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Vincent van Gogh: Sketch in a letter ca. August 13, 1888

 

Thanks Angel - great to see the (presumably) earlier sketch for a sketch - on squared paper too! In the background are two figures fishing; in the more developed drawing they have a stick and a dog swimming.

 

Thanks, I'd missed that change from fishing to playing with the dog, they also have remarkable clothing, but not the matching hat . . .

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— sketch — drawing — playing men costume —​

 

Haha! Yes, stylish!

 

The sketch reminds me of one of the most beautiful boats I have seen in the flesh. Tender to Pilot Cutter Alpha, off Gigha a few years ago. Alpha, stunning boat she is, is, iirc, Dutch owned :

 

Beautiful, she looks to me like a Norwegian Pram, with only a very small bow transom . .

Simon Watts Woodworking — Norwegian Sailing Pram

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That looks spot on, Angel thanks. I think TT Alpha is a very small version. I wonder if the main reason for that tiny bow transom is that it is a little easier to construct - a little more room on a small boat than bringing the planks into a stem post?
I like the very circular curve to the keel line fore and aft, like a cockle shell. In one of my photos, the boat almost appears to be floating above the water.

 

Oh BTW, Lady Gaga tries to keep the rotary phone memory alive, here's a 2010 wax sculpture of her at Madame Tussauds in London, there are other wax sculptures of her at Madame Tussauds museums across the globe (spare link) . . .

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↓ 1835 French poster for the Madame Tussaud wax sculptures exhibition at Baker Street in London

 

↓ ‘‘ William (Billy) and John Atkin in the office at Anchordown in the late 1940s or early 1950s. ’’

↕ MoToR BoatinG Magazine, Vol. 88, Nr. 5, Nov. 1951, cover + page 7


↓ MoToR BoatinG Magazine, Vol. 90, Nr. 5, Nov. 1952, page 41, Atkin & Co Anchordown info . . .

 

Timeless Yacht Designs of William Hand Jr. and R.O. Davis → Hands Afloat and Afar → 1925 built by the Hodgdon Brothers in Maine, 65' Schooner Hindu

 

Wave hunters: 2019 surf photo of the year – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/mar/28/wave-hunters-2019-surf-photo-of-the-year-in-pictures

 

A couple of recommendations if you use Facebook.
1) Sailing Yacht TV for consistently excellent photos and video of sailing boats historic and contemporary.
2) Discarding Images shares delightful small, incidental, humourous characters, mostly animals, from medieval manuscriptS.

 

Saint-Malo came up on the thread Gyrocopter rotor instead of canvas sail ? → post #28 ~ 32


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