Here's something fun - Vlad and Johnna are having a name-the-lighthouse contest over on Wind Against Current. This one's, btw, is the Orient Point light at the end of Oyster Pond Reef, aka the "Coffee Pot", theirs are all more Hudson River/NY Harbor area - so if you're a local boater & think you know your lighthouses, go give it a shot!
Tugster? Tugster? Anyone?
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Lighthouse Contest!
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Thanks, Bonnie!
BTW, Orient Point Light, too, is being given away to local groups or, if that fails, will be sold...
Looks like a stove pipe in a top hat to me.
Some of us were thinking that Sebago could use a clubhouse at the other end of Long Island, too. We were more looking at Cedar Point - another fixer-upper but we have a lot of skilled craftsmen at the club. :D
PS - Capt. JP, think old-fashioned percolater, like grandma used to have!
Nah, to me it looks like a giant magician pulled a lighthouse out of his giant top hat :)
The snooty St. Francis Yacht Club had the wherewithal to do just what you suggest. In 1960, they bought a decommissioned SF Bay lighthouse and moved the whole lot to their island in the Sacramento delta to use as a summer clubhouse. Nice story of the history and more photos here.
It must be nice, huh?
Ah, Capt JP, now I see the top hat. Hey presto!
Ta-da!
The "Magician's top hat" lighthouse
Tuba Mute
Wow, shaken from my little bubble of complacency by an email about a new comment here, nine years after your post.
The blogosphere must indeed be forever! But no, as the Hormel Corporation originally intended, it is spam alone that is forever.
Good to see that you, your little boat, and your blog are still afloat!
Well goodness, I haven't had spam in ages!
Gone now, with people from Hawaii the spam doesn't last long. We make it into musubi or shred it into saimin and that's the end!
So nice to hear from you though! Miss you on social media but especially understand the staying off of FB these days. Can't seem to tear myself away but I can always see why a person would.
And yes, my little boat is still afloat, although it was only through the grace of duct tape for a while last winter. Once the weather warmed up I tried my hand at a little fiberglassing and that made it all better.
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