at 9:41 pm
Ken
I believe they have stone there….but I’m not sure what kind of stone.
April 10, 2013 at 2:51 pm
JED!
Did you see the Andrus interview? What’s yer take? A bunch of wishful thinking if you ask me.
April 10, 2013 at 3:50 pm
tugster
i watched the first part. i will watch the rest later. i hope he tries this summer. the deck is stacked against his succeeding, but stubborn determination can lead to lessons learned. as to black seal, i spoke with the captain and he had quantified the expenses of that run with 20 tons of cocoa and shared that info with the chocolate makers, who concluded–unlike the captain–that they wanted to ship that way again. of course, the chocolate makers sell some good but pricey chocolate bars.
April 10, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Ken
http://michiganexposures.blogspot.com/2012/09/random-shots-around-detour.html Ask and you shall receive
July 9, 2013 at 12:59 pm
fishandships
I am betting on Erik and the Vermont Sail Freight Project. With all the talk about doing it he is…….http://www.vermontsailfreightproject.org/