tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109316152024-03-13T19:08:21.184-04:00The American Paddleboard CompanyWatercraft, Films and History.Chuck Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101349029962082612noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-78198869298206460022021-12-25T11:17:00.001-05:002022-03-07T11:18:06.004-05:00Album - Rewind<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/6Wqs7Fe2_r4?list=OLAK5uy_mTEXWjKC7z9ngdGAjj8441YExRu1vBTW8" width="480"></iframe>Chuck Z. Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-84398852983949323382020-10-21T17:15:00.003-04:002020-10-21T17:15:17.565-04:00Drawing Lines (2004-Full Movie)<iframe frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NFwPHaT20gc" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NFwPHaT20gc/hqdefault.jpg);" width="459"></iframe>Chuck Z. Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-10583066166794630252020-10-17T20:03:00.003-04:002021-05-08T11:25:12.228-04:00Withrod - Rod and Whip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ZE8Fdk9NNs" width="320" youtube-src-id="3ZE8Fdk9NNs"></iframe></div><br />Chuck Z. Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-75729312844105841842020-09-10T00:55:00.001-04:002020-09-10T00:55:36.360-04:00Lunar Lander<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NrLB2pVvxqM" width="480"></iframe>Chuck Z. Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-25143395373410909902020-08-09T20:28:00.000-04:002020-08-20T20:29:12.357-04:00Art Pepper – Ophelia (August 9th 1975)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t14Ay56ooAs" width="459"></iframe><br /><br />
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On August 9th 1975, Art Pepper went into the studio after a long hiatus. Joined by Charlie Haden on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and on piano – Hampton Hawes.Chuck Z. Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-7008707792228918232019-05-17T18:46:00.000-04:002019-05-17T18:46:26.348-04:00Herman Wouk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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His death, just 10 days before his 104th birthday, was confirmed by his
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Los Angeles County lifeguard Cal Porter retired from the profession in 1976. Some years later he penned a memoir of sorts on the interwebs relaying tales of Malibu from the 1940's onward. I managed to transcribe some of Mr. Porter's writings before they were gobbled up in an expansionist's promotion. Speaking of Zero Point, Mr. Porter said "the place was just too good... The lobster and abalone diving were almost as good as the surfing". Huzzah Mr. Porter.<br />
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"<span style="text-align: left;">Melville died at home, of a heart attack, shortly after midnight on September 28, 1891. He was seventy-two years old; his last novel,</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><em style="text-align: left;">The Confidence-Man</em><span style="text-align: left;">, had been published more than three decades earlier. As the following notices suggest, he had been almost totally forgotten by all but a small group of admirers in Great Britain and the United States. In an article written about a year before his death (included below), columnist Edward W. Bok went so far as to state that most of those who</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><em style="text-align: left;">could</em><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">remember Melville in 1890 thought he had died long before."</span></div>
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"<span style="text-align: left;">There has died and been buried in this city, during the current week, at an advanced age, a man who is so little known, even by name, to the generation now in the vigor of life that only one newspaper contained an obituary account of him, and this was but of three or four lines."</span></div>
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Born in 1819, Herman Melville was 32 after the writing of Moby Dick and prior to its first publishing. One hundred and eleven years later, Macmillan published Robert Shore's illustrated version of the classic work. </div>
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Such is a life surrounded by the sea.Chuck Z. Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-78591752274296504402017-06-30T17:54:00.003-04:002017-07-10T19:00:33.293-04:00Trash boards brought back to LIFE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Several years ago, I found two thrusters in the trash. The glass was cracked and foam was waterlogged. I decided to wrap one of them in photos cut out of LIFE magazine. The other was covered in pages from a Conan the Barbarian comic book. The edges were taped with white and black electrical tape. I gave these boards to someone as a gift but I cannot remember who. But hopefully, they are still alive in the rafters of some Floridian garage.</div>
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Chuck Z. Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-66967287670352931582017-06-16T19:51:00.003-04:002017-07-10T19:02:08.802-04:00Soul on ice... The iceman surfeth...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are at least two puns about winter surfing in New England. But there is only one film that resembles the frigid air and stinging water - Ishmael. Combining Melvillian inspiration and ice, Scarborough Maine's Ben Keller, put together a snapshot of life that is hard to imagine - unless you have paddled out in subzero temps. Huzzah Ben, huzzah. <a href="http://www.ishmaelsurfs.com/order.html" target="_blank">Get your copy here></a></div>
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Greg Loehr. Sebastian Inlet. Photo: Pope. Circa ????</div>
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Chuck Z. Vespuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10931615.post-48289228784825738552017-04-26T17:43:00.000-04:002017-04-27T17:44:08.404-04:00HBD - Dental Ding Doc<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some time ago, nevermind how long, my wife presented me with a first-edition of Melville's White Whale, as illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Proof that sometimes good deeds do go unpunished.</div>
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Several years ago I stumbled upon this beauty at the Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia. I was impressed by her shallow draft and wide beam. I was also intrigued by the mini pilot house. She is supposedly decedent from New Yorkian oyster craft. I regret not getting a full picture of her lines.</div>
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This morning found me in the mood for a classic Jersey Shore Boat and an old book. Nothing fills the bill as well as Dr. Guthorn's "The Sea Bright Skiff". A more compelling history of a classic craft and its evolution cannot be found. I have found this book to be a portal to warm sand and a crisp breeze.<br />
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Here is a positive review of the writing and craft via <a href="http://traditionalsmallcraft.com/Files/SeaBrightSkiff%20Guthorn.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TraditionalSmallCraft.com</a><br />
An essential companion to the book is a true film on the subject, <a href="http://www.folkstreams.net/film,41" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">The Sea Bright Skiff: Working on the Jersey Shore".</span></a><br />
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The builder in this film is Brandon Creek Harbor Master, Michael o'Shea. Born in 1878 and passing on in the early 1960's, Mr. o’Shea is involved in the building of a traditional Naomhóg; a type of coracle, or currach, used throughout the Dingle Peninsula and especially associated with the Blasket Islands. This 16mm, reverse process, film was shot in the early 1950's near Brandon Creek, Ireland.<br />
I appreciate his eye for lines. No lofting, no plans, just steam, wood, and vision. Building a boat in the elements of nature – Huzzah Mr. o’Shea.</div>
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