I thought I’d change it up. Even add a little levity to our sullen and sometimes frightening world. Given that Vladimir Eremeev and his self-designed and self-built proa, Drama Queen, has now started and completed two Everglades Challenges, I think it’s more than appropriate to share this jovial adventure of this pair of happy, happy Polaks in their proa. I’m almost positive I linked to this video one before, but hell, it’s well worth a second look. Enjoy.
TTG
I did enjoy it, it brought back memories of the 1978 Molokai outrigger canoe race of 42 miles from Molokai to Oahu. Our team Blazing Paddles won the race in 5 hours 43 minutes and 52 seconds which was a record at the time and the first time a non Polynesian crew had ever won the race.
gordon reed,
A sailing canoe of that type finished the Everglades Challenge this year. It was a Holopuni canoe from Kaua’i.
They did a neat job of launching into the surf from that beach. Wish they had shown more on the shunting maneuver.
leith,
The shunting mauver for that kind of rig is here, about 4:15 in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5s_lGDoGUE
Slick. Rudders? We don’t have no rudders. We don’t need no stinking rudders!
Thanks for that video link!
Yo, Fred! Ahoy there!
If you are reading this, what do you think of this development:
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/04/u-s-navy-submarine-first-in-world-fitted-with-silent-caterpillar-drive/
Sounds interesting.
Keith Harbaugh,
I started reading this thinking we actually did the silent drive from “Red October” but there’s a note added declaring it an April’s Fool joke. Too bad.
Thanks, TTG.
When I read the article it didn’t have that disclaimer.
It is unfortunate that a supposedly reputable publication such as Naval News would publish such a hoax.
Keith Harbaugh,
It was just a cheesy April Fool’s Day joke. A lot of staid and respectable publications give in to these shenanigans. As Sergeant Hulka would say, “lighten up Francis.”