Showing posts with label finds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label finds. Show all posts
Saturday, June 10, 2017
A TBA book finds a new owner
For some reason Bernard who was the guy responsable for the restoration of the classic yacht She was left of the list of those invited to the RCYC for the last ever meeting of the Traditional Boat Association (TBA) and the handing out of Colin Davies book.
We met up in the HBYC club house after a cruise on the calm waters of Hout Bay and the 2014 Opening Cruise, Bernard took She out of course.
I happened to have a spare copy of the book handy and in exchange for the now traditional R120 we shook hands and exchange a book for the money, its a donation to the NSRI station 8 here in Hout Bay.
There is just one more unsold book on my shelf, another five may be available but only in January 2015, so if you want to buy a really special Xmas gift, now is the time to place your order!
Roy
Monday, January 9, 2017
Irish Man Finds Ancient Dugout Canoe Again
This "news" may be a half-year old, but it's amusing nonetheless.
According to an article in the Irish Times, Peter Dempsey, mayor of Arklow, County Wiklow, Ireland, was feeding ducks by a local bridge and noticed what appeared to be a dugout canoe protruding from the mud of the riverbank. Sure enough, it was. But what's odd is that in 1966, the same thing happened to the same guy. The first canoe, although documented in situ, wasn't recovered, and when he made his find in April 2010, he thought that he might be looking at the same canoe, newly uncovered by recent rains. Turns out, it's a different canoe, and this one stands a better chance of being recovered for long-term study.
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