The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
What’s The Golden Rule?
This story has got everything. A worthy cause, a wooden sailing boat, a restoration, an adventure, and an on going legacy. It’s beautifully made, and the subject matter is as relevant today as when the idea was first conceived.
A Concrete Scar in the Pacific
The Runit Dome was never intended as a permanent fix. Engineers knew the porous coral beneath it could allow seawater to move freely, but lining the crater was deemed too costly. The concrete cap was built quickly, designed to contain the waste for perhaps a few decades — not centuries.
a Film from Either side of America
Two very different but equally interesting films have landed on the desk (laptop) at SWS this week. One from The heart of East Coast US wooden boat land, Maine. The other from Pacific North West.
The Golden Rule
She was the very first of the environmental and peace vessel to go to sea. In 1958, a crew of anti-nuclear weapons activists set sail aboard her in an attempt to interpose themselves and the boat between the U.S. Government and its atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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