Kevin O’Maley and his crew swung by the dock with a Blue Lobster that they caught just off the Breakwater when lobstering yesterday. Being the stand-up men they are they will be bringing it to The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center so that the community can enjoy checking it out.
Kevin and the boys also charter their boat for full or half day fishing trips. You can find them online at www.cbcharters.com
Go to the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center to check it out. info here-
I also had interviews with a guy named mancow, another with David Pierce in Seattle who was a guy that used to be on WFNX in Boston (I could be wrong), and some others that I forget. Terrible I am.
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The Happy Taco Is located on 375 Main Street right in front of Rose’s Marine and diagonally from the Hess Gas Station.
You can check out the website here- www.thehappytaco.com
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To Make clear the following is only satire and I’ll take responsibility for people not from around the waterfront misunderstanding
I was wrong to assume that because I predominantly write our hyperlocal blog for our Cape Ann residents that people would understand how preposterous the notion that you could have time to move all the lobster gear even if they knew where the lobsters were released and to set it and for those lobsters which were probably miles away from that location would ever get caught.
I was obviously wrong and people did not understand with the outlandishness of it all that it was a joke.
It’s on me.
What I am happy for is that the releasing of the lobster story which would have been a simple story largely forgotten by now has gotten huge legs and all the positives of Buddhism are highlighted. For that I am grateful.
For those of you who would like to learn more about Chokhor Duchen click to find out.
You know the craziest part? So many people think I’m hatin on Buddhism, but I download a Buddhhism podcast from this guy that Lindsay Crouse recommended that I listen to- Lama Marut.
Check him out, the guy makes a lot of sense. http://www.lamamarut.org/
also sign up for the upcoming Summer Retreat, here are our interviews talking about the upcoming 2011 Summer Retreat-
Receiving the coordinates of where the lobsters were released by Buddhist monks, the boys went out yesterday and hauled the lobster traps they set all over that ocean bottom and caught exactly 534 lobsters, the precise number the monks released.
Captain Chris Orsillo and Mate Steve Redfern bang out a trawl.
What is very encouraging and a testament to the conservation efforts of the lobster industry is how many short lobsters there are that will be there to be harvested as they grow. You can see how many get thrown back and it is quite a few.
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The mount has worked flawlessly so far and I can’t wait to make a ton more videos mounting the camera in creative places now that I don’t have to worry about the mount I use rusting up in salt water conditions.
I pair it with the refurbished $79 saltwaterproof Kodak Playsport Zx3 which can actually take video under water for the perfect solution for the dock and on our lobster boats. The Kodak Playsport also takes 720p 60 frames per second video which allows me to edit slow motion or speed up the video . That feature isn’t even an option on many $1,500 DSLR’s. Adam Bolonsky turned me on to that camera after I found out he shot our footage from Saturday’s Greasy Pole with it.
Here is some of the footage he captured with it-
My faith and hope for the future of the art scene in Gloucester renewed after popping into Gallery 5 on Madfish Wharf
If I see another paining of a goddamn bowl of fruit I swear I’m gonna gouge my eyes out.
my suggestion- go down to Gallery 5 on Madfish Wharf, check out Jeffrey Cluett, Ben Macadam and Stephanie Williams work and rediscover what it was like for you as an artist when you had youth on your side and didn’t know any boundaries. Rules? We don’t need no stinkin rules!!! Rediscover and reconnect with what it was like to let it go and to create freely and push what is possible with whatever medium it is you work with.
This is the art that is making a difference. This is the art that inspires. This is the future. Welcome.
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Ed and I preview the Kayalu RAM camera mount before putting it to the saltwater test, using it to film The Blackburn Challenge.
I recently bought a Kodak zx-3 Playsport waterproof video camera. It was the camera that GMG contributor Adam Bolonsky used to tape this year’s Greasy Pole. When I found out that the camera was only $77 it was an absolute no-brainer.
Last week I used it to film my ride to Gloucester in this video-
As you can see in the video there is a decent amount of camera shake with it being hand held. I couldn’t use my Manfrotto Modopocket because that is made to sit on a flat surface.
So then I got to thinking about how much cool footage I could get if I outfitted one of my lobstermen with a saltwater resistant type camera and mount and I began my search. With some advice from Adam Bolonsky I discovered the Kayalu RAM suction mount which uses heavy duty marine grade materials throughout. A simple mount made from ordinary metal would be useless after it’s first use hitting saltwater.
We plan to use the Kaylau RAM saltwater camera mount with an 8 inch toughbar extension and the Kodak Playsport zx-3 to capture some footage attached to Ed’s Kayak for the Blackburn’s Challenge.
Here are some pictures-
I’m looking forward to seeing how it holds up. Look for our review post race. In teh meanwhile check out our preview here-
I put it on my Joey’s Approved Products page if you want to order one from Massachusetts based Kayalu
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Good Morning Gloucester 