sailing clowns

I stumbled on these unique paintings a couple days ago.  the artist Sean Landers has created a collection called “Around the World Alone”, where he depicts a solo clown, sailing on the ocean.

Around the World Alone (Lord of the Seas), 2011
Oil on linen, 78 x 126 inches

Around the World Alone (Waxing Moon Torpor), 2011
Oil on linen, 32 x 28 inches

for more details and additional paintings – see the full collection at Petzel Gallery.

Laser foiling! [video]

everybody’s foiling these days.  will the Sunfish be next?

h/t: YBW

WISSA 2015 [video]

this is a sweet drone video highlighting the WISSA 2015, the World Ice and Snow Sailing Championship, that was last week in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin.

h/t: @sailingmagazine

JFK & Jackie on a Sailfish

a cool photo of JFK and Jackie with a Sailfish sailboat.

the Sailfish was the predecessor to the Sunfish. it was the first boat created by Alex Bryan and Cortlandt Heyniger – the founders of Alcort. the Sailfish is a board boat with a lateen rig, very similar to a Sunfish – but it was made out of wood and had a flat hull that you had to sit on top of while sailing.

a basement full of sailors

from “The Show Me Book” (1966), illustrated by Jack Hanrahan

a downside of ocean sailing

from “The Show Me Book” (1966), illustrated by Jack Hanrahan