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Model: Maja
Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography
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A practical car for everyday. With matching aftermarket BBS rims. Clean.
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A Japanese tourist without a camera contemplates Federal Hall, the site of George Washington's inauguration; Wall Street, New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall, Lower Manhattan, New York.
Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM
©2013 Patrick J Bayens
Model: Maja
Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography
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Crews of the Higgins Boats (Bluejackets) and tractor (Leathernecks) hold the craft together while assault troops go over the side. Guadalcanal. 15-19 February, 1944.
Photographer: Sgt. Rex Robbins.
Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.
boston, massachusetts
june 17, 1972
drum corps
bunker hill day parade
charlestown
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
Image printed on Japanese rice paper, mounted on birch, covered in encaustic medium and mounted in an antique sewing drawer.
One more shot from the Colorado Avalanche / Columbus Blue Jackets hockey game on February 11, 2011. We were sitting a few rows from the ice and during warmup, I spotted these three kids banging on the glass for all of their favorite players.
boston, massachusetts
june 17, 1972
drum corps
bunker hill day parade
charlestown
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
Bill Cunningham taking a photo WHILE RIDING HIS BICYCLE in Manhattan.
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Model: Maja
Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography
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Being a bit of a Columbus Blue Jacket NHL fan, you know I had to post this. This year's season was cut short because of the virus and the Stanley Cup playoffs were called off with the Jackets having a decent chance of making the cut. As I'm currently sheltering in place, I'm suffering from hockey withdraw.
boston, massachusetts
1973
shriners parade
charles street, beacon hill
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
I took the day off to visit some sights near Dayton, Ohio. The purpose of the trip was to see the now defunct site of the Blue Jacket Drama, but also included a visit to Yellow Springs and Young’s Dairy.
Blouse, Okinawa, Japan. Vest, Urban Vibe. Skirt, London Jean. (Wet) boots, Diba. Tassel necklace, Hancock Fabrics. Zipper cuff, Urban Outfitters.
Um, yeah, no one told me I’d be tromping around in the woods wearing a miniskirt and kitten-heeled boots. I was thankful these boots are faux suede because they got pretty wet.
The show has only been closed for two years, but the site is already becoming overgrown. From what I’ve heard, the spectacle was a well-loved tradition that is missed by locals and visitors alike.
This is the Bluejacket 24 designed by Tom Lathrop. The pictured craft is Tom's boat " Liz" which is berthed in Oriental, NC.
Besides meeting my ideal of what a proper powerboat should look like, Tom has blended together a remarkable combination of performance and economy in boat design. The hull design allows the boat to plane at around 9 knots. When going on or coming off plane, the boat stays relatively flat thus avoids a pronounced bow raising and a stern wallowing in the seaway. With a 50 hp four stroke outboard, the BJ 24 can obtain about 24 knots max speed in calm water. Running at 14 knots she gets about 8 mpg depending on sea state.
Around 2003, I purchased plans for the BJ 24. In 2006 I designed a three car garage for my home outside of Austin, TX and included a bay that is 14' wide by 12' high and 30' deep to build and house the Bluejacket 24. I had this bay's concrete slab poured level. After completing the garage, I discovered Tom's BJ 25.5 and ordered a plan upgrade. Tom also offers BJ 27, 271 and 28' designs.
The BJ 25.5 has the additional 1.5 feet in the pilot house area thus has a dinette table which converts to an additional berth. I plan on using at least a 60 hp outboard engine.
My BJ 25.5 will be kept in the garage and launched at our waterfront community's excellent boat ramp on Lake Travis. But will the garage be long enough to house the longer boat? This could prove to be a very big "duh" moment. I have aspirations of trailering my Bluejacket thoughout our nation with Lake Powell and the Tennessee River being preferred locations.
My thanks to Ed Fredholm who is building a BJ 27 fifty minutes from my build site in the Austin, TX area. He has been my mentor and a master at researching materials and product sources. Ed's photo postings have been invaluable to me. Hopefully my photos and narratives will be beneficial to aspiring and on-going Bluejacket builders.
And finally, a great deal of gratitude goes to Tom Lathrop for his brilliant design. When I started the build, I assumed that I would make improvements to Tom's design to meet my unique needs or make marginal improvements in function based on my 40 years of boating experience . To date, I have only added a twig here and there. I accept the reality that Tom is the master and I'm the student. I will cherish all that I will have learned upon completion of my Bluejacket.
bluejacketboats.com/. Is the designer's site.
it can read count write and fly!
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Cushion fabrication has begun. Matt Grant (an owner of Sailrite) was very helpful at the Annapolis Sailboat show in explaining the features of foam density, fabric suitability/appearance, etc. Over the years we have enjoyed Sailrite’s outstanding customer support.
My son Chris is doing the cushion work and has recently upgraded his Sailrite Ultrafeed to a Sailrite Fabricator sewing machine which features a servo motor ( constant speed can be dialed in), has a longer throat, a knee pad to raise the foot and higher foot lift for thicker assemblies.
Pictured is 4” thick medium density foam for the v-berth. On top of the foam is pattern material. 3M spray adhesive was used to adhere foam additions to shipped sizes.
Ping pong tables have better uses than game playing.
Now back at our Texas home and Bluejacket building site.
This mahogany toe rail is temporarily attached with dry wall screws to check the fit and locate the screw holes through the deck surface.
The intended purpose of the wooden washers was to keep the screw heads from damaging the top of the toe rails. I discovered their primary benefit was protecting the toe rails when the driver bit slipped off the screw head.
Although the literature states that African mahogany is easy to work with, I feared the sound of exploding wood as I tortured the toe rail along the sheerline. I was relieved if not surprised as the rail dutifully followed its intended path.
This rail has been removed and the pilot holes have been enlarged to accommodate # 10 stainless steel screws. A 3/8 " shallow hole has been drilled in the toe rail top to accommodate mahogany bungs. When drilling the bung holes via a drill press, at entry the bit would try to walk thus the hole could get sloppy in appearance. After the fact, I kicked myself for not having the good sense to use a brad tipped bit which would have stopped the walking.
Next task is to apply Chris Craft red oil based stain to the rails.
Model: Maja
Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography
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