Comments on: old boat…

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:15:41 +0000

David…

Sent you a message on Facebook with a link to the latest images on my essay.

By: tom hyde

tom hyde — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:30:00 +0000

Ross, I kinda figured, and me too. :)) Kinda wanna load up the dog in the pickup and drive to Ontario to get it signed.

By: Ross Nolly

Ross Nolly — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:31:27 +0000

Tom; no worries! Thanks for the reply. Towell’s book ios one of my favourites and is sitting in front of me on the bookshelf! :-)

By: tom hyde

tom hyde — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:30:53 +0000

Michael and Michael, thanks for that info. Surprised I haven’t seen more photos on this, seems a natural. I always thought it was pretty cool when I was a kid to look out and see the gig boats working the shallow bays, old men with lanterns leaning over the bow of their wooden boats in the night. Very Hemingway.

Ross, I don’t have those shots of my extended family on the net anymore. I’ve added to that collection quite a bit since then, though a bit less sentimental. I keep saying I’m going to put together a family book from summers on the farm … for Christmas. Now would be a good time to start that ;)) I’ll try to let you know if I post those again. In the meantime, may I suggest Towell’s The World from My Front Porch which may forever make anything similar merely snapshots for family.

By: Ross Nolly

Ross Nolly — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:26:14 +0000

Tom; have you got a link to the work you did one summer of your children etc in the river? I was trying to describe it to my partner who is painting a “summer” series for her exhibition later this year. I was trying to describe your essay to her but my words failed miserably! To me it is still the best representation of summer I’ve seen…… :-)

By: skiwaves

skiwaves — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:40:03 +0000

I remember some time ago, some of my local friends getting into it, sometimes catching what they called, doormats. They were whoppers.

By: michael kircher

michael kircher — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:37:34 +0000

Nothing having to do with anything, just thought I’d share a little humor:

http://xkcd.com/1156/

(don’t forget the hover-over text)

By: michael kircher

michael kircher — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:33:05 +0000

Tom,

Yes, they apparently do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuKbDY3seqo

By: tom hyde

tom hyde — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:51:08 +0000

Michael, you may know this …

A little more than thirty years ago, I remember seeing people out on boats at night in Bogue Sound. They would lean over the bow with a lantern in one hand and a flounder gig in the other. Does anyone do that anymore?

By: skiwaves

skiwaves — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:40:24 +0000

I’m also drawn to these old relics.
They’re scattered all over the outer banks, and were a chief means of transportation before the banks was paved over. My guess is that this particular derelict is what is known as a shad boat. They were built as work horses for the commercial fishing industry, and were capable of hauling large catches of fish.
Some years ago, shad boats were officially designated as North Carolina’s state boat.