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Time-Lapse Video: New England BeachDoubling the speed of a video clip is an effective way to create a time-lapse video of otherwise slow-moving scenes. As an example, a recent winter scene at a New England spit-barrier beach.
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Spooky Videos in the Outdoors: LighthouseTransforming mundane footage into a spooky opening for a movie is easy. Withhold facts to create a sense of mystery; import a foreboding soundscape and some sound effects, then render in a simple x-ray video effect
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Soundscapes and Video: How to Create Dramatic Tension and Scary FootageUse a dramatic soundscape to introduce a series of clips, then add a transition and sound effects: the simplest way to make the ordinary spooky.
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Before the Storm: Eastern Point at Gloucester, MassachusettsThe atmospherics before ocean storms in Massachusetts are remarkable: livid western skies, slow groundswell, fishing boats returning to port via the Eastern Point breakwater.
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Winter Beach: MassachusettsStiff northwest winds are a commonplace in Massachusetts during the winter. The winds arrive via high pressure cold fronts spilling down from the distant Canadian Shield.
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How to Make a Print: Sean Hurley in Gloucester, MassachusettsBeacon Marine Basin artist Sean Hurley at work: A look at the versions Hurley's copperplate print of downtown Gloucester's railroad crossing went through before its final release as a limited edition print.
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Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Salem Sound: The Misery IslandsThe routine of launching from Salem Sound's Misery Island off Manchester, Ma. and the short trip on a windy day from the island to West Beach.
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Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Massachusetts: Manchester and Beverly FarmsLaunch from Manchester or Beverly Farms to reach the islands of Salem Sound, including the Misery Islands and the Gooseberries.
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Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing: West Beach, Beverly Farms and Misery Island, ManchesterThe Trustees of Reservations island lies just a half mile from the sands at West Beach in Beverly Farms. Here's the trip back on brisk fall day.
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Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing: The White Gas Stove (Coleman, MSR, Etc.) Priming CupWhite gas is a cheap and ubiquitous camp stove that creates high heat and burns clean. They key is to heat and prime the fuel first to yield a blue, hot flame. Here's how.
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How to Edit Video: Parallel Action CuttingParallel action video editing can be tough. In this case, a drive through a seaside town is intercut with scenic shots of a remote beach. Then a character enters an abandoned house after dark and gets spooked.
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On the Beach at Night: Kodak Zi8 HD Video FootageMany pocket HD digital video cameras do okay at night if you use a light. The lighting range for most is four f-stops; for film (cine), seven. Note the blown-out details in some sequences, and iris flickers at sunset.
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Spit-Barrier Beaches: MassachusettsLying adjacent to Cape Cod and Cape Cod bay, the spit-barrier beach at Duxbury, Ma. is remote, desolate and isolated. Snowy owls spend the winter here.
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Time-Lapse HD Video: When Northwesterly Winds Reach the New England CoastlineShot with a Kodak Zi8 HD videocam and lightweight tripod; edited with Apple iMovie HD.
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Lighthouses: Gloucester, Massachusetts and Duxbury, MassachusettsBoth lighthouses serves similar purposes. Neither resembles the other. Shot in HD with a Kodak Zi8, edited with Apple iMovie. -
Sea Kayaking, Kayak Fishing: The VHF Radio and Channel 16 when You Make a Mayday CallIf you can't give your position or the Coast Guard has reason to suspect your call is a hoax, be prepared for significant response delays.
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Along the Road at Cape Ann: Thachers Island at Rockport and Gloucester, MassachusettsMuch of the Rockport, Massachusetts shoreline is open to the public via footpaths. Here's a view from one. -
Body Surfing, Gloucester, MassachusettsWith narration text from Willard Bascom, author of the classic "Waves and Beaches" -
East Coast Body Surfing and SurfingA good day's body surfing on the US East Coast with commentary by famed oceanographer Willard Bascom. -
Body Surfing at Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, MassachusettsGood Harbor Beach's best bodysurfing, boogie boarding and surfing waves arrive in early and late fall, when the water is still warm and large storms form offshore. -
Waves and Beaches: Gloucester, Massachusetts and ElsewhereLet's have a look at the stages waves go through as they approach a beach and break onshore. -
Kayak Fishing for Striped Bass: The Tube and WormBad weather often brings good kayak striper fishing to the US east coast. Here's the tube-and-worm in action. -
Somewhere Off Gloucester, Ma. Lobstering and Kayak Fishing for Striped BassWhere you find lobsters in New England you'll find striped bass. Troll deep with plastic swimmer lures or a tube and worm and expect the inevitable snag on a lobster pot. -
Kayak Fishing: Lobsters and Striped BassLobstering waters in New England are typically productive for striped bass. Troll deep with a plastic swimmer even if the occasional snag on a lobster pot buoys is inevitable. -
Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Gloucester, Massachusetts at NightFishing at night with a tube-and-worm or live eel is one of the more effective ways to fish for striped bass. Here are two hotspots: Thachers Island the Gloucester's Dogbar Breakwater.
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Massachusetts Kayak Fishing: How to Clean Your Bluefish CatchBluefish are a hard-fighting migratory species that takes well to baking, broiling and smoking. To ensure good-tasting fillets, follow these tips. -
Kayak Fishing Cape Cod: Beach Point and Barnstable Harbor at SandwichKayak fishing is an excellent way to become a better kayaker and a better fisherman. Inevitably you find your kayak off balance as you twist to face fish that grind from one end of the kayak to the other and around the bow or stern. -
ESL (English as a Second Language) Food and Cooking Vocabulary Lesson: Vegetables, Poultry, BeefOne way to improve student retention of vocabulary lessons is to augment vocabulary lists with yes/no/I don't know quizzes. An example is shown below.
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ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading Lesson: Brahima from AfhganistanBrahima's story on how her education was interrupted in Afghanistan by theTaliban
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ESL (English as a Second Language) Wardrobe Vocabulary Lesson: Winter ClothingTurn a vocabulary lesson into an interactive classroom activity simply by adding questions to a vocabulary list.
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ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading: The Chinese Experience in Quincy, MassachusettsUsing the simple past tense, we read about English as a Second language student Yuk Lan's employment story in the Boston area. Yuk Lan is from Hong Kong. She lives in Quincy, Ma.
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Sea Kayaking Rockport, Massachusetts: Launching in the Fog at Thachers IslandThachers lies a scant half mile off the mainland at Rockport. Overseen by the Thachers Island Association, visitors have access to the 102' north tower and an overnight campground. Visits are free; overnight camping, $5 per person. -
Striped Bass Fishing Duxbury Bay, Joppa Flats, Wellfleet and Eastham, Massachusetts:The fall is one of the most productive times to fish shallow water and sandbars for striped bass. Here's a look at what's like to fish the flats on foot.
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Sea Kayaking: When It's Time to Paddle at NightSea kayaking at night is rewarding: you can paddle longer distances, catch bigger fish, and sharpen your paddling skills. Here are pointers.
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Gloucester, Massachusetts Swimming: The Annisquam RiverOf the many places in Gloucester, Ma. where the ocean water gets warm early and stays that way, none is more reliable than the Lobster Cove estuary of the tidal Annisquam River. Swim from the footbridge! -
Sandy Bay, Rockport, Massachusetts MoonriseThe best place to view full moon moonrises in Rockport, Massachusetts is from the grout pile at Granite Pier harbor off Route 127. Parking is free after 5:00 p.m. -
Annisquam and Gloucester, Massachusetts: Rivers, Beaches and BridgesClosed to cars for three decades, the wooden footbridge at the Annisquam River is a favored swimming hole for Gloucester, Massachusetts locals and summer residents. -
ESL (English as a Second Language) Year-Long CurriculumUsing the LEA (language experience activity) approach, the Level 1 ESL teacher can bring adult learners to a reasonable level of English competence in 36 weeks, with good results on the TABE, BestPlus and REEP testing rubrics.
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ESL Past Tense Lesson: Did vs. Didn'tThe use of "did" and "didn't" is a potentially exasperating challenge for ESL students, especially in question formation and storytelling. Here Domingo takes a trip to have a tooth filled.
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Rockport, Massachusetts: Milk Island Off Pebble BeachOne of three islands that lie off the northeastern shores of Gloucester, and Rockport, Massachusetts, Milk Island is a low-lying gravel bar island. The snorkeling, fishing and kayaking are quite fine around its perimeter. -
Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, Massachusetts: Boogie Boarding #2Ahh, nor'east storms in summer. The day turns to slop, the sky grows overcast, and it rains. But surf is up! Mom, dad and daughter make good on a bad day at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, Ma. Or is "bad day at Good Ha -
Gloucester, Massachusetts SkimboardingThe apron that extends from the dunes off Good Harbor Beach to the shoreline makes for ideal skimboarding at low tide. Larry Memhard, of the Perfect Storm's Cape Pond Ice, rips it up in front of Salt Island. -
Boogie Boarding and Surfing: Gloucester, MassachusettsTwo of the best beaches to surf on Cape Ann are Good Harbor Beach and Long Beach in Gloucester, Ma. A wetsuit is essential. Best surf arrives from offshore via swell created by nor'east storms. -
Massachusetts Kayak Fishing: Stripers Off Gloucester's Rocky Neck, Rockport's Pigeon CoveTrolling a tube-and-worm from a kayak is one of the more effective ways to target inshore striped bass. A local Gloucester, Massachusetts fisherman sets out a day before a nor'east storm. -
Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, Massachusetts: Boogie BoardingThe water rarely gets warm enough off Good Harbor Beach at Gloucester, Massachusetts that surfers and boogie boarders don't have to wear wetsuits when the waves are good. -
Annisquam, Massachusetts: Jumping from the Bridge, Swimming in the RiverGloucester kids endure many rites of passage. Jumping into water from high places is one. Most start with the Annisquam River bridge before moving on to the quarries. -
ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading Lesson: The Past TenseUsing the Language Experience Acivity (LEA) method, transcribe student stories for use as past tense reading texts
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Where to Launch a Small Boat for Striped Bass Fishing in Manchester, MaThe ramp is well-made and not too steep. But be careful of the abrupt dropoff at low tide.
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Kayak and Small-Boat Striper Fishing Manchester-by-the-Sea, MassachusettsAn advantage to the area is its proximity to a number of offshore ledges and islands: Boo Hoo Ledge to the east, Whaleback Ledge to the southeast, the depths of the Salem Sound, the shores of Magnolia.
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Lobsters and Lobstering, Gloucester, Massachusetts: The LoriO at Gloucester Marine RailwaysThe LoriO, one of many wooden lobster boats that make their home in Massachusetts, hails from Nahant, north of Boston and a 45-minute trip by water to the Gloucester Marine Railways, America's oldest working shipyard.
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ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading Lesson: Natasha from RussiaUsing the LEA method, transcribe a student's stories for use as reading a text and basis for quizzes, tests and grammar drills.
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Hurricane on the Way: How Your VHF Radio Can HelpThe Coast Guard sends aircraft aloft as a matter of routine to make heavy weather announcements on vhf radio channels 16 and 22a -
VHF Radio Use: What Happens If You Lose Contact with the Coast GuardMaydays often lead the Coast Guard to issue a pan-pan asking all area boaters to be on the lookout for a boater in trouble. So if your mayday fails, don't lose hope. Read on and listen to an example. -
New Dories at Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MassachusettsFishermen from Gloucester, Ma. and Halifax, Nova Scotia meet in June each year for the international dory races, an event that dates to the 50's. Here are the three dories built by Geno Mondello for the Gloucester, Ma. crew -
Gloucester, Ma. Kayak Fishing: Bluefish Off Cape AnnSea kayaks are a good choice for pursuing bluefish. Fast and seaworthy, sea kayaks provide stable fishing platform are fast enough to chase feeding schools. -
ESL (English as a Second Language) Wardrobe Vocabulary LessonTo use the worksheet in your class, replace the names with the names of your own students. Note that some questions require simple observation; others, student-to-student conversation; still others, a sense of humor.
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Lobsters and Lobstering, Gloucester, Massachusetts: Captain Joe and Sons at Cripple Cove, East Main StreetLobster boats, with their wide sterns and high bows, are versatile boats. They're sometimes rigged for gillnetting. The Holy Mackerel, out of Rockport, ties up in Gloucester to audio taken from Coast Guard ch. 16/22a storm warnings. -
Lobstering and Gillneting Out of Gloucester, MaLobster boats, with their wide sterns and high bows, are versatile fishing craft. They're as often rigged for gillnetting as for lobstering, as seen here on Holy Mackerel. -
Gloucester, Massachusetts: Fishing Vessel St. Jude Unloading Slime Eels at the State Fish PierCaught in plastic traps far offshore fashioned by Greek olive barrels, slime eels are a delicacy in Asia caught in the US. The fish ooze slime and need to be refrigerated in cold water during fishing boat transport. -
Loading Out the Gear: Gloucester, MaLobstering is a seasonal job. Massachusetts lobstermen load their gear into the water in early spring. First step: stacking overwintered traps on the dock. -
The State Fish Pier and Captain Joe's Wharf, Gloucester, Massachusetts: LobsteringNew England lobstermen remove their gear from the water during winter. They stack the pots at docks and wharves where they keep their boats. -
Lobstering in Gloucester, Massachusetts: The Lobster Boat Holy Mackerel at Cripple CoveMassachusetts lobster boats are versatile enough to rig for a variety of species. Holy Mackerel, based in Rockport, lands in Gloucester after gillnetting groundfish. -
Crane's Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts in Early SpringOwned by the Trustees of Reservations, Ipswich's Crane Beach reveals sandflats at low tide, holds in its vernal pools behind the dunes breeding grounds for frogs. A one-minute look. -
Crane Beach and Hog Island at Ipswich Massachusetts: Low Tide in WinterOwned by the Trustees of Reservations, Ipswich's Crane Beach reveals vast sandflats at low tide, and holds in its vast marsh, at Hog Island, the last remaining stand of coastal old-growth timber in Massachusetts. -
Hjalmer Ray: Fishing Reel Patent, Lanesville, Ma. (Gloucester) 1938Djahlmer Ray, first-generation Finnish who lived in Lanesville during the Great Depression, filed this patent for a fishing reel in 1938. His brief for the patent sums it all up: he wanted a reel that was cheap, durable and simple. -
Kayak Fishing: The Striped Bass Tube and Worm at Pigeon Cove, Rockport MassachusettsTube and worm kayak fishing for striped bass is popular and effective, especially if you troll slowly close to shore. Gloucester, Ma. kayak fisherman Marv Tighe gives it a shot off Rockport, Ma. -
Kayak Fishing Rockport, Massachusetts: How to Target Bluefish Off Pebble Beach and Land's EndBluefish are a worthy kayak fishing target. They fight hard, move in large schools, and are easy to catch. The key to keeping them fresh for good eating is to care for them properly in the kayak.
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Massachusetts Kayak Fishing: How to Target Bluefish in Nearshore WatersThe easiest way to catch bluefish from a kayak is by trolling a large plastic swimming and diving lure equipped with treble hooks. Either that or use metal kastmasters and cast towards surfaced schools. -
ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading Lesson: Past Tense with Regular and Irregular VerbsThe past tense in English is indicated by verbs ("ate", "walked", etc.) and indicating phrases. ESL teachers will find it is useful to teach both methods of using and indicating the past tense. -
Kayak Fishing Massachusetts: Milk Island Off RockportBluefish, a migratory fish, arrive off Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts during late summer. A kayak is a good choice to target them from.
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Massachusetts Kayak Fishing: Bluefish Off Rockport and GloucesterBluefish are a nutritious hard-fighting saltwater fish that migrate to New England in the late summer. Targeting blues from a sea kayak, shown here off Cape Ann, is often productive. -
Sea Kayak Safety: Wear a PFD, Leave a Float PlanThe number of kayaking fatalities increases yearly. Be sure to wear a pfd. Don't head out in offshore winds unless you have strong paddling skills. Avoid the use of recreational kayaks without flotation. They swamp easily, and sink. -
Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Gloucester, Massachusetts Inner and Outer HarborKayak fishing inner and outer Gloucester Harbor is especially productive for striped bass. The inner harbor especially is underutilized, as are the eastern shorelines and beaches of the outer harbor. -
How to Use a VHF Radio: Mayday Call Off Southern CaliforniaIf you can't describe your position to the Coast Guard when you make a mayday call, they may keep you on the radio for a lot longer than you may have expected. -
VHF Radio Use: Mayday Calls on Channel 16There aren't that many resources out there good at helping first-timers get a sense of the confusion, audio problems, garbled communications and general all-around difficulty that surround VHF radio use.
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Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing: How to Use Your Vhf RadioVHF radio use is nowhere near as technical as it may seem. Here's an example from Virginia. Listen in as a Coast Guard watchstander takes a mayday from a boater in trouble and issues a pan-pan call on channel 16 in return.
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Bluefin Tuna from a Kayak: What's Legal, What's NotNOAA highly migratory species specialist Brad McHale spells the federal bluefin tuna regulations relevant to kayak fishermen. Includes scenes from the Gloucester, Ma. bluefin waterfront and a bluefin at Duxbury Beach, Duxbury, Ma. -
Kayak Safety: Wear a PFD, Leave a Float Plan, Come Home AliveKayakers leave the beach often without a float plan or a pfd. Sometimes they capsize and drown. Here's one recent case from the Pacific Northwest. -
Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Virginia: VHF Radio UseVHF radio use is nowhere near as technical as it may seem. Here's one instance: sometimes the Coast Guard needs help locating someone in trouble. Here's an example from Virginia. Listen as Coast Guard watchstander takes in a mayday from a guy in trouble, then makes a pan-pan call on channel 16 t -
The State Fish Pier at Gloucester, MaThe Jodrey State Fish Pier, built in Gloucester in the 1970's over that was once Five Pound Island, houses federal fish inspection offices, the region's largest lobster bait company, and many of Gloucester's lobstering fleet. -
Kayak Fishing for Striped Bass: Trolling the Tube and WormA variation on the traditional Cape Cod spinner rig, the tube and worm has in a decade become the preferred method for trolling for striped bass. Gloucester, Ma. kayak fisherman Marv Tighe demonstrates. -
Tube and Worm Striper Fishing at Rockport, MAAn update of the Cape Cod willowleaf spinner, the tube and worm trolling lure on leadcore line has for the past decade been local kayak fishermen's rig of choice for striped bass. -
Gloucester, MassachusettsThe lobstering waterfront at Gloucester, Massachusetts. Wire-frame lobstyer traps have long supplanted wooden versions. After nor'east storms, lobster gear washes ashore on Cape Ann beaches from Manchester to Ipswich. -
Striped Bass Kayak Fishing: The Tube and WormTube and worm striper fishing is one of the more popular New England kayak fishing methods. A Gloucester, Massachusetts kayak fisherman demonstrates off Pigeon Cove, Rockport. -
Storm Warnings Over the East Coast: Massachusetts South ShoreThe Coast Guard sends aircraft aloft as a matter of routine to warn boaters of heavy weather both onshore and off. A winter storm approaches Duxbury Beach in Massachusetts. -
Heavy Weather and Hurricanes in New England: VHF Radio Channel 22The Coast Guard sends out as a matter of routine aircraft to broadcast hurricane and storm warnings to inshore and offshore mariners. Listen in over hd video views of the Gloucester, Massachusetts waterfront and Gloucester's Brace Cove at Eastern Point. -
HD Video: Winter Tundra in Massachusetts and Global Warming/Climate ChangeAs climate change has opened new shipping lanes in the ice of the Arctic Circle, the Coast Guard has begun to run test flights over the area for maritime safety and law enforcement. Kodak Zi8 HD footage of icy tundra and Coast Guard audio -
Heavy Weather Forecast: US East CoastNOAA and the Coast Guard broadcast heavy weather warnings as a matter of routine, frequently from overflying aircraft sent offshore to broadcast warnings to mariners. Audio of same overlain on a road trip to Massachusetts tundra-like barrier beach off Duxbury and Plymouth Bays. -
Time-Lapse Video: Saltwater Ice on Duxbury Bay, Tundra Snow on Duxbury BeachKodak zi8 high-definition footage of the tundra-like conditions and topography and Duxbury Beach and Duxbury Bay in winter. -
From Boston to Duxbury Beach and BackHigh speed video of the route from Boston to Duxbury Beach, including Duxbury Bay, the Gurnet Lighthouse, Boston's Big Dig and the Zakim Bridge. -
Duxbury Beach and Bay: Northeast Storm ApproachNortheast storms are a commonplace along the New England coastline. Time-lapse footage of a northeast storm front encroaching on Duxbury Beach from Green Harbor, Marshfield. -
Clarks Island and Western Cove in Duxbury BayAn hour from Boston via the Southeast Expressway, the bay's lengthy barrier beach offers rewards: walk to the lighthouse, watch the sun set over the flats of the bay. -
Sea Kayaking Safety and Rescue: VHF Radio UseLet's listen in to a recent vhf radio channel 16 exchange between a young, obviously inexperienced boater making a mayday call off the coast of southern California and the Coast Guard watchstander who picks up her call. -
Kayak Camping: The Advantages of a White Gas StoveMost sea kayakers in North America will be well served by any one of the white gas stoves on the made by MSR, Coleman and Eastern Mountain Sports. Here's an overview with a focus on the MSR Whisperlight.
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Repairing a Damaged Sea Kayak Part 6: Apply Gelcoat, Buff, and You're DoneHere's the final step in fiberglass sea kayak repair: applying gelcoat and buffing the gelcoat to a high gloss. -
Sea Kayaking Safety and Rescue: Lighthouses and NOAA ChartsFor kayakers, lighthouses have value beyond the symbolic. The most obvious is a lighthouse's usefulness at night as a reassuring landmark -
Sea Kayaking Safety and Technique: Surfing Large WavesCombining several powerful paddle strokes with decisive stern rudders is the key to surfing large waves in a sea kayak. -
When the Coast Guard Answers and a Helicopter ArrivesCoast Guard rescues of sea kayakers and surf skiers are a matter of routine. Here a helo crew plucks two from the waters off Washington State. Wait for the end...the rescue swimmer retrieves a very expensive carbon-fiber wing paddle! -
Sea Kayaking Cape Cod: South Monomoy Island at Monomoy Island National Wildlife RefugeThrow a drybag, some lunch and water, sunscreen and a windbreaker into your dayhatch, load up your camera with fresh batteries and plenty of memory, and off you go.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: It All Began with a Mayday and Pan-Pan CallLearning the utility of pan-pan calls on vhf radio channel 16 is helpful to the boater, whether sailor, powerboater, fisherman or sea kayaker. Here's one example of how they're made
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Sea Kayaking Safety and Rescue: Bering Sea, AlaskaListen in as a Kodiak, Alaska Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues a disabled sea kayaker adrift on the Bering Sea. -
Cape Cod Sea Kayaking: Morris Island and Monomoy Island National Wildlife RefugeMany sea kayaking and kayak fishing trips to Monomoy Island begin at the Morris Island causeway. The Southway route takes the kayaker to North and South Monomoy Island and Nantucket Sound. -
New England Sea Kayaking: Monomoy Island, Cape CodMost sea kayaking trips to Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge start at the Morris Island causeway and travel the southway. Here's a look. -
EPIRB Rescue Search Patterns: Part 3The search patterns dip far southeast of the EPIRB's initial location to waters northeast east of Boston, including runs along Portland, Maine's shipping lanes. -
EPIRB Rescue Search Patterns: When the Coast Guard Answers and SearchesCoast Guard predictions of where to look for a boat are derived from drift models (formerly JAWS, now SAROPS) that take into account surface current, tide and wind.
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EPIRB Rescue Search Patterns: When the Coast Guard AnswersIn order to develop a search plan, the Coast Guard takes a boater's last known position, the wind, wave and current sea states, and develops a simulated scenario, known as a drift model, in a computer.
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Early Spring in the Blue Hills Reservation in Boston, MassachusettsSpring thaws in early April bring out the best in local frogs even as secluded streams in the Blue Hills show ice. -
Monomoy Island, Cape CodMonomoy Island National Wildlife Reguge: shellfish flats, nesting and feeding grounds for migratory sea- and shorebirds, and a dynamic changeable barrier beach. -
Fiberglass Sea Kayak Repair: How to Repair GelcoatTo repair gelocat damage on a fiberglass kayak, first use a rubber sanding block and some fairly heavy grit sandpaper - in most cases, 80 grit.
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One Minute at Gurnet Light, Plymouth, MassachusettsPerched on ramparts, Gurnet Light overlooks marsh, barrier beach and bay. Its submarine watchtower was removed in the late 1990's. The self-sufficient light is solar-powered. -
Sea Kayaking Destination: The Gurnet at Plymouth, MassachusettsThe Gurnet rises from a bluff at the southernmost end of Duxbury Beach. There you'll find solar-powered Gurnet Light and a fine overview of Plymouth Bay. -
Sea Kayaking Massachusetts: One Minute at the GurnetThe Gurnet at the southernmost end of Duxbury Beach at Plymouth, Massachusetts holds a lighthouse, arctic-like grasslands and a profusion of grasses and wildflowers. -
Sea Kayaking the Mid-Atlantic Outer Banks Islands: Assateague National SeashoreRun by the National Park Service, Assateauge National Seashore offers backcountry camping to sea kayakers willing to make the trip south along the back of the island to its backcountry sites. -
Kayaking Assateague Island National SeashoreOne way to pass the time on this beautiful island during bad weather is to button yourself up inside your tent and get to some likely overdue camping equipment maintenance. -
Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Assateague Island National SeashoreBackcountry camping Assateague National Seashore is a fine way to spend a week or ten days. Just be prepared for long rainy days during February and April. -
Repairing a Damaged Fiberglass Sea Kayak Part 3: Back and Fill and Patch AgainRepairing damage to a fiberglass sea kayak is a straightforward if time-consuming process well within most kayak owners' grasp.
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Repairing a Damaged Sea Kayak Part 2: Rasp, Grind, SandYou need to rasp aggressively to gain access to the fiberglass mat beneath the glecoat damage on a fiberglass sea kayak. Also you need to rasp aggressively to assess how extensive the damage is.
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Repairing and Customizing a Fiberglass Kayak: Part 1First step is to rasp, sand, scrape and grind a large ring of gelcoat around the damage in order to gain access to the fiberglass beneath the open gash and crazing. -
Repairing and Customizing a Fiberglass Kayak: IntroThere are lots of advantages to learning how to repair and customize fiberglass, especially if your kayak takes a fair share of bumps and scrapes along rocky coastlines.
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Kayak Fishing Bluefin Tuna: Federal Rules and RegulationsBack in May, 2010 I interviewed Brad McHale, Gloucester, Massachusetts-based NOAA and National Marine Fisheries' bluefin tuna expert, on recent catches of bluefin tuna by a trio of kayak fishermen off North Carolina. -
Kayak Surfing: How ToFollow these five steps to kayak surf waves large and small, including chop, swell, and beach waves -
Gulf Oil Spill: Static Kill Cementing of Well and Cessation of Spill Requires Continued Tests and Monitoring, Neither Without RisksThad Allen, National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill explains to the national medial the details and tests necessary to cement the wellhead and completely stem the flow of oil into the gulf. -
Twenty Years After the Perfect Storm: Swordfishing Boats on the Gloucester, Massachusetts WaterfrontWhen fatalities occur offshore or in the mountains or woods, inevitably there's a local if not a national news story, sometimes a book, oftentimes a movie.
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Kayak Fishing for Alaska Chinook and Coho Salmon: King IslandKing salmon are whopper fish, hard fighters, and swim thick in the water during their spawn. Their commercial fishery is tightly regulated in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest -
Gulf Oil Spill: Endangered Turtles and Other Species' Increased Strandings and Mortality Tracked by NOAANOAA's Steve Murawsky, NOAA Director of Scientifc Programs Briefs the press on endangered turtle strandings and the difficulties of tracking oil spill sheen, and effects on wildlife, in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Gulf Oil Spill: Well is Capped, Stops Flow, but Develops Seepage ProblemsAfter successfully capping the well and, the BP cap and well to seep oil, leading to further delays and tests. Thad Allen meets the press Saturday, July 17, to explain.
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Sea Kayaking and Travel: Folding Kayaks by Klepper, Feathercraft and OthersTo many sea kayaker's eyes, most attractive folding kayak is the Feathercraft Khatsalano, built in Canada, whose upswept ends and fine bow remind most of the sea kayaks they've become used to. -
How to Build a Greenland Sea Kayak PaddleUse a router and pre-made jigs to speed the carving and shaping of a lighweight and durable Greenland sea kayaking paddle. -
Quebec Sea Kayaking: Winter Ice Floes and Greenland Sea KayaksVideo by JC Vaillant: Greenland sea kayakers paddling the frozen waters of Quebec's Gulf of St. Lawrence. -
Greenland Sea Kayaking: Rockwell Kent Among the InuitNote avataq on the kayaks aft deck, cased harpoon strapped to the kayak's starboard deck, harpoon line faking disk, and the hunter's tight-fitting tuliq.
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Kayak Fishing: Make Sure Your Safety Gear Includes the All-Important Paddle LeashYour fishing gear can be as simple as a handline stored in the dayhatch or jammed beneath the foredeck rigging. Deploy either for trolling when you're near rocks or reefs or tidal rips. -
Skin-on-Frame Inuit Sea Kayaks: Harvey Golden and Rockwell KentHarvey Golden's several-hundred page study of the hunting kayaks of Greenland is a good adjunct to Rockwell Kent's books on Greenland and paintings of native Inuit kayak hunters.
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Rhode Island Kayak Fishing: Point Judith, Block Island Sound, Block IslandBlock Island, Rhode Island's Hotel Manisses is one place to spend the night at on the island if you paddle or transport your kayak there to fish for striped bass or bluefish.
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Massachusetts Kayak Fishing: Wareham and Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod Inshore Areas for Striped Bass, Bluefish and FlukeThis choppy warm-water oasis has much to recommend it to kayak fishermen who want a taste of Cape Cod and islands fishing without enduring weekend traffic between Memorial and Labor Day.
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Massachusetts Kayak Fishing: Sandy Neck at Barnstable, Cape CodMosey around admiring scenery from a sea kayak and after a while all you do, pretty much, is sit there. Catch bluefish fish from your sea kayak, on the other hand, and your sea kayak becomes that more than an expensive fiberglass or plastic lounge chair.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing: Monomoy Island, ChathamThe island's watery environs are seasonal feeding grounds for numerous migratory fish: striped bass, bonito, bluefish, bluefin tuna -- pelagics that feed in the warm summer waters. -
Sea Kayaking Navigation and NOAA Chart MarkupsMarking up your chart before you go sea kayaking forces you to examine in close detail not only the waters you plan to paddle but the nature of its coastline. -
Massachusetts Sea Kayaking: Thachers Island, Gloucester and RockportA 3.5 mile from Granite Pier in Rockport, 2.5 miles from Bearskin Neck in downtown Rockport, well-preserved Thachers Island includes two granite lighthouses visitors can climb for views that extend from Boston to Portsmouth, N.H. -
How to Swim Faster with Less Effort: Strenghten Your Core and Abs with Balance Ball ExercisesThe core strength plank drill variation described here incorporates a balance ball for instability, and is useful for triathletes interesting in improving their swimming times. -
Kayak Fishing for Chinook and Coho SalmonFor Chinook, troll deeper by paddling more slowly. For Coho, paddle faster to place the lure higher in the water column.
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Kayak Fishing for Alaska Chinook and Coho SalmonFishing for salmon from a sea kayak in Alaska: you'll need a few basic pieces of gear, foremost of which are a handful of specialized lure and a sturdy rod and reel or simple hand line.
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Kayak Fishing for Bluefin Tuna in MassachusettsBluefin tuna arrive and feed in the nearshore waters of Cape Ann between mid July and October. Their arrival from the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico coincides with the arrival of bluefish and mackerel. -
Downhill Mountain Biking: How to Descend Without CrashingContrary to your likely intuitive sense of how to prevent endos, the best way to brake downhill is to use the front brake with authority and power.
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Great White Sharks: The US East Coast, Cape Cod and Northern CaliforniaTime writer Susan Casey's book "The Devil's Teeth" chronicles her lengthy stay at the Farralones Islands great white shark breeding and feeding grounds 27 miles offshore of San Francisco. -
How to Swim Faster with Less Effort: Strengthen Your Core with the Medicine Ball Side PlankTo swim fast you need a strong core, especially for the twisting motions required by a fast and efficient crawl stroke. Use this simple exercise to increase swimming speed.
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How to Swim Faster: Strengthen Your Core and Obliques with the Side Plank DrillSwimming requires a strong core. Combining the power of the abs, obliques and glutes makes your triathlon racing stroke more efficient and powerful. -
Gulf Oil Spill: Congress Criticizes BP's Well Control Methods on Deepwater Horizon, Introduces Stiff LegislationMarkey, Stupak, Waxman pinpoint specific BP failures, draft legislation designed to regulate all future high-risk oil wells -
Gulf Oil Spill: Congress Finds BP Negligent in Numerous Critical Areas of Deepwater Horizon Rig Well ControlThe House committee on energy and commerce released its briefing memo, in support of fresh high-risk well regulation legislatoin, that faults BP in three critical well control areas. -
Gulf Oil Spill: Markey, Stupak Excoriate BP for Shortcuts, Cost-Cutting, Safety FailuresThe House Committee on Energy and Commerce whose ranking members include Markey, Waxman and Stupak, releases briefing memo which pinpoints specific BP failures of well design, control and safety.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Congress Releases Memo Describing BP Oversight Failures, Cost-Cutting MeausuresThe House Committee on Energy and Commerce released today its comprehensive memo detailing the technical faults, oversight failures and cost-cutting measures that lead to rig explosion, fire and spill.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Hurricane Alex to the West, 24,000 Barrels of Oil, or Less Than Half of Flow, Recovered Daily"The current speed and direction and wind strength of Alex does not indicate that we should do anything regarding evacuation." -- Thad Allen, Coast Guard commander, Joint Unified Response
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Gulf Oil Spill: Markey, Waxman and Stupak Draft and Submit High Risk Oil Well RegulationsCongress introduced this week (June 30, 2010) a bill aimed at high-risk offshore oil rigs. The bill contains language aimed directly at the BP cost-cutting measures and negligence that lead to the gulf oil spill.
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Gulf Oil Spill: BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Fire First Responders TestifyA civilian search and rescue specialist, Robb, attached to Louisiana's central Coast Guard station, details the steps rescue crews took to evacuate crew members from the Deepwater Horizon.
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Gulf Oil Spill: NOAA's Analysis of Loop Current Oil Transport to Florida and Florida KeysThe gulf loop current, and prevailing winds, are the sources of propulsion that have driven oil from the Deepwater Horizon BP spill in the gulf towards Florida. NOAA discusses the current with the media. -
Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion: Chief Mate Testifies About BP Rig's Safety Procedures, Lifeboat Evacuations During FireDouglas Brown, chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon, describes to the Coast Guard the explosions on the rig, damage to its bridge, the crew's failed firefighting efforts and final evacuation via lifeboats.
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Gulf Oil Spill Investigation: Questions BP Chairman Tony Haywood Failed to Answer Directly Addressed BP's NegligenceCiting cost-cutting measures that lead directly to the spill, Congress writes to Hayward, requesting that he testify. Here is the letter Congress sent that lead to Hayward's removal from day-to-day gulf spill control.
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Gulf Oil Spill Researcher: Vast Anoxic Dead Zones Likely in GulfThe gulf is naturally equipped to deal with natural deepwater seeps of 1,000 barrels of oil a day. Not so with the vast amount of crude spilled in the gulf over the past 60 days. -
Gulf Oil Spill: Deepwater Horizon Rig Chief Mate Testifies Lifeboat Drills Were Incomplete, Time Limits UnclearTestfifies under Coast Guard questioning that lifeboat drills had no clear time limit, that boats were never filled to capacity during drills.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Chief Mate David Young, Transocean Deepwater Horizon Leader for Rig Emergencies, Testifies Before CongressChief Mate David Young, who was on Transocean Deepwater Horizon rig the night it exploded and caught fire, describes his duties on the rig.
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Gulf Oil Spill Congressional Testimony: Spill Cleanup Technology Inadequate, Outdated, Recovers Less Than Ten Percent of SpillsTestifying before Congress Committee on Energy and Commerce, University of Washington professor Tom Leschine compares and contrasts gulf oil spill with Exxon Valdez and Santa Barbara spill in 1969
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BP 2006 Oil Spill in Alaska, Deadly Texas Refinery Explosion in 2005 Had Similar Root Causes, Congress FindsThe Chemical Safety Board has investigated BP twice before, and found BP lacking in refinery explosion that killed fifteen and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska spill
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Gulf Oil Spill: Congress Finds BP Culture of Cost-Cutting at Expense of Safe Drilling PracticesCongress requests that Chemical Safety Board apply same investigative techniques to gulf oil spill as applied to investigations of BP oil spill in Alaska and Texas refinery explosion. -
Gulf Oil Spill: Congress Releases Internal BP Documentation of Signficiant Oil Rig ProblemsIn its own internal documents of condition up to 48 hours before the oil rig explosion, BP had growing concerns with their ability to control the well -
Gulf Oil Spill: Internal BP Emails Express Engineering Concerns, Pressure Problems One Week Before ExplosionAlso known as Macondo, the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP caused engineers innumerable headaches and concerns up to one week before the explosion.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Alabama Business Owner Describes $250K Business Loss, Slow BP Claims ProcessBP's claims offices for economic losses are sprouting up along the gulf coast. Some business owners have decided to sue instead.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Louisiana Residents' Health Effects Widespread, According to Congressional TestimonyIn comprehensive testimony that addresses the spill's effects on the health of gulf residents Wilma Surbra breaks down the effects of dispersants and aerosol fumes from crude
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Gulf Oil Spill: Fisheries Biologist Describes Crude Oil's Effects on FisheriesMoby Solangi, University of Southern Mississippi, describes to congressional investigating committee the long and short-term effects of spilled crude oil on fisheries.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Death on High Seas Act Makes Killed Rig Workers' Wives Ineligible to File Wrongful Death SuitsUnder the Death on the High Seas Act of 1927, corporations can't be found liable for deaths more than three miles offshore
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Congressional Investigation, BP Oil Spill: BP Had No Contingency Plans for Catastrophic Loss of Well ControlIn first day of hearings, Congressional investigating committee finds BP had no plans in place for catastrophic loss of well control.
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Killed BP Deepwater Horizon Rig Workers' Wives Testify Before CongressIn its first of several hearings, Congressional committee on energy and commerce takes testimony from local residents directly affected by BP oil spill in the gulf
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Gulf Oil Spill Economic Effects: Nearly Half of Federal Gulf Waters Closed to Fishing, Louisiana Tourist Revenues Down Twenty-Five PercentThe congressional investigation of the gulf oil spill begins to document economic losses to gulf states; Louisiana hit hardest
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Gulf Oil Spill: Effects on Wildlife Will Extend Throughout North America, Says US Fish and Wildlife Service Director Rowan GouldWinter home to millions of migratory birds that inhabit the western hemisphere, the fouling of inland Gulf marshes and estuaries will harm bird life throughout North America, according to US Fish and Wildlife spokesman Rowan Gould.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Federal Investigation Begins, Deepwater Horizon Crew Members Testify Under OathThe Coast Guard, federal investigators begin to take sworn testimony from Deepwater Horizon crew members in sterile hotel conference room
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BP Gulf Oil Spill: Wellhead Pressure Monitoring Extensive but Too LateBP spokeman Doug Suttles describes the extensive pressure during the top kill attempt. BP's monitoring post-mortem of pressure levels far exceeds the efforts it took drilling prior to the fatal explosion and catastrophic spill.
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Gulf Oil Spill: Minerals Management Service Out of the Way, BP Monitored More CloselyBP undergoes step-by-step monitoring, scrutiny and review
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Gulf Oil Spill: BP Revenue $246 Billion, Long-Term Business Damage UnlikelyIts stock price plummeting 33% in six weeks, BP dividend now at 6.6%
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Gulf Oil Spill: Cleanup and Mitigation Efforts Outdated, Ineffective, CrudeAs BP and its federal overseers focus primarily on cleaning oil from beaches and the ocean's surface, deepwater oil plumes multiply and expand near submerged canyons, reefs and the sea bottom
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Gulf Oil Spill: BP's Doug Suttles Continues to Claim Success, News Images to the ContraryCiting $25 million in individual claims paid, 250 miles of coastline cleaned, BP's Suttles faces the press and claims continued success
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Gulf Oil Spill: Relief Well at 9,000'; Minerals Management Service InspectsIn what has become by-now decidedly brief appearances at press conferences, the MMS gives a prepared statement and takes no questions
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Gulf Oil Spill: Flow Rate Still Undetermined, BP Slow with BoomsIn her most recent press conference, the Coast Guard's Mary Landry gives the first indications that the veneer of cooperation between the feds and BP is fading
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Gulf Oil Spill: Oil Refinery Explosion in HoustonThe Coast Guard's Mary Landry answers bloggers' questions during a televised phone-in roundtable.
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BP Oil Spill: Mississippi River Water Level Holds Oil OffshoreThe Coast Guard's Mary Landry, one-scene incident commander, gives a positive assessment of the gulf oil spill recovery. -
Gulf Oil Spill: Alternative Capping Methods and Testing Blowout Preventers for the Relief WellBP's Doug Suttles gives a press conference in which he explains the technical problems involved in stemming the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf Oil Spill: How to File a Claim for LossesIn Alabama, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano announces the 1-800 number for filing claims against BP. -
Sea Kayak Rescues and Small Boat Safety: VHF Radios and Mayday CallsThe Coast Guard often issues pan-pan calls on channel 16 after they receive a mayday from someone in trouble. Listen in.
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Kayak Fishing for Bluefin Tuna: NOAA Rules and RegulationsNOAA fisheries management specialist Brad McHale spells out the rules and regulations on fishing for bluefin tuna.
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Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Cape Cod: Monomoy Island Off ChathamGoogle Earth's view is the most up-to-date version of the waters and shoals of Cape Cod's Monomoy Island -
Swiss Ball Exercises for a Stronger and Healthy BackWatch Ford Model Chris Comfort in action on a swiss ball -
157-Pound Bluefin Tuna from a Kayak: Dave LamoureuxWeigh-in! Chicago kayak fisherman Dave Lamoureux weighs in his record-setting 157 bluefin tuna in Massachusetts.
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157-Pound Bluefin Tuna from a Kayak: Provincetown, Cape CodFishing from a 12-foot plastic kayak off Peaked Hill Bar at Race Point, Dave Lamoureux lands a 157-pound bluefin tuna
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Gulf Oil Spill: Ultradeep Repair Rig in Place, Begins to Drill Relief WellRegardless of whether BP drills a relief well or installs a dome to cap the leak, the company's ultradeep semii-submersible rig is in place and has been at work for the past several days in the Gulf. -
Gulf Oil Spill: 210,00 Gallons of Oil a Day for the Next Three MonthsIt will take 2-3 months of implementation, a second oil rig, and drilling through 18,000 feet of seabed before BP can mitigate the growing disaster in the Gulf.
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Sea Kayak Rescues: VHF RadioKeys to making a vhf radio mayday call from a sea kayak are to give a description of your kayak and location. -
Sea Kayaking: How to Surf Inshore Beach Waves, Swell and Offshore ChopEvery photo series that shows how to surf a sea kayak includes each of the eight steps.
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Sea Kayak Rescues: EPIRBs and Personal Locater Beacons (PLBs)EPIRBS and personal locater beacons are two rescue items useful to sea kayakers and kayak fishermen. PLBs are cheaper. Both need to be registered (free) to be useful.
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Sea Kayak Rescues: The VHF Mayday One to Ten, One to Five Slow CountAny kayaker who makes a mayday call on channel 16 needs to be prepared for a surprise or two.
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How to Use a VHF Radio: The Mayday One to Ten, One to Five Slow Count RequestAny boater who makes a mayday call on channel 16 to the Coast Guard needs to be prepared for a surprise or two.
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Sea Kayaking, Kayak Fishing: Submersible VHF RadiosBe sure to buy a radio with multiple power output options. Don't skimp by trying to buy a radio that doesn't include WX (NOAA weather frequencies).
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Sea Kayaking in Greece: Bring a SailGreece is a popular sea kayaking vacation destination. With good reason. The island chains are intricate and unspoiled.