After my euphoric report last night the wind died and the current reversed, sent us first SW and this morning straight W… We got down to 997 nm to finish, now it’s at 1008 and increasing by 1 knot, ie 1 nm/hr. Totally gray day again, not a glimmer of sun. Main batteries are at […]
Archives for July 2016
July 29
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps: George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army. 1858 – The United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. Negotiated by Townshend Harris, the first U.S. consul to Japan, the treaty provided for the opening of five ports to U.S. […]
Letters
To the editor, It’s a little difficult to follow the line of thought taken by the PA with regards to the relocation of “The Sphere”. Has there been opposition to it remaining in Battery Park, or is there just a push to bring it closer to the WTC site? The National September 11 Museum and […]
Libations, Exertion, and Socialization
The debut of one new venue for eating and drinking, plus two free events will round out this weekend in Lower Manhattan. City Vineyards, the new outpost of City Winery located in the Hudson River Park on Pier 26 (near North Moore Street) fully opens tonight, after a “soft” debut in the middle of the […]
Rowing The Atlantic
Good morning from the rocking “Fox II” in a dark, grey, slight but restless and disorganized, slight sea. Or so it seems. About 1 mile away is the hazy pale gray edge of fog… Bow is facing W into slight wind and when it rained an hour ago, it rained in underneath the canopy. So […]