Saturday, September 10, 2011

A One Man Mobile Studio At Burning Man


Today we got a few pirate pics at the festival, but haven't processed them yet. Nothing like this guy's photographs though.

Crew Istaboa's not the desert type... or the large crowd type, but I bet Burning Man would be a trip.

Check this guy out:
When acclaimed studio photographer Eric Schwabel goes to Burning Man he doesn’t leave his passion behind. In 2010 he took a clever hand built “light suit” to the massive festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert and captured the plethora of beautiful, colorful revelers in engaging detail. Below we catch up with Schwabel for an exclusive interview about his experiences on the dusty playa.
Article here... Eric Schwabel

Later,

Istaboa

Friday, September 9, 2011

Treasure Coast Pirate Fest

Coming up this weekend
Should be interesting.



Inventor Of The eBook dies

Nothing about boats or all that goes along with them.
For you old grey geeks out there... ARPAnet!... when was the last time you heard that?
Michael Hart has died at age 64.
It was announced today, on International Literacy Day, that one of the great pioneers of electronic literacy and the inventor of the e-book had died on Tuesday.

"If what you did yesterday
Still seems great today,
Then your goals for tomorrow
Are not big enough.”

Michael Stern Hart

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Watching the caulk dry...

Nope... we're not up to much. Having those maintenance issues dealt with in between rain showers. It's pretty hot after those bouts of rain due to the steam and the Florida sun. We're not complaining though... been catchin up on our reading (just finished the Stieg Larson Mellenium trilogy... it's good... Mel's nose down into Jodi Picoult's Sing you home... must be good too.) and doing some research... not to mention tussling with the folks at the Apple store in Palm Beach. (That's a whole other story to be told in person.) But yesterday as I sat inside Istaboa, watching the steam rise off the docks, I thought of Bagan; remember the 57 Nordhavn that did the Northwest Passage a couple of years ago? If you keep up with this blog you probably will. So I googled Bagan and came up with the trailer for the movie that has yet to be released. Too bad, it seemed to be such a good idea and a great adventure. A fellow named Sprague Theobald. Watch.




Then I googled a little deeper and found this video. Sights, sounds, and images of a world that most of us will never experience. I did go to Greenland years ago in another life, but I didn't see Narwhals or Polar bears.... Did hang out with some Eskimos though...( that too is a whole other story to be told in person.)
Interesting video.


Almost cooled us off just watchin this video—almost.

So, now it's back to watchin the caulk dry.

Adios,

Istaboa

Monday, September 5, 2011

Labor Day

Just a few funnies for Labor day.





This one reminds me of Pickwick Lake in Tennessee; where we had a home and kept Istaboa for several years... There the real labor day weekend was the weekend after, when the locals would throw a party at Jon's Pier and party at the waterfall without the crowds.



Yesterday we took our friend Bob, his daughter Sarah. and her family out in the Albury to sight see and lunch at Fins in Manatee Pocket.


They're a nice family and it was a nice day.
We later saw Bob walking Clyde and he seemed happier that we've seen him in a long time.
They made his holiday and ours too.



Hope everyone stays safe going home.



Adios,



Istaboa

PS: Very funny...

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Thursday, September 1, 2011

A baby


... had to put it up.

This will be a happy day at Compass Cay and Wild Tamarind. Will has flown back to the Exumas to complete the project at Wild Tamarind and repair the damage Irene inflicted on the system at Compass Cay. Tucker's very proud that his island will be the first to get their net back since the storm.
Gotta have net, especially in the islands where it's the only reliable form of communication.

Meanwhile back in Stuart... We've started the maintenance projects on Istaboa. 
All seams will be stripped and re-caulked, a fresh coat of polish over the entire exterior, and it seems that Florida Yacht Interiors and the infamous Chase Camacho will finally do a proper job on the soft goods.  If so... I promise to post the interior pics. 

After all that is done, we are hoping to return to the Cays. Life is much simpler there and we seem to fit in nicely.

Adios,

Istaboa

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Interesting

short films...
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food into 3 beautiful and compelling short films.....
= a trip of a lifetime.

move, eat, learn

Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing
Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound
Andrew Lees : Actor, mover, groover
All Music composed and performed by Kelsey James

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.
EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.
LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.