Something worth watching...

Some needful reading, a sad story involving a man with penis/manhood issues, and in the "I didn't really need anything else to worry about department"...

A video a reader turned me on to he thought other Boat Bits readers would like...


Gyrecraft from Studio Swine on Vimeo.

Listening to The Lone Bellow

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Note to self: need to get some popcorn...

Orlov's on a roll, something very interesting, and the same old same yacht racing stupidity from a race that I expect better of...

A film you might want to keep an eye out for.



Listening to Ben Bullington

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I suppose it was just a matter of time...

Just plain barbaric, how clean air is not as important as profits, and, if you happen to need some wedding photography, you might want to check out these folks...

Till someone came up with a nautical version of Jam in the Van...


Boating with Clyde Episode #1: Peanut Buzzers and Jammin' with Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets from Do it for the girls on Vimeo.

Listening to the guy in the boat

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Well at least it isn't a cat video...

About that trade deal, in the "I guess assholes just have to be assholes" department, the real question is not who won but who gets the steak knives...




Listening to some Reg Presley/Troggs covers (don't miss the one by the Persuasions)

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Surf on Saturday...

Well at least they're climate unfriendly and honest about it, stuff you need to be aware of, and in the "tough on some crime" department...



Listening to Sour Bridges

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Take a couple of minutes and watch a trailer...

About those deliberate lies, a difference of opinion regarding clean water, and something well worth your time...

Some video you should be watching...


Trailer � RAMBLIN' JACK: BEYOND THE MUSIC from Oleg Harencar on Vimeo.

Listening to Kevin Gordon

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An alternative to whippings that makes sense

Something of a universal story these days, rewriting history, and some worrisome reading...

Ino-Rope with a simple how-to.



Listening to a plethora of Van Morrison "Moondance" covers

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Some Saturday Mini Simmons goodness...

So, about some of that Baltimore looting, a question of note, and in the "let's not forget the bottom line" department...


Mini Simmons by SWOP surfboards from swopsurfboard on Vimeo.

Listening to B. B. King (who is sadly no longer among us)

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just because Saturday is a surf day...

Something you may be unaware of, in the "might as well just give up" department, and some stuff we should not take for granted...


Carter Surfboards- The Magic Bus from Jesse Carmody on Vimeo.

Listening to The Rain Parade

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a good cruising magazine...

Something from the "I never ever thought I'd link to a Donald Rumsfeld quote" department, not exactly equal justice these days, and some stuff you should know...

Here's a magazine you should be reading on a regular basis...

Even better it's FREE!


Listening to Ages And Ages

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Something you might want to watch...

How the news on your TV and reality are not always the same, a good point being made, and a politician admits he made some real mistakes...


Small is Beautiful: A Tiny House Documentary - Trailer from Jeremy Beasley on Vimeo.

Listening to a bunch of really good music

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a pretty cool project...

A show you might want to watch, some not so good news, and since the NRA is so big on cheer leading indiscriminate gun ownership maybe they'd like to pick up the tab for gun violence in the US of A...



Listening to Mina Tindle

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Some stuff to think about...

A question I keep asking myself, don't you love it when right wingers do their math, and in the "Better Conditions = Happier Workers = Higher Profits" department ( FYI: If you wear clothing with sailing company logos chances are it was sewn in a sweat shop)...



Listening to Fran�oise Hardy

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Now, here's a thought...

Kinda creepy, yet another good reason (of many) to not visit SeaWorld, and when Dick Dorworth writes something I pay attention...

It occurs to me that someone should really do a cruising guide for Peru.



Ya think?

Listening to some John Hiatt covers

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Because we're all handy folks on boats...

Some thoughts on the concept of "home", a quick take on threat assessment, and a needful read on the subject of denial...

Here's Tom Cunliffe making some sense.



Listening to The Bohannons

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Catch it if you can...

Something needful to know about your medical insurance premiums, a really good post from Ian Welsh, and a tidbit from the "what bias" department...



The Ocean Film Tour is currently barnstorming Europe and you should catch it if you can.

Nuff said.

Listening to the soundtack for Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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In the money well spent/not so good journalism department...

So much for putting convictions to the test, another guy with some serious conviction issues, and something about the water...

So many boats...

So little time...

Not that Art Paine's 48GT by Morris is not a nice 1.5 million dollar boat (Million dollar+ boats do tend to be nice) but, still, any of my journalism teachers or editors I've worked with would have seriously kicked my ass from here to eternity for this sort of lockstep gaffe...

That said, I'd very much like to say well played (in every sense of the word) to the publicist Morris is using.

Listening to Micah Schnabel

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a sorta/kinda day off...

Looking towards the future (serfdom edition), sense being made, and not exactly the sort of introduction to the democratic process they deserved...

So, instead of writing a post today I watched this.


COUNTERCULTURE_THE FILM from CYAN on Vimeo.

Listening to Kathryn Williams

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What were you doing on the holidays?

Irony in the South Pacific, a very interesting conversation, and yep, racisim doesn't exist  anymore...

Trans-Atlantic with theEco Sailing Project...



Listening to Paper Aeroplanes

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In the "Don't need to show you no stinking pointy front" department...

Just frelling depressing, a good point, and Badtux talks fairness...

A serious scow project.


SCOWTRAILER from Martha's Vineyard Productions on Vimeo.

More iformation on the project can be found here.

Listening/watching Stevie Ray Vaughan play 12 strings

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