Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada, is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. Conceived by William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and his architect Julia Morgan, the castle was built between 1919 and 1947.

Cruising back to our home port in Cutchogue NY The Admiral 105 yrs old . Elwood Sprague builder!

A British Facebook friend Andrew Cooke is a great photographer who has posted photos of various ships and other water craft. Hovercraft are much more popular in the Britian than here in the states.

Photo by Andrew Cooke 

One would be truly blessed on days like this to live so close to the ocean, with Peggy’s Cove just a short drive from their home. Today, one would be lucky enough to capture some of the most iconic Nova Scotia moments: the Bluenose sailing past Peggy’s Cove. It would see like two of the province’s most beloved landmarks came together in one perfect scene. I might just have to print one of these—curious which one speaks to you most!

Stuck in traffic, Door County style…
When the bridge is up, we just take a deep breath and enjoy the view. We had a lot of great weekends in Door County with friends over the years 

SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the ship shuttles between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a distance of 62 miles (100 km), connecting U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) between those two cities. She is the last coal-fired passenger vessel operating on the Great Lakes, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 20, 2016.

I traveled on this ship with my folks when I was about 12 years old

Yes I I got seasick!

This ship is Gorch Fock I. In 1945 was taken by Russian and renamed Tovaristz. In eighties abandoned in England. German bought the wreck and vessel is in shipyard in Stralsund, Germany. The idea is to make her sailing with young Germans again.
https://museumships.us/germany/gorch-fock-i

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Soleil Royal, the pride of Louis XIV’s navy, destroyed by fire at the Battle of La Hogue in 1692.
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⛵️ THE CUTTY SARK – Queen of the Clippers
Built in 1869, the Cutty Sark is one of the last surviving tea clippers and among the fastest sailing ships of her day. Designed to race across oceans bringing tea from China and later wool from Australia, she became a symbol of speed, grace, and Victorian ambition.

With her sleek lines and towering masts, she once sliced through the seas at over 17 knots, outpacing rivals in an era when wind still ruled global trade.

Now preserved in Greenwich, London, the Cutty Sark stands as a glorious relic of the age of sail — a living museum to maritime innovation and the sailors who braved the world's oceans.

 A ship that raced the wind.

After nearly two months and 2700-plus nautical miles at sea, Pride of Baltimore II will return to Baltimore July 1. Pride II was a featured vessel at three tall ships festivals, welcomed thousands of visitors on board, and won two races against other tall ships as she sailed from Charleston to Bermuda and then from Bermuda to Boston.