Jessica Sittig

valdean:

Reliance was the 1903 America’s Cup defender, the fourth defender from the famous designer Nat Herreshoff, and reportedly the largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built.
Reliance was designed to take full advantage of the Seawanhaka ’90-foot’ rating rule and was regarded as a “racing freak”, suitable only for use in certain conditions. The 1903 America’s Cup was the last to be raced according to the Seawanhaka rule.
Her design took advantage of a loophole in the Seawanhaka ‘90-foot’ rating rule, to produce a racing yacht with long overhangs at each end, so that when heeled over, her waterline length (and therefore her speed) increased dramatically.
To save weight, she was completely unfinished below deck, with exposed frames. She was the first racing boat to be fitted with winches below decks, in an era when her competitors relied on sheer man-power. Despite this she carried a crew of 64 for racing due to her large sail plan.
From the tip of her bowsprit to the end of her 108-foot (33 m) boom, Reliance measured 201 feet (61 m), and the tip of her mast was 199 feet (61 m) above the water (the height of a 20-story building). Everything else was to an equally gargantuan scale; her spinnaker pole was 84 feet (26 m) long, and her total sail area of 1,501 m2 (16,160 sq ft) was the equivalent of eight 12 meter class yachts.
Reliance was built for one purpose: to successfully defend the America’s Cup.
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Reliance was the 1903 America’s Cup defender, the fourth defender from the famous designer Nat Herreshoff, and reportedly the largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built.

Reliance was designed to take full advantage of the Seawanhaka ’90-foot’ rating rule and was regarded as a “racing freak”, suitable only for use in certain conditions. The 1903 America’s Cup was the last to be raced according to the Seawanhaka rule.

Her design took advantage of a loophole in the Seawanhaka ‘90-foot’ rating rule, to produce a racing yacht with long overhangs at each end, so that when heeled over, her waterline length (and therefore her speed) increased dramatically.

To save weight, she was completely unfinished below deck, with exposed frames. She was the first racing boat to be fitted with winches below decks, in an era when her competitors relied on sheer man-power. Despite this she carried a crew of 64 for racing due to her large sail plan.

From the tip of her bowsprit to the end of her 108-foot (33 m) boom, Reliance measured 201 feet (61 m), and the tip of her mast was 199 feet (61 m) above the water (the height of a 20-story building). Everything else was to an equally gargantuan scale; her spinnaker pole was 84 feet (26 m) long, and her total sail area of 1,501 m² (16,160 sq ft) was the equivalent of eight 12 meter class yachts.

Reliance was built for one purpose: to successfully defend the America’s Cup.

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12 Feb 2013

explore-blog:

From Polish photographer Marcin Ryczek comes this, as Colossal aptly puts it, “once-in-a-lifetime photograph of a man feeding swans and ducks from a snowy river bank in Krakow.”

This photo!!!

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2 Feb 2013

noahkalina:

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Cabin session with Noah.

14 Nov 2012

valdean:

The story behind that Joy Division album cover.

16 Oct 2012

This place is a little dream come true.

cabinporn:

Summer lake house in Dalarna, Sweden.

Photography by Tordrikard.

Via Adventure Journal

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15 Oct 2012

I’m insanely excited to finally share Facebook’s first brand advertisement. I’ve had the honor to do great work for some incredible brands, but this is by far my proudest moment.

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy
Director: Alejandro Innaritu
Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
Director of Cinematography: Greig Fraser
Set Designer: Jeremy Hindle
Editor: Peter Wiedensmith
Original music: Explosions in the Sky

4 Oct 2012

Me by Noah.

30 Aug 2012

J (&A) by Noah Kalina

22 Aug 2012

I’ve been really into space lately. :)

Every frame of this insanely beautiful video is a photograph taken from the International Space Station.

24 Jul 2012

noahkalina:

everyday
Grid/4514 photos
Jan 11, 2000 - June 30, 2012

I will be showing a new version of “everyday” at the SVA Alumni Photography group show “Myths & Realities”. The video will show 12 years, 5 months of self portraits with a run time of 7:41 (10 Frames a second/1 month every 3 seconds). The full press release is here. I look forward to seeing you at the opening.

Myths & Realities
Curated by Kathy Ryan and Scott Thode
Visual Arts Gallery
601 West 26th St, 15th Floor
New York, NY

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 6 (6-8pm)
August 29, 2012 - September 29, 2012

16 Jul 2012

“So that when I look up at the night sky and I know that yes, we are part of this universe, we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us.

When I reflect on that fact, I look up – many people feel small because they’re small and the Universe is big – but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.

There’s a level of connectivity.

That’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant you want to feel like a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive.”

Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson

9 Jun 2012