A wonderful experience today.
My friends, Tim and Cheryl, are visiting and they wanted to see GANNET, so we went down to the little boat and in passing the ferry boat monstrosity opposite her I noted two notices taped to her hull announcing that she has been seized by the US Marshalls. I do not know or care why, though I can surmise.
On the way out of the marina I saw Ben, the Dockmaster, who confirmed the decrepit hulk is on the way out.
Hallelijah!
You may have seen that Jeff Bezos is having the world’s largest sailing yacht built. It is 127 meters/417’ long. However, because a helicopter landing pad cannot be fit on it, another magayacht will be built to accompany her to provide that necessity.
I thank Larry for the link and also for one he sent me a few days earlier about the world’s richest people from which I learned that Jeff is not presently the world’s richest person, having been surpassed by Elon Musk. Both are worth about two hundred billion dollars. This means that Jeff’s boat represents only ¼ of 1 percent of his wealth.
I wonder why he went so small.
Sail is best. Even powerboaters know that in their dieseled souls. Further proof: Ecuador’s naval training ship the barque, GUAYAS, captured a narco sub off the South American coast.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/25/americas/ecuador-sailing-ship-narco-sub-intl-hnk/index.html
CRUISING WORLD has just posted on their website my article, ‘My Seventh Circumnavigation”, which ran in their October issue. I will include the article myself on the articles page of the main site, but if you want to see it as it appeared in the magazine, including photographs, here is the link.
https://www.cruisingworld.com/story/destinations/my-seventh-circumnavigation/
https://youtu.be/TZbWuaymRmw
ReplyDeleteSink it for a new undersea reef!
Steal & scuttle it, making a new reef somewhere ~ much better used by brightly colored coral reef fish.
Their beautifully dazzling colors & patterns are virtually unmatched in the entire undersea kingdom. Red appears black underwater. Stripes appear as camouflage. Spotted & eye patterns appear to confuse predators. Be sure to see them before the reefs disappear worldwide. WOO HOO! ~ GET WET!!
Coral Reefs occupy less than 1% of the surface area of the world’s oceans, but still provide a home to 25% of all 8,000+ coral reef marine fish species.
Coral reefs rely on fishes excreting ammonium through their gills, an essential nutrient for coral growth. Fish urine contains phosphorus, another key nutrient for corals. Over a billion people depend on coral reefs for food, income & protection from storms & erosion.
* Favorites:
*Sea horses
*Clown Triggerfish
Orange-green Triggerfish
Black Triggerfish ( red teeth! )
Falco Hawkfish
Longnosed Hawkfish
*Copper-band Butterflyfish
*Saddleback Butterflyfish
*Queen Angelfish
*Gray Angelfish
*Rock Beauty Angelfish
*Regal Tang
*Yellow Tang
*Percula Clownfish
Tomato Clownfish
Pink Skunk Clownfish
Maroon Clownfish
*Firefish
Purple Firefish
*Royal Gamma
*Striped Parrotfish
Many more deserve protection!
HELP SAVE THE REEFS!!!
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Vladimir Putin's cellist is the world richest man or woman. These American punks know nothing about amassing fortunes- and they are so public with their meager mounds!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/sergei-roldugin-the-cellist-who-holds-the-key-to-tracing-putins-hidden-fortune