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From October 3rd to October 6th, 2022

 03-10-22

APHEX TWIN “Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II”; IAN BROWN “Unfinished Monkey Business”; GENE “Drawn To The Deep End”; TEENAGE FANCLUB “Endless Arcade”; DICK GAUGHAN “Coppers & Brass”; DAVID BOWIE “Hunky Dory”; SAM & DAVE “Hold On, I’m Comin’”; ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS “Imperial Bedroom” ; SPECIAL AKA “In The Studio”; JOHNNY CASH “Now Here’s Johnny Cash”; THE BEATLES “Rubber Soul”; RADIOHEAD “Pablo Honey”; BILLY BRAGG “Worker’s Playtime”; WET LEG “Wet Leg”; SCOTT WALKER “Scott 3”; SHARON SHANNON “Out The Gap”; SAM FENDER “Hypersonic Missiles”; JIMMY SMITH “Home Cookin’”

04-10-22

GUIDED BY VOICES “Motivational Jump Suit”; ANDY IRVINE & PAUL BRADY “Andy Irvine/Paul Brady”; HORSLIPS “The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony”; SMASHING PUMPKINS “Siamese Dream”; RICHARD THOMPSON “Across A Crowded Room”; PEARL JAM “Vs.”; DE DANNAN “Welcome To The Hotel Connemara”;  THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND “Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy”; STAN ROGERS “Turnaround”; THE BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND “Tadpoles”; SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES “Once Upon A Time: The Singles”; THE BLUEONES “A New Athens”; THE BEACH BOYS “ Love You”; LUNASA “Lunasa”; THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION “Freak Out!”; BJORK “Homogenic”

05-10-22

MICHAEL McGOLDRICK “Morning Rory”; SINEAD O’CONNOR “The Lion & The Cobra”; LEE PERRY “Larks From The Ark”; XTC “Black Sea”; JENS LEKMAN “I Know What Love Isn’t”; KATE RUSBY “Little Lights”; THE BOYS OF THE LOUGH “Sweet Rural Shade”; VARIOUS ARTISTS “The Good Songs: Mojo Presents A Tribute To Nick Cave”

06-10-22

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Honda CB250 Nighthawk scrambler by Urban Mechanics

Released in the early 1980s, the Honda CB250 Nighthawk quickly became an immensely popular model for the Japanese marque. That was largely thanks to the quarter-liter parallel twin’s maneuverability, utilitarian nature, and bullet-proof reliability.

Despite al its strong suits, the chopper-inspired CB250 has never been much of a looker. But that didn’t stop Mike and Tom of Greece’s Urban Mechanics from recognizing the little CB’s potential for customization, and putting the Honda up on the bench.

“Our latest creation is codenamed ‘Velos’ which is Greek for ‘arrow,’” the boys tell us. “We decided to do away with the small chopper look, and create a new scrambler aesthetic that’s more conducive to the lightweight nature of the motorcycle.”

The pair started by stripping the CB250 down to a rolling chassis, and upgrading the suspension. The stock Showa forks remain in play, though they’ve been serviced and fitted with small internal spacers to preload the springs a tad more.

Out in back, the stock shocks have been swapped out for new adjustable units from K-Shock — a fellow Greek outfit specializing in producing suspension components for small displacement bikes and scooters.

Not jiving with the build’s intended scrambler vibe, the factory cast wheels were also chucked aside in favor of a set of spoked hoops now shod with knobby Continental Twinduro rubber.

“We replaced the stock items with spoked wheels from a Suzuki TU, changing the spokes to stainless steel ones and powder coating the rims in satin silver for a more classic look,” say Mike and Tom.

Next came the bodywork. The baby Nighthawk’s tank was plucked, binned, and replaced with a slightly smaller cell off a Honda 125, which boasts a similar silhouette.

In place of standard Honda badges, Mike and Tom have bestowed the tank with a set of aluminum “UM” emblems. From there, a set of punched-out side covers with rounded edges were laser-cut from aluminum and then hit with a coat of silver paint accented with a champagne-colored section at the bottoms.

Giving the build its ‘arrow’ moniker is the piece de resistance: an elaborate set of hand-formed, one-off fenders.

In front there’s a concave, channeled piece—complete with bespoke UM badge—that falls somewhere between a traditional high-mount scrambler-style unit and a modern-day ADV beak.

At the back, a short convex fender comes to a sharp point, while an inner fender shields everything north of the back tire.

“We wanted to experiment with creating our own tail lights and after some trial and error we decided to go with a transparent laser-cut Plexiglas piece that has an LED taillight at the hidden end,” say the boys.

“There’s also a second level [not visible in the photos] that enables it to double as the rear turn signals,” says UM.

Wanting a more low-profile headlight without straying too far from the classic round headlight-look, the UM boys called on their countrymen at C-Racer to give them one of their ABS plastic headlight masks which Mike and Tom proceeded to modify to accommodate a new LED headlight.

But it doesn’t stop there: where the top of the new headlight mask curls up over the front of the top triple, the UM duo have installed a slightly-angled Motogadget Motoscope Mini, along with a small integrated toggle switch and warning light.

The cockpit was revised, receiving a set of braced, aluminum MX-style bars that have been powder-coated in black, set in aftermarket risers, fitted with fresh grips and modern switchgear. There’s also a plush custom seat with bespoke stitching that rides up onto the tank in front, and perfectly folds over the new fender in the rear.

“The seat is stitched in high-quality marine leather. The stuff is mostly used in yachts and has a special coating that lets it withstand sunlight and salt,” say the UM crew.

Surprisingly, the original airbox and battery are still present, too. “We wanted this build to be as weather-proof as possible so having open filters would be less than ideal. This way the bike also gets to keep its fuel consumption at normal levels.”

The stock exhaust was also binned to make room for a full custom system. Polished headers now feed back beneath the engine before exiting underneath the rear brake, and ending in a blacked-out SuperTrapp can with a custom with a reverse-cone tip.

The stock frame and swing-arm, plus the lion’s share of the exposed metal on the bike, have been powder coated in a matte black. The tank now sports a dark turquoise hue and the fenders are adorned in a satin silver that matches the side covers.

Other finishing touches include toothed MX-style pegs, rectangular micro LED front indicators, an off-set custom license plate hanger, and a Nissin caliper biting a custom-drilled rotor.

A fine amalgamation of old and new, UM have managed to cram subtle and thoroughly modern features into this build, while still keeping the bike planted in the vintage scrambler genre.

Mike and Tom have delivered a stellar-looking scoot that ‘goes as well as it ‘shows.’

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Global Pneumatic Rubber Fenders Market 2025 Evolving Technologies, Latest Trends, Future Scope, Growth and industry Analysis

Pneumatic Rubber Fenders are fenders that floats on the surface of the water in a vertical plane that corresponds to the tidal range and the vertical movement of the ship.

The global Pneumatic Rubber Fenders market is valued at xx million US$ in 2018 is expected to reach xx million US$ by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of xx% during 2019-2025. This report focuses on Pneumatic Rubber Fenders volume and value at global level, regional level and company level. From a global perspective, this report represents overall Pneumatic Rubber Fenders market size by analyzing historical data and future prospect. Regionally, this report focuses on several key regions: North America, Europe, China and Japan.

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At company level, this report focuses on the production capacity, ex-factory price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer covered in this report.

The following manufacturers are covered: Trelleborg Yokohama Dolphin Marine Industrial Fender Tec Max Group ShibataFenderTeam

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Pneumatic Rubber Fenders Market Analysis- Size, Share, Overview, scope, Revenue, Gross Margin, Segment and Forecast 2023

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According to Acquire Market Research this study, Pneumatic Rubber Fenders are fenders that float on the surface of the water in a vertical plane that corresponds to the tidal range and the vertical movement of the ship.

The scope of the Report:

The worldwide market for Pneumatic Rubber Fenders is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly xx% over the next five years, will reach xx million US$ in 2023, from xx million US$ in 2017, according to a new GIR (Global Info Research) study.

This report focuses on the Pneumatic Rubber Fenders in the global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application.

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Market Segment by Manufacturers, this report covers

Trelleborg

Yokohama

Dolphin Marine Industrial

Fender Tec

Max Group

ShibataFenderTeam

Sumitomo Rubber

Eltech Rubber

Eurotech Benelux

OCEAN 3

Shandong Nanhai Airbag

JIER Marine

Evergreen

Jiangyin Hengsheng

Industrial Rubber Moulders (IRM)

Hi-Tech Elastomers

Lion Rubber

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Market Segment by Regions, regional analysis covers

North America (the United States, Canada and Mexico)

Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy)

Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia)

South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia etc.)

The Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)

Market Segment by Type, covers

With Chain Type

Without Chain Type

Market Segment by Applications can be divided into

Ship-to-Ship (STS) Protection

Ship-to-Dock (STD) Protection

Ship-to- Berthing Protection

Others

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Chapter 2, to analyze the top manufacturers of Pneumatic Rubber Fenders, with sales, revenue, and price of Pneumatic Rubber Fenders, in 2016 and 2017;

Chapter 3, to display the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share in 2016 and 2017;

Chapter 4, to show the global market by regions, with sales, revenue and market share of Pneumatic Rubber Fenders, for each region, from 2013 to 2018;

Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, to analyze the market by countries, by type, by application and by manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in these regions;

Chapter 10 and 11, to show the market by type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2013 to 2018;

Chapter 12, Pneumatic Rubber Fenders market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2018 to 2023;

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Table of Contents

1 Market Overview

1.1 Pneumatic Rubber Fenders Introduction

1.2 Market Analysis by Type

1.2.1 With Chain Type

1.2.2 Without Chain Type

1.3 Market Analysis by Applications

1.3.1 Ship-to-Ship (STS) Protection

1.3.2 Ship-to-Dock (STD) Protection

1.3.3 Ship-to- Berthing Protection

1.3.4 Others

1.4 Market Analysis by Regions

1.4.1 North America (the United States, Canada and Mexico)

1.4.1.1 United States Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.1.2 Canada Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.1.3 Mexico Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.2 Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy)

1.4.2.1 Germany Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.2.2 France Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.2.3 UK Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.2.4 Russia Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.2.5 Italy Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.3 Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia)

1.4.3.1 China Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.3.2 Japan Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.3.3 Korea Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.3.4 India Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

1.4.3.5 Southeast Asia Market States and Outlook (2013-2023)

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A Look Inside the Amazing Hot Rod Collection of Racer-Turned-Rodder Paul Gommi

Spirited.

Growing up on the East Coast, Paul Gommi wasn’t predestined to experience a truly intense gearhead life. He started out painting and studying fine art, following in his dad’s footsteps. The elder Gommi, an artist as well, learned photography during World War II, taking epic pictures of military battles at sea before turning into an acclaimed professional photographer. He specialized in food photography for advertisement.

Like many kids in the 1950s and ’60s, Paul came to appreciate cars, which led him to become a drag racer, starting with a small Austin Bantam roadster and quickly progressing to Top Fuel. He won no less than 30 meets at Eastern dragstrips in 1963-1964.

Building some road racing Lotus/Ford engines for a friend led to Paul getting a call from Carroll Shelby. He wanted Paul to build V8s for his Trans-Am Mustangs and to develop engines for the GT40s raced at Le Mans. After the Le Mans wins, Keith Black hired him to develop the 426ci engine for drag and boat racing; but he also built motors for the Miss Chrysler Crew, the Hawaiian dragsters, the Super Chief Funny Car, and more. Other notable accomplishments include designing the first three-disc clutch, the bottom oiler, and running the first fullsize rear wing on a dragster.

We also owe to him the first successful rear-engine dragster on the West Coast. That rail set track records at Irwindale, Seattle, Orange County International Raceway, and Lions. One of the most unusual pieces of engineering he created was a rear-engine rail with dual blowers. It performed very well during the first tests; so much so that the NHRA decided to ban it, supposedly because the setup was “too dangerous,” a claim that Paul rebuffs to this day.

From 1974 until 1986, he owned an advertising agency that was based in an office located behind his house, which is now part of his large garage. He handled customers well known within the performance industry, such as Comp Cams, TCI Automotive, Nitrous Oxide Systems (NOS), Venolia, and Simpson.

Through the 1970s and ’80s, Paul began chasing old race cars, eventually stumbling upon the ex-Ike Iacono Ford Model A roadster that he campaigned with friends, using a flathead V8. He also located the heavily chopped ’34 Bonneville coupe raced by Don Ferguson in the 1940s. The plan was to compete again on the salt with it; but it did not happen as the event was rained out two years in a row. Eventually, his successful advertising enterprise allowed him to retire in 1986, and he soon got busy competitively running a Nostalgia Top Fuel dragster. But a spectacular crash at Famoso Raceway in 1993, when a pinion shaft broke at 180 mph, ended his career as a pilot.

The accident did not stop him from playing with cars—far from it. Paul focused his attention on hot rods, with a keen eye to aesthetics. Being an accomplished painter/artist gave him a unique perspective on the hobby. He realized machines can be built into art, though they should remain fully functional. He also believes beauty evolves from the graceful lines found in nature, with no sharp angles.

Case in point: Paul’s well-known orange ’34 Cabriolet. The goal for this project was to improve on its function and good looks, without using (visually) anything that would not have been available from 1930 until 1940. As an artist, he noticed the louvers on the hood sides made the vehicle appear shorter and taller; so, he chose to adapt horizontal ’36 Ford vents. There are many other visual details made to enhance the car’s lines, including the lack of rubber on the running boards or the spare wheel installed closer to the body.

His passion for old Fords also inspired Paul to restore some of the rarest early V8 models to their factory stock appearance. Among them are several Dearborn Award Winners, such as a ’34 roadster pickup (only 14 were made) and the first ’33 prototype car, the roadster designed by Edsel Ford and E.T. Gregory. All these “stockers” have found new owners since; but his home garage, located near the port of Long Beach, still houses a few fantastic hot rods. The ’34 Cabriolet mentioned earlier, equipped with a license plate reading “WAWEWER” (Way We Were) is part of the fleet, along with his amazing 301A ’32 roadster, detailed in our sidebar.

Another desirable Deuce is the green panel delivery that was used by a company called Paul’s Appliance Service (no relation) until 1967. He bought it in the early 1970s and drove it daily for years, adding several hard-to-find goodies, including the Pines Winterfront grille. Motivation comes from a ’49 Ford flathead V8 fitted with Stromberg carbs, an Isky cam, and Offenhauser heads. Note the ’41 Ford truck headlights.

The fourth car sitting in Paul’s shrine is an original paint ’33 Ford tudor. This project will receive a supercharged stroker 24-stud flathead with a cam of Gommi’s own design, along with a host of other unique improvements. Incidentally, the sedan has taken the spot of his famous black Deuce Ford phaeton that he entered in the 2014 Grand National Roadster Show but sold afterward, a move he regrets to this day. Paul spent 6,000 hours on this build, inspired by the 1940s and early ’50s hot rods. It features a ton of rare components: ’32 Pines Winterfront grille, 25-louver hood, ’32 Auburn dash panel, ’49 S.Co.T. supercharger, and more.

As you can see from the pictures, the four-car garage is well equipped, while the adjacent room is now used for parts storage and component assembly. Except for a few modern tools, everything here is period correct, including a Kwik-Way valve-grinding machine and vintage enamel signs. One wall has an impressive display of desirable components, such as ’32 grilles. Paul loves to tinker with flathead V8s (always his engine of choice), which explains why you will see three of them in the photos. He has loads of parts neatly organized in bins to complete his projects. A couple of glass cases are home to photos of his former race and show winners, along with numerous trophies he has won over the decades.

As a true hot rodder, Paul spends many hours in his garage. We certainly can’t blame him, considering his selection of cars and parts. Talk about a great way to enjoy your retirement years!

Here is where you will find Paul on most days. Period light fixtures and enamel signs nicely complement the four cars of ’32 to ’34 vintage, with the latest project being the maroon ’33 sedan. Still featuring its original paint and interior, it was found in a garage where it had been sitting for half a century.

Paul has owned his ’34 Cabriolet since the 1970s. In its first Resto Rod iteration with beige paint, it won Best ’33-’34 honors at the 1981 NSRA Street Rod Nats West, before adopting new orange garb and many subtle alterations in the 1990s.

See the “Paul’s Appliance Service” lettering? It was applied shortly after Paul Booher purchased the (rare) panel in 1932. Gommi has been driving it since 1972. Motivation comes from a hopped-up ’49 flathead.

Everywhere you look, you will find unusual parts stored in bins or hanging on walls. That Deuce grille in the middle is a highly-desirable Pines Winterfront piece, characterized by its vertical panels, which closed for cold weather warm-ups.

Over the years, Paul has come to appreciate flathead V8s, hence you’ll see several of them in his shop, either built or in the process of being assembled. This example runs a rare S.Co.T. supercharger with dual Strombergs.

Originally Paul’s office back in the 1980s, the space adjacent to the four-car garage has been converted into a parts/assembly room.

Jackets serving as mementos to our hobby’s past have become highly collectible. Paul did not need to buy this one, as he won it after setting a track record at Lions Drag Strip in 1971.

Gommi has been collecting desirable accessories for years, as evidenced by these packed shelves. Ford scripts, license plate toppers, toys, taillights of all kinds, about 20 gauges and 20 shift knobs… See anything you like?

HRD readers might remember this Deluxe V8 Phaeton from when Paul entered the tub in AMBR competition in 2014. One of 978 assembled in 1932 and personalized (almost) solely with pre-1945 goodies, the phaeton has since gone to one of Paul’s friends.

The prestigious Dearborn Award honors the best Ford-based restorations in the nation every year. Paul has won eight times, including in 1988 with this ’32 roadster equipped with numerous rare parts.

Paul went home with another Dearborn award in 1988 for highest-scoring ’33-’34 Ford, with his prototype ’33 Standard roadster. Later production models featured 160 changes compared to this car, such as the skirted front fenders.

Ever Evolving

Longtime Deluxe readers might remember this ’32 roadster, which graced our pages almost a decade ago (“Built to Drive,” May 2009). Helped with atypical parts from Paul’s stash, the vehicle is constantly evolving, hence we decided to take another look at it.

A group of G.I.s built it on a budget in 1947, as they wanted to go dry lakes racing, leading to a top speed of 129 mph at El Mirage two years later. It also participated in the first Hot Rod Exposition at the Los Angeles Armory in 1948. The team went their separate ways in 1952, and the car ended up in a storage building for decades until Paul found the hulk and revived it. The current 231ci 21-stud flathead powerplant runs a S.Co.T. supercharger with custom pulleys, plus dual Strombergs topped with uncommon filters made on the East Coast. Paul is now assembling a 290ci 24-stud V8 with a 4-71 supercharger, planned to be ready for the October 2018 RPM Nationals.

As you can see from the pictures, he picked a handful of rare parts from his collection to dress the roadster: a radiator cap cast from a $25,000 Lalique crystal cap, 18- and 20-inch Chrysler high-clearance wheels, a ’32 Chrysler gauge cluster, Philco radio control head (linked to a modern FM radio behind the dash and complemented with drive-in speakers), and a supercharger boost gauge from a WWII plane. Best of all, Paul does not hesitate to cruise in his old roadster anywhere and everywhere.

Racing Days

1964: Paul’s first drag car was a diminutive Austin Bantam, seen racing at Connecticut Dragway. Notice the East Coast-style square roll bar, as well as his ’52 Ford wagon tow car in the background.

1965: After competing with an Olds-powered front-engine rail, Paul campaigned this lightweight dragster motivated by a supercharged Hemi V8. “That’s not a burnout,” alleges Paul. “Burnouts had not been invented yet.”

1965: After competing with an Olds-powered front-engine rail, Paul campaigned this lightweight dragster motivated by a supercharged Hemi V8. “That’s not a burnout,” alleges Paul. “Burnouts had not been invented yet.”

1972: Paul remembers: “The track record at Denver was 205 mph by Garlits. During the first run, my twin-supercharged dragster ran 220 mph. The NHRA immediately banned twin superchargers.” He made the two-piece car for two reasons: It could fit in his garage, and it allowed him to quickly install a new back section with engine, in case the latter blew up.

  1975: Seen at OCIR during an early nostalgia race, Paul’s Deuce ran with a junkyard 350ci Chevy and a nitrous oxide system he and Mike Thermos made. He beat the highly touted Dick Scritchfield roadster.

1983: Gommi won his class at the Antique Nationals with the Iacono Model A, which he unearthed in a garage near the port of Long Beach. Car has since been fully restored with its era-correct Jimmy six-cylinder engine.

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Port Angeles AM Highlights:  Humpback Whales Harbor Porpoise Elephant Seals GORGEOUS weather out on the water today! Beautiful blue sunshiny skies and flat calm seas. Our first encounter with wildlife was right off the tip of Ediz hook where we found a california sea lion resting on a floating buoy. After only traveling a few minutes, we had a rescue mission where we pulled a big rubber fender out of the sea that must have fallen off a passing boat. Our first stop was at the Rock Pile where the search for whales began. Here we found a large pod of harbor porpoises swimming in every direction. Soon we spotted the first blow of a humpback whale! We got excellent looks at this whale and as it headed east, we got a report of a boat a few miles west of us who was with two more humpbacks! We headed in that direction and got to see lots of surface activity and tail shots of these whales. We then turned north and headed to the race rocks lighthouse where we encountered many harbor seals, bird life, a stellar sea lions, and even two fighting male elephant seals!!! As we turned south back to PA we came across a young humpback that was doing some people watching!! The whale surfaced right around the boat several times and even as we began our journey back the dock, the whale followed right next to us!! We then returned home to enjoy the rest of the sunshine! Port Angeles PM Highlights: Humpbacks Avalanche (and possible calf) and Orion  More Feeding Humpbacks Bald Eagle What a fantastic day to beat the heat  and be out on the water. Clear skies  and glassy water made for a magnificent trip. Not long into our trip  our first whales were spotted . A pair of humpback whales feeding side by side  rolling on their sids and lunge feeding. A little lazy with their flukes as they were feeding just under the surface  so ID's  were not forthcoming but  incredible surface time.Reports of more humpbacks filtered down to us letting us know there were plenty in the vicinity. Eventually we let our two  whales continue chowing down while we took a break and headed over to Race Rocks. We saw harbor seals hauled out on the ledges and a few  playing in the kelp beds. A bald eagle sat for us  while black oyster catchers ran  all over looking for snacks. The olympics and Mt Baker made great backdrops for the lighthouse.  off again in search of whales we found what appeared to be two adult whales. Suddenly a third whale, which appeared to be calf based on size, popped up. The other adult was non other than our friend Orion keeping company with mom and possible calf. we were in for some very special treats with the calf as he was in a playful mood and continually threw caudal peduncle throws or tail lobbed. It was amazing to watch and he even got Orion  in on it a few times. We stayed with them for as long as time would permit and as they were heading in the right direction for port  it was some great quality time. We all hated to say goodbye when our time was up but we had beat the heat and had a blast with lunge feeding humpbacks and calf antics.

Anacortes AM Highlights: FIVE Humpbacks (including possible calf) Minke Whale Harbor Seals There's no better way to beat the heat than getting on a boat to take advantage of Mother Nature's air conditioning.  The breeze off the water made things nice and cool for us.  For our morning tour, we made at stop at the south end of Lopez to check out some turkey vultures and harbor seals and then headed over toward Smith Island (after a stop to look at a minke that surfaced just in front of us).  At Smith we found a very young humpback, just a year or two old based on size, swimming in the shallows.  While we got a few good looks, the day was young and we wanted to see what else awaited us, so we pressed on toward Dungeness Spit on the Olympic Peninsula.  It was there that we made quite the find - one of our Salish Sea regular humpbacks, "Split Fluke" with... a calf?!?  If so, this is the first known calf of this particular animal!  We've reported the find to researchers and eagerly await watching this little one grow up.  After a very nice encounter with them, we heard of more humpbacks nearby and went to check them out.  In a very neat twist of fate, we found that just a few miles away from Split Fluke and potential calf was Split Fluke's own mother, "Heather" swimming along with another adult, "Divot".  Three generations of humpbacks in a single trip - incredible! Anacortes PM Highlights: Humpbacks "Heather" and "Divot" Cooperative Minke Whale Deception Pass Tufted Puffins

Our perfect weather conditions persisted into the afternoon.  After another stop at south Lopez to check out harbor seals, we found a very cooperative minke whale near McArthur Bank.  This whale was surfacing fairly predictably and gave us a few close passes!  Moving on, we decided to go explore the areas that had been so productive for us on the morning tour, so we headed back toward Dungeness.  Sure enough, we met back up with Heather and Divot, the two adults we had seen together earlier in the day, and had an absolutely incredible encounter including some close passes and breathtaking backdrops of Mt. Rainier, Mt. Baker, and the Olympic Mountains.  Afterward we made a pass near Smith Island in search of one very coveted bird and lucked out, as we found not one, not two, but THREE tufted puffins!  We also got fantastic looks at hundreds of rhinoceros auklets as they got ready to return to their burrows in the evening with mouthfuls of fish.  To cap off the evening, we decided to inaugurate the Island Explorer 5 with her first trip under the Deception Pass Bridge - So much fun! 

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The First Big-Block Chevy … Where Were You?

It was January 1965 when Chevrolet introduced what was to become a legend … the first big-block Corvette (and the Chevelle). The L78 engine produced 425 horsepower with 396 cubic-inches, well above the mythical 1 horsepower per cubic inch standard of the day. It was introduced mid-model year of 1965 and produced more horsepower than any of the other 396 engines manufactured from mid-1965 until the 396 production ended. (The “lion” of the big-block Chevy family would be the L88 introduced in 1967 and produced in sparse quantities through 1969.)

It wasn’t until February—Sunday, Feb. 14, to be exact, at Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington, California; a few days before my 17th birthday (and to me that was one heck of a birthday present)—that I was properly introduced to the big-block Corvette. At that time I was fully involved in drag racing with our ’57 Corvette and in a few weeks we would win our first of three consecutive CM/S AHRA Winternationals Championships (1965-’67). Every Sunday we towed to the “Beach” and would drag race all day. By now we had a 327 topped with a Bill Thomas dual air meter prepped mechanical Rochester fuel injection unit, Engle cam, and the latest rubber from Goodyear, the now fabled “wrinkle wall” Blue Streak (and stripe) slicks (10.00×15). For the day it was a badass Corvette and it would launch and get down those 1,320 feet in respectable times … mid-to low 11s at 117 mph.

On this particular Sunday I remember seeing a Cypress Green coupe (my favorite color of the day was British Racing Green). It was a brand-new 1965 Corvette but it had something that I had never seen before resting under the hood, which was also different. The dark-green Sting Ray coupe was powered by a 396 big-block Chevy with an unmistakable “bump” on its hood and the newly minted fender badges yielding a clue as to what resided within. The black interior, as it should be on all performance cars, had the telltale sign of a four-speed and there was no doubting that this land-based rocket was placed here by the “Gods of Speed.” I was absolutely taken aback as I stood there with my eyes wide open, along with my mouth, while my hands and arms drooped downward. I had never seen anything like this in my young life and I wasn’t about to miss a thing. Talk about “eye candy.” The “Rat motor,” as it would soon become known, was massive, sitting and filling every available open spot in the engine bay. The air cleaner was off and all that I could remember really focusing on were the cavernous quadruple throat openings that made up that massive dual-feed Holley.

I absorbed as much as I could from this 1965 big-block coupe. As it would turn out, this was 1 of 2,157 L78 Corvettes (coupes and convertibles) that were produced. Little did I know that the L78 would never surface in the Corvette again. In my own way on that cool and clear Sunday I realized it would only be a matter of time before those Rat-infested Corvettes would be ruling the pavement.

I see all kinds of Corvettes nowadays … some with mythological history, some showing off the latest in technology and some just good looking cars worthy of my attention and automotive respect. But I will always remember several life altering and memory searing moments. They were (or still are) as becoming hopelessly hooked on the television series Route 66, my first Corvette: a ’57, the one that got away: my ’62 and the first big-block that I saw and heard. The sound was something that I have dreamt about ever since. Life’s truly memorable moments are few and far between but I can tell you in all honesty that one of my very first memorable moments occurred at Lions Drag Strip and it was on a beautiful Sunday morning in February. Vette

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Port Angeles AM Highlights:  Humpback Whales Harbor Porpoise Elephant Seals GORGEOUS weather out on the water today! Beautiful blue sunshiny skies and flat calm seas. Our first encounter with wildlife was right off the tip of Ediz hook where we found a california sea lion resting on a floating buoy. After only traveling a few minutes, we had a rescue mission where we pulled a big rubber fender out of the sea that must have fallen off a passing boat. Our first stop was at the Rock Pile where the search for whales began. Here we found a large pod of harbor porpoises swimming in every direction. Soon we spotted the first blow of a humpback whale! We got excellent looks at this whale and as it headed east, we got a report of a boat a few miles west of us who was with two more humpbacks! We headed in that direction and got to see lots of surface activity and tail shots of these whales. We then turned north and headed to the race rocks lighthouse where we encountered many harbor seals, bird life, a stellar sea lions, and even two fighting male elephant seals!!! As we turned south back to PA we came across a young humpback that was doing some people watching!! The whale surfaced right around the boat several times and even as we began our journey back the dock, the whale followed right next to us!! We then returned home to enjoy the rest of the sunshine! Port Angeles PM Highlights: Humpbacks Avalanche (and possible calf) and Orion  More Feeding Humpbacks Bald Eagle What a fantastic day to beat the heat  and be out on the water. Clear skies  and glassy water made for a magnificent trip. Not long into our trip  our first whales were spotted . A pair of humpback whales feeding side by side  rolling on their sids and lunge feeding. A little lazy with their flukes as they were feeding just under the surface  so ID's  were not forthcoming but  incredible surface time.Reports of more humpbacks filtered down to us letting us know there were plenty in the vicinity. Eventually we let our two  whales continue chowing down while we took a break and headed over to Race Rocks. We saw harbor seals hauled out on the ledges and a few  playing in the kelp beds. A bald eagle sat for us  while black oyster catchers ran  all over looking for snacks. The olympics and Mt Baker made great backdrops for the lighthouse.  off again in search of whales we found what appeared to be two adult whales. Suddenly a third whale, which appeared to be calf based on size, popped up. The other adult was non other than our friend Orion keeping company with mom and possible calf. we were in for some very special treats with the calf as he was in a playful mood and continually threw caudal peduncle throws or tail lobbed. It was amazing to watch and he even got Orion  in on it a few times. We stayed with them for as long as time would permit and as they were heading in the right direction for port  it was some great quality time. We all hated to say goodbye when our time was up but we had beat the heat and had a blast with lunge feeding humpbacks and calf antics.

Anacortes AM Highlights: FIVE Humpbacks (including possible calf) Minke Whale Harbor Seals There's no better way to beat the heat than getting on a boat to take advantage of Mother Nature's air conditioning.  The breeze off the water made things nice and cool for us.  For our morning tour, we made at stop at the south end of Lopez to check out some turkey vultures and harbor seals and then headed over toward Smith Island (after a stop to look at a minke that surfaced just in front of us).  At Smith we found a very young humpback, just a year or two old based on size, swimming in the shallows.  While we got a few good looks, the day was young and we wanted to see what else awaited us, so we pressed on toward Dungeness Spit on the Olympic Peninsula.  It was there that we made quite the find - one of our Salish Sea regular humpbacks, "Split Fluke" with... a calf?!?  If so, this is the first known calf of this particular animal!  We've reported the find to researchers and eagerly await watching this little one grow up.  After a very nice encounter with them, we heard of more humpbacks nearby and went to check them out.  In a very neat twist of fate, we found that just a few miles away from Split Fluke and potential calf was Split Fluke's own mother, "Heather" swimming along with another adult, "Divot".  Three generations of humpbacks in a single trip - incredible! Anacortes PM Highlights: Humpbacks "Heather" and "Divot" Cooperative Minke Whale Deception Pass Tufted Puffins

Our perfect weather conditions persisted into the afternoon.  After another stop at south Lopez to check out harbor seals, we found a very cooperative minke whale near McArthur Bank.  This whale was surfacing fairly predictably and gave us a few close passes!  Moving on, we decided to go explore the areas that had been so productive for us on the morning tour, so we headed back toward Dungeness.  Sure enough, we met back up with Heather and Divot, the two adults we had seen together earlier in the day, and had an absolutely incredible encounter including some close passes and breathtaking backdrops of Mt. Rainier, Mt. Baker, and the Olympic Mountains.  Afterward we made a pass near Smith Island in search of one very coveted bird and lucked out, as we found not one, not two, but THREE tufted puffins!  We also got fantastic looks at hundreds of rhinoceros auklets as they got ready to return to their burrows in the evening with mouthfuls of fish.  To cap off the evening, we decided to inaugurate the Island Explorer 5 with her first trip under the Deception Pass Bridge - So much fun!