Tall Ships

Navigating the Tall Ships was never so easy!

Ahoy there! Our Tall Ships App learns you all there is to know about the adventurous world of Tall Ships. These giant sailing ships used to rule the waves as cargo vessels. Nowadays they’re mainly used as training or passenger ships and they've millions of fans all over the world. If you're one of them, try out this new app and find out more about these beautifull ships. Welcome on board!

Tall Ships App for iPhone

Joseph (J.C.) Waters - A Sailor's Sailor

There's a New Star in the Heavens tonight to guide our ship by.  Fair Winds, Cap'n.  See you on the other side.
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/15/3432211/clinton-county-plane-crash-was.html
http://www.examiner.net/news/x1676725730/Plane-crash-victim-was-Independence-resident?utm=c
http://www.spiritofindependence.net/
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/portsmouth-schooner-operator-dies-mo-plane-crash

Building the "Spirit of Independence"
http://home.earthlink.net/~j.c.waters/index.html

Some of my favorite times aboard the "Spirit of Independence."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldetownephotos/collections/72157624880175110/

JC's Facebook page with comments:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1287048236

From Joe Elder's Blog "Skipjack's Nautical Living".  Thanks, Joe.
http://skipjacksnauticalliving.blogspot.com/2012/03/memorial-tribute-to-captain-jc-waters.html#links

Friends of J.C. Waters gather at Swimming Pt. Walk to pay respects and share stories at the Memorial Tribute to celebrate his life.  

Mile Marker '0' Marine Supplies Ready To Serve Boaters

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/mile-marker-0-marine-supplies-ready-serve-boaters

From David Cartier's Blog - What's New in Olde Towne announcing Portsmouth's newest business, Mile Marker 'O' Marine Supplies at # 1 High Street, Portsmouth VA.

Robert McBride believes customer service is the key to a successful business.  Maybe that's why he has created so many services geared to his new customers at Mile Marker '0' Marine Supplies.  His full-service marine supply business opened yesterday at One High Street Landing in Portsmouth.

Click on the TITLE or the link for the rest of the story.

Mile Marker '0' Marine Supplies, One High Street, Suite A, Portsmouth, VA 23704. Hours: Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. 757.618.8885. Email: Milemarker0@cox.net

Chesapeake Bay

There was a query on the Chesapeake Bay Bloggers Facebook page and in their blog the other day that required me do some research.  When I browse the Internet, I always get side-tracked or find more new sites that I hadn't seen before.  Sometimes I forget what I was originally looking for.  Oh sure, you've never done that.  Anyway, here's the post that was on FB.  I misunderstood the question, I think, but it opened doors and I learned a lot about the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers that feed it.

Play the Chesapeake History Game

From Deep Landing on the Chester River and Kingston Landing on the Choptank to Leedstown on the Rappahannock and Walkerton on the Mattaponi, many of the sites of seventeenth-century Indian villages, eighteenth-century colonial towns, and nineteenth-century steamboat wharves lie on the outsides of curves in the Chesapeake's tidal rivers.  What is the reason for this consistent pattern?  The first reader to enter the correct answer as a comment below will win a free Chesapeake Bay Foundation T-Shirt.  Rattle your keyboards...go!

The photograph above shows the launch ramp and dock at the Clyde Watson Boating Area of the Patuxent River Park, in southeastern Prince George’s County, Maryland. But a quick look through the Chesapeake’s rivers on Google Earth will reveal a hundred or more sites like this one in both Maryland and Virginia.
In his 1612 map, Captain John Smith showed the Indian village of Pecatamough here.  In colonial times, many a hogshead of tobacco got shipped to England from here, and Samuel Magruder’s Ferry carried people and goods across the Patuxent to Lower Marlboro.  In the early twentieth century, Clyde Watson’s father served as the steamboat agent for the commercial wharf whose ruins lie fifty yards upriver from here.  This public launch facility now honors Clyde, a longtime farmer, waterman, community leader, and advocate for the park who died in 1994.
Through the centuries, sites like Magruder’s Ferry on the outsides of curves in the Chesapeake’s rivers have served human needs very well.  What is the reason for this?
By John Page Williams
Bay Daily - Blog of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

I thought John meant, "Why did the rivers flow the way they do ?"  ( I blamed it on a meteor that landed in the Bay many years ago.  I don't think anybody took me seriously.)  He might have meant, "Why were the villages on the outside curve of the river ?"  What ever the question was, here are some links with a lot of information on the Chesapeake Bay that you probably never knew.  I was enlightened.

Impact Crater Study

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/monitoring/mon_mngmt_actions/preface.html

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/fluvial_systems/channel_geometry_and_flow.html

http://ian.umces.edu/blog/2010/04/02/chesapeake-literacy/

http://tenaya.ucsd.edu/~dettinge/ghcdn.pdf

http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/pdf/Piedmont.pdf

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/riverflow.aspx?menuitem=14714

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/maps.aspx?menuitem=15145

http://md.water.usgs.gov/waterdata/chesinflow/

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DSC_10_0034, originally uploaded by Olde Towne Photos (Clyde).

Flickr just added a new feature that allows you to post an image from your Flickrstream to your blog with one click. Just checking it out. This photo is from: Skipjack Marine Gallery

Thad Koza

In a message dated 12/15/2010 11:11:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, thadkoza@yahoo.com writes:

Dear All,


My name is Margaret Koza Chapman. I am Thad's son's (Alex - age 26) mother. We don't really know how many people are aware of the news, but we wanted to pass it along to as many people as possible.

We regret to inform you that Thad died at the Newport Hospital on Wednesday, December 1st of a very rare and aggressive form of cancer. There was no treatment that would have helped.

If you wish to verify this, please go to the ASTA website where they have a beautiful tribute dedicated to him. There will be a memorial service on January 15, 2011 at the Channing Memorial Church on Pelham Street in Newport, followed by a reception at the Newport Art Association on Bellevue Avenue. He will missed by so many.

Thank you,

Margaret Chapman
Alex Koza
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From the ASTA website:  http://www.sailtraining.org/

Fair Winds, Thad


Renowned tall ships photographer, Thad Koza, ASTA’s official photographer and our friend, colleague, and shipmate of many years died Wednesday afternoon at Newport Hospital after a brief battle with cancer.

Koza was born on December 28, 1940. He held a BA in English Honors from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1963) and a MA in English from Northwestern University (1965.) Making his home in Newport, Koza became well-known internationally as a photographer of tall ships and publisher of popular calendars and books featuring tall ship photographs. Koza traveled the world lecturing on his experiences. He also published a number of books, including Tall Ships: The International Guide. His photographs were frequently featured in ASTA publications and his photograph of the USCGC EAGLE graces the cover of the most recent edition of Sail Tall Ships! ASTA's Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea. Koza kept a blog at Thad’s Daily Log and many of his photographs can be viewed on his website Tall Ships International. He is survived by his son, Alexandre Thaddeus Koza, of Portsmouth, RI.

A memorial service will be held January 15, 2011 at 1500 at Channing Memorial Church in Newport, RI. A reception celebrating Thad's life will follow at the Newport Art Museum and Association.

Donations in Thad's honor and memory can be made to The Seaman's Church Institute, Newport, RI or to the American Sail Training Association.

http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/
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Dear Koza Family


I have admired Thad's images for years. His priceless contributions to the maritime community will be treasured for years to come. He raised the bar and inspired us all. He will be truly missed.

Fair Winds,

Clyde Nordan

Norfolk, Virginia

Marine Training Vessels

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