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Category Archives: Sailing
Lucky Dog
An Australian cattle dog breed that was lost overboard in rough seas has survived and been reunited with her owners
The dog was believed to have drowned and Griffith said the family was devastated. But out of sight of the family, Sophie Tucker was swimming doggedly and finally made it to St. Bees Island, five nautical miles away, and began the sort of life popularized by the TV reality show “Survivor”.
She voted other dogs off the island? Ran around in a bikini and considered magazine cover offers? Ok, I confess I never watched the show so the reference is lost on me. Get it? Lost. Haha.
Griffith said that when the dog was first spotted on the island she had been in poor condition.
“And then all of a sudden she started to look good and it was when the rangers had found baby goat carcasses so she’d started eating baby goats,” she said.
Amazing story of survival with a happy ending. I wonder if Tom Hanks will star in the movie version.
Red Robin
Inspired by Craig’s post today:
A red robin sings
Rain drops falling in a beat
Home from Washington
March 2nd revision
Red robin singing
The beat of falling rain drops
Home from Washington
And again…
Back home from DC
Falling rain drops to a beat
The red robin sings
HMS Victory Case Closed
The BBC suggests the debate over the sinking of the “mightiest vessel of the 18th Century” can now be put to rest with the ‘Mighty’ HMS Victory wreck found:
The discovery of HMS Victory exonerates Admiral Sir John Balchin, who came out of retirement to command the ship, on what was meant to be his final voyage.
Historians believed the ship was lost due to poor navigation on the Casquets, a group of rocks north-west of Alderney.
But the wreck’s location, 62 miles (100km) away from the rocks, suggests the 74-year-old admiral was not to blame.
Who then? Who is to blame? Mother nature? The architects? How could this 2,000 ton, 175 ft, 100-gun entirely brass cannon First Rate ship of the Royal Navy sink just three years after being name the flagship of the Channel Fleet?