A 20-foot-long cypress dugout canoe, commonly called a “log boat,” had for years served as a picturesque prop in the alligator lagoon at St. Augustine Alligator Farm & Zoological Park in St. Augustine.
But recently its unusual secrets — that it’s more than 100 years old and is a design made only in St. Augustine — were uncovered by archeologist Robin E. Moore, St. Johns County’s historic resources coordinator.
On Friday, archeologists from the Lighthouse Archeology Maritime Program, or LAMP, worked with Alligator Farm personnel, Moore and volunteers to gently ease the fragile, cracked and weather-beaten canoe from its earthen bed and onto a truck…Â Details
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Engineering students were cheerful at Utah Lake on Friday, despite strong, frigid winds that canceled their concrete canoe races. Brigham Young University professor Brett Borup told participants from schools around the country that the high winds made the water too dangerous for the races. They would have worked through rain or snow, he said, but the boat that was set to rescue any troubled boaters could not even keep itself on the water.
Instead, the teams did a “swamp test” on the individual canoes to make sure they could even float… Details and Video
Teenager Michael Perham, seeking to complete a solo journey around the world, arrived in Hobart last night (Friday 3rd April), having just completed a four week/ 7,000 mile crossing of the Indian Ocean.
Michael has called into Hobart because it is ‘so on the way’ and he has a number of minor maintenance problems. His rudder has lost its bonding, there are problems with one of the three charging methods and his 50 ft yacht Totallymoney has clutch problems on the ballast pump.
None of these would have stopped his journey, but with the nastiest part of the Southern Ocean, including Cape Horn, facing him now, he decided to make the stop… Details and PicturesÂ
Mexico is beefing up security involving the 62nd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race, according to federal, state and local authorities.
‘We know there’s violence in some places, but it’s not spread all around the country,’ Carlos RodrÃguez y Quezada, a consul of Mexico based in Santa Ana, was quoted in the Daily Pilot of Costa Mesa. ‘People have asked for more arrangements to be more safe,’ and he said such measures have been taken.
The race, organized since 1948 by the Newport Ocean Sailing Association (NOSA), will start April 24 off Newport Beach. But the undercurrent of concern is not about sailing to Ensenada 60 miles below the border but for families and friends of competitors who would drive there…Â Details