Comments on: hawser, line and wire: happy 50th! http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:26:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5770 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:39:27 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5770 Twas a fine post about line (hawsers, string) that first hooked me on Tugster:
http://tugster.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/line-art/

I like me a good coil of rope!

]]> By: Reid Sprague (@rbss4) http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5757 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:08:19 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5757 Beautiful – and entirely *suitable for navigation* of the spirit of maritime life you capture so well.

]]> By: Bill Whalen http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5755 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:06:30 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5755 I just had to find out about the USCG “racing stripe”…..it was designed by Raymond Loewy — the same guy who brought you, well, just about every cool design from 1920 to 1960.

]]> By: Buck http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5752 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:05:48 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5752 Check out the Coast Guard’s photos: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/1707631/

I think they copied Bowsprite!

]]> By: Mage Bailey http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5751 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:57:13 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5751 That last piece get’s better and better.
Books. Those on my blog are at the thrift store. That batch had few boat books. You would love my personal collection tho. I do have some entertaining volumes. So what do your ship books look like

]]> By: bluebrightly http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5748 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:14:50 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5748 As always, I love your artwork. It, and your writing, have a delightful spirit that encompasses both solid information and a sense of humor. How cool is it that the Bitt is here in Seattle? Crazy right? I probably used to see the Hawser and Line from my Staten Is window but I don’t remember ID’ing them with my binocs. But I can wander over to Portage Bay one of these days and see the Bitt. I know next to nothing about boats and ships but I really like the old tugs. For you, I just uploaded pics of a couple of very old tugs – http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnwohlers/

]]> By: Mage Bailey http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5747 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:52:16 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5747 The Coast Guard is a military organization, Fenn. Military commission and decommission their ships.

This is utterly charming…thank you. Hope you will be standing freezing on the walkway with camera in hand. :)

]]> By: Fenn http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5746 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:33:34 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5746 So, what makes a boat important enough to be “decommissioned”? Is it registered in some way, regulated in some way, used for a specific purpose…??? Because privately owned, recreational boats aren’t decommissioned, right?

]]> By: Buck http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5743 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:09:27 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5743 Oh, so close… No ice on the Hudson up in Albany so they haven’t had much work this year.

]]> By: tugster http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/hawser-line-and-wire-happy-50th/#comment-5741 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:01:38 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5255#comment-5741 i’d be watching them come down river too, but . . . gotta work

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