Jack Tar Magazine

HANNAH HINDLEY: The New Conrads Storytelling Challenge WINNER!

2011-12-03T14:01:00.001-08:00

Today marks the anniversary of Joseph Conrad's birthday, and $1000 dollars is going to the winner of this contest, a tribute to Conrad, who documented the seafarer's experience during shipping's transition from sail to steam and diesel. We asked people to write about our eventual future; when we will be transitioning from petroleum-generated energy to alternative energy. Hannah Hindley has

2011-11-20T22:04:00.001-08:00

Push is underway to preserve veteran steamboat J.F. Ford as a museum ship A 108-year-old Great Lakes steamboat may soon be headed for oblivion unless preservationists can make some headway in raising funds to save the ship as a maritime museum. The J.B. Ford, a former ore freighter turned cement carrier, was launched at Lorain, Ohio, in 1903 – eight years before the RMS Titanic made

2011-09-21T02:21:00.000-07:00

boat tinkering

2011-05-08T12:21:00.000-07:00

I've been neglecting my boat for a few years now. The house has had priority, but I finally find myself with not enough time to do big house projects, and most of the small ones are done so back to the boat work. I have almost every evening from 6 to 8 to work on whatever assuming I don't have an exam to prep for (I have swallowed the anchor so to speak). Its taken me nearly 2 weeks off and

JTM's Maritime Accidents Database

2011-01-21T22:10:00.000-08:00

Help to build JTM's Maritime Accidents Database - If you know about any maritime accidents please fill our form: JACK TAR MAGAZINE'S - Maritime Accidents Database Information Form http://bit.ly/hK7lmE

THANK YOU, JACK TAR MAGAZINE FANS!

2010-12-28T21:42:00.000-08:00

YOU have made it possible to offer the 2011 calendars at an affordable price AND bring in a little extra cash to go toward printing the fifth issue of Jack Tar Magazine.Also, a big thank you to past donors who have made it possible for Jack Tar Magazine to get printed at all, and for inspiring Kim, Colleen, the writers and photographers to continue bringing their perspective of the seafaring

COMING SOON

2010-10-31T08:46:00.001-07:00

A new and improved JACK TAR MAGAZINE site!

Pre-Order your Women of Maritime Calendar!

2010-09-12T16:14:00.000-07:00

The calendars are coming! The calendars are coming! Pay half the price if you pre-order! Click here and then click on "Back This Project." We need to $4K total to fund printing costs, and what we get beyond that will go to designing and printing a new and improved polished quarterly magazine, dedicating to educating and entertaining mariners worldwide! Calendars are only $12 (that's $10 each

Mission to Haiti: The Opening Chapter by Mariah Warren

2010-06-13T22:19:00.000-07:00

So, there's no place to start but the start, and that's where I'll begin. This is a first draft, and also a personal account, so just expect it to be a little rough and occasionally vague. Sometimes on a boat when the going gets rough and shit starts breaking, a wise crew member just hunkers down and doesn't ask a lot of questions. Like, only one: What can I do? So in some of my accounts, I'll

PLEASE VOTE

2010-04-15T13:52:00.000-07:00

OK, PEOPLE! No matter where you live in the world, today you have the power to promote maritime culture in Seattle by SIMPLY VOTING ONLINE for one of these boats to win a grant. If you are already familiar with the vessels below, then go HERE , pick a username and password (no other hoops to jump through to sign up!), and find the vessel and click on it to vote. If another program looks like

Nova Scotian Sailor

2010-04-15T12:31:00.000-07:00

"I struggled to figure out where we were, and constantly fearing we were on the verge of hitting bottom. My brain managed to organize all the lights into two possible channels, but I was at a loss as to which one I should follow. I looked up, and, no joke, a shooting star streamed directly down one of the two perceived channels. Good thing I believe in signs." Check out this great sailing blog

Engine Room Volunteering Opportunity:

2010-04-13T14:58:00.000-07:00

Joe V. Peterson:Presently, since 2007, OIC c1944 xUSN 202, xUSCGC WMEC 202 COMANCHE, 143' ocean-going tug, the last of her class and one of the largest tug in the Puget Sound. Still crusin with original WW-II vintage equipment. Volunteers welcome, no experience needed! Check out Tug Comanche on FaceBookHistoric Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USCGC Comanchewww.hnsa.orgLength: 143 feetBeam: 33 feet,

Cold Is The Sea - My Kind of Maritime Art

2010-03-29T21:49:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Cold Is The Sea for this awesome piece he did for Jack Tar. I was going to save it for my next cover but I'm not sure how soon another hardcopy will be printed, and I needed to share this with everyone! http://coldisthesea.blogspot.com/

Traditional sailing vessel Amistad in Cuba

2010-03-26T12:04:00.000-07:00

On March 25th, the 10th anniversary of her launching, and the anniversary of the slave trade being abolished in the British Empire, Freedom Schooner Amistad sailed into Havana. She's the first U.S. flagged vessel to sail into Havana in many, MANY years. Join Amistad on FB to keep up with this very interesting visit. Photo taken from Amistad's FaceBook photos.

Gentleman Jack's Springtime Shore Leave

2010-03-24T21:24:00.000-07:00

Gather 'round the galley stove, shipmates! Once again, it's Gentleman Jack; the Terror of the Ladies, the Cleaner of Heads, The Wet-Nurse of Greenhands, The Technicolor Yawn, The Cats' Meow, Old Salty Himself! Deckhand, Officer, Skipper and Son of a Bitch. Up through the Hawse. Here he is with another tale of Seafaring Daring-Do and Adventure! Episode One: Shore Leave. There were moments on

Amistad - a US Flagged tall ship is going to Cuba!

2010-03-19T11:47:00.001-07:00

Huffington Post Article

Capt. Kellick & The Solar Age of Sail - more discussion.

2010-02-24T23:31:00.000-08:00

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6244#more

boat work

2010-02-22T11:39:00.001-08:00

I find myself coming out of my seasonal & economic torpor. There has definitely been less work for the last 12 months than there was for the first 12, it turns out to have been a rough time to start a new business. I have found myself relying on plan B, and by that I mean going to sea in the name of SCIENCE! Folks are starting to want work done on their boats. A customer needs a new bow &

Introducing "Sassafrass" Nelson

2010-02-20T20:38:00.000-08:00

"Sassafrass" Nelson writes about a transit along the west side of the Baja peninsula: Tonight the boat lies easily at her anchor. The off-going watch slept through the process, a fact that continues to astound me. Here I am, at work, on a voyaging vessel, and there is no angry mate or captain or owner to insist that I am present for the setting of a small anchor. It really only takes 2

Family Duties Ashore

2010-02-19T01:47:00.000-08:00

My dad is only 58 but he's been slowly getting major joints worked on with lasers - sloughing off arthritic burrs, repairing torn rotator cuffs... he even had a blown out bicep repaired today. He looks at me, half teary, half giddy on Percoset, and says "Kim you need to watch out for this stuff. You do too much manual labor and you don't want to go through this." He's about to take his sixth

These Boots Were Made for Caulking

2010-02-16T11:36:00.000-08:00

Someone made shipwright/captain Michael "Jake" Jacobsen a pair of "boot" irons. Supposedly you can tamp down oakum that is just under some other thing and hard to reach... he hasn't had the opportunity to use them yet.

The Yachties are Taking Notice!

2010-02-13T22:02:00.000-08:00

My interview with Sea Magazine It takes about 60 seconds to load.

Ummm....

2010-02-10T13:12:00.001-08:00

http://www.maritimebilly.com/At first I was scared.... I thought sure its another lame "come buy a pirate shirt" website. I morbidly kept looking and found that it has some great U. S. Merchant Marine shirts and hats! Way cool!!! Then I found that it was started by a couple of Massachusetts Maritime Academy grads. I love it when the little guys find a way to make a business!Hey Kim, maybe

women on the beach

2010-02-04T09:52:00.000-08:00

OK so they aren't maritime employed - but an old boyfriend of mine, Jason from Hawaii, has been taking incredible shots of women out there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontag/sets/

Bryce questions the iPad

2010-02-01T10:23:00.001-08:00

(or as my friend WW calls it - Apple's new feminine product....) "I’m not sure how I feel about Apple’s new iPad. Certainly, the name a bit more awkward than we’ve come to expect from Apple, but it runs deeper than that. Finally, we have a personal electronic device to rival the television. Personal computers, phones, etc were all geared toward helping people create publications, papers,