Thank You, Guy Harvey, for showing us what it looks like! Recharging at the Miami Boat Show
This winter, you can catch Upper Bay Boating Magazine at the 2nd Annual Chesapeake Bay Boat Show, and we will be at the Greater Philly Boat show, also.
Both Events give us boaters a great chance to recharge those Boat Lovin’ Batteries! To start recharging those batteries, I’m heading to Key West right after Christmas for a few nights on the Fun Dumpster. And for this New Year’s Eve, I will be on the Royal Caribbeans’ Symphony of the Seas, steaming toward Mexico and Honduras for seven nights.
The Endless Summer
The Endless Summer is a 1966 American surf documentary film directed, produced, edited, and narrated by Bruce Brown.
It is a beautiful movie, incredibly iconic, and has a way of making the wintertime just a little warmer.
The theme song created by the Sandals captures the feel and feelings of the summertime vibe and the feeling of the surf. If you have a chance, it is worth the visit. It is another way to recharge those batteries!
OF NEW YEAR’S EVE! THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE USS WARRIMOO AND THE MILLENNIUM
So, the USS Warrimoo found itself in a very curious place.
The date was Dec. 31, 1899, and the ship was approaching not only the Equator but also the International Dateline at almost midnight.
The captain was informed by the Navigator of a monumental possible achievement. By steering a slightly different course and by moving at the right time, the ship would find itself in a very unusual situation.
The Bow of the ship in the Summer of Jan. 1, 1900, and the stern of the ship in the Winter of 1899.
That means the ship would therefore have been simultaneously in two different seasons (winter and summer), in two different hemispheres, on two different days, in two different months, in two different
years, in two different decades, and in two different centuries.
Now whether the Navigator got it absolutely correct, whether the captain’s timing was perfect… no one will ever know, but I prefer to think they NAILED it!
This story makes the common claim that the new century started in the year 1900, though some believe it was one year out and the beginning of the next century was 1 January 1901 (a matter of debate). It reminds me of when everybody celebrated the Millennium a year early. I felt as though 2001 was the new Millennium, but that’s not how it went down. At least the Y2K bug didn’t affect us all and shut down the world!
CATCHING UP WITH JAKE THE WATERPERSON!
I’m excited, Jake and his family are headed across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge this January and heading to the Chesapeake Bay Boat Show.
I can’t wait to see him again.
Now Jake only likes to cross the bridge for one reason and one reason only!
Crabs!
Bringing crabs, oysters, and fish to the Jessup Seafood Market and NAFCO.
He also sells to a few crab houses off of Route 50 like South River Mikes or Jimmy Cantlers. When the day is done, you know, about 2 in the afternoon Jake hauls it back across that bridge before the traffic gets started!
