Stein Hoff ~ EMERGENCY AT SEA

EMERGENCY AT SEA UPDATE POST
(Martin here updating this post as we get more information. UTC time = CET-2hrs) 19:39 UTC – Ship Ludolf Oldendolff soon at FoxII/Stein
Ship en route to Steins latest GPS position. ETA estimated around 30min. First they must locate him. Stein has VHF and flares available. Aircraft can assist in locating. NMOC...

Rowing the Atlantic

Already very rough here with wind,waves and rain from SW. Wind turned at 2 am, I was not out until 6.30 in fresh breeze and drizzle to shift and tie oars to the stanchions, pack away last things on deck , secure liferaft (centrally place just in front of cockpit, knife next to it) and...
Rowing the Atlantic

August 5

25 – Guangwu claims the throne as emperor, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. 1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed. 1620 – The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first...
On August 5th, 1884, the then Grand Master of Masons in New York, William A. Brodie laid the cornerstone of the pedestal of the statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World".

Letters

To the editor: So what am I missing here? Was there an Occupy South End Avenue protest in the streets of BPC demanding change recently?  Where is the public outcry demanding the makeover of South End Avenue and filling in the arcades? This seems to be yet another solution in search of a problem, and...

A New Park Will Help Tell an Old Story

Common sense dictates that in a community as densely developed as Lower Manhattan, with real estate prices on a seemingly relentless vertical trajectory, it is simply not possible to create new parks. But common sense is wrong: Just in the last year, one entirely new public space, Liberty Park, has opened to the public, while...
The exit ramp from the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel that currently divides two public plazas on Greenwich Street. A proposal to eliminate this ramp and combine both adjacent plazas into a single park would create a new public space more than 29,000 square feet in area.

Rowing The Atlantic

Good morning from a gently rocking boat 804 nm from Isles of Scilly! But looking out is not a view like 24 hrs ago: Dense clouds of varying grey, some down to the horizon and probably full of rain. Some lighter streaks. Mackerel terns are there, singing always and I have slept quite well in...
Rowing the Atlantic