MASCF Sailing Race; The Video

This video does a good job at conveying the relaxed vibe and diverse assemblage during the "Sailing Race" at this years Mid Atlantic Small Craft Festival on the Miles River.

Beer; Headless Horseman, Betsy Stanford and Dillon Clock Stopper

Ed Salva, one of the charter members of the Classic Moth beer tasting wing, sends this little beer tidbit along..........

"Had an interesting concoction called a Headless Horseman - half guiness / half pumpkin (I used post road). Was very tasty."

If you don't feel like mixing up a Headless Horseman there is always Fisherman's Imperial Pumpkin Stout . Also, a very tasty all in one combo where the pumpkin mellows out the stout.

From todays WaPo Metro section there is the story of 107 year old Betsy Stanford who attributes some of her longevity to this following stout concoction............

"She admits to a particular fondness for a smoothie made of Guinness stout mixed with the nutritional supplement, Ensure, a drop of vanilla flavoring and a sprinkle of nutmeg "if [the stout] is too bitter""

Wow! thats a new one!

And finally George Albaugh points out what he thinks is a very notable name for a beer, the Dillon Clock Stopper from Worth Brewing Company. I agree about the name. Looks like a very interesting lager (with corn - now that's no surprise!) from Idaho.

Correction: George correctly pointed out that in true dyslexic fashion I switched IA into ID and that Worth Brewing Co is actually located in Iowa.

Classic Moth Items on the Web

Two Classic Moth items caught my eye over the weekend.

Lewes, Delaware, Historical Society is restoring what they call a Lewes Moth. Never heard of such a design. The blog post with picture is over here . We may have to send our Delaware Mothist, Bill Boyle, over to Lewes to check this out.

Conception classique Moth voilier.

Also, Francois Vivier, a French traditional boat designer, is offering either plans or a kit for his Classic Moth design (Moth Grand Largue).

Price is 3490 Euros for the kit.

Francois offers up this picture of the kit construction, which looks to be self aligning plywood pieces with no strongback needed..........

St Barth's CATA Cup

Tillerman's latest post asks the question; If you could escape to anywhere in the world this December, where would you go, what would you be doing?

Hmmm ......... catamaran racing in the Caribbean, St. Barth in particular, seems like a good idea.

A short video of the CATA CUP brings us some high speed, warm weather sailing. (Note the behemoth super yacht "Maltese Falcon" as a backdrop in some of the shots/)

St Barth CATA CUP 2010 - NAV from Matthieu Le Page on Vimeo.

Music Whenever; The Guggenheim Grotto "Her Beautiful Ideas"

Thanksgiving Sunday and thus ends my "Music Whenever" marathon (if four in a row is considered a marathon).

Neat stop motion video.

Music Whenever; Eddie Vedder "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"

Thanksgiving Saturday.

My favorite Beatles cover on the Web.

You've got to hide your love away - Eddie Vedder from iLoveCovers.com on Vimeo.

Music Whenever; Tommy Sparks "She's Got Me Dancing"

Black Friday in the U.S. ; therefore, a crazy music video for a crazy day.

This video starts with a bulked up Amazon shooting eye rays and degenerates from there.

Sorta "Dancing with the Weirdos".

The music is catchy though.

Feel free to impart your interpretation in the comments section.

Tommy Sparks "She's Got Me Dancing" from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.