Actually an art exhibit from France last year, when I ran across this picture, I just had to share.

Vote port or starboard (maybe we need another couple of sails for independents).

A "shadow yacht"? A large, yacht size boat going along just for support services?

Seems a bit much. I'll be happy just to have a basic tender for when the need arises.

We've had a variety of bicycle and other "away from the boat" transportation ideas before. When I read people's cruise logs, they either stay on the boat all the time (not me), wind up renting a car, or do some combination of bike and walk. The bike and walk obviously has some advantages and disadvantages and I kind of keep my eye out for likely alternatives.

The Zuumer is a nifty cross between a scooter, a surf board and an electric bike.

Check out their home page and also this excellent detailed review. Read below for more details and a video. read more »

An interesting "art" project... looks a little like a floating shanty town or something, but... read more »

And just for something on the opposite end of the scale... gee, how many of my boat would this thing hold?

I had a toolbox that rolled up like this one time...

The Rolling Bridge, located on the Paddington Basin in London, was created by Thomas Heatherwick. It is twelve meters long and opens every Friday at noon.

Rather than a conventional opening bridge mechanism, consisting of a single rigid element that lifts to let boats pass, the Rolling Bridge gets out of the way by curling up until its two ends touch.

See the link for more pictures and details. read more »

We've had bicycle's before, but I don't think I've seen one quite like this.

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That looks like fun, if nothing else!