Barge Builders!
by Vermont Rice
Materials are arriving on the farm every day and we are getting ready to begin construction of the sailing barge next week. I will post in more detail once we begin. I am very uplifted by the many offers of volunteer help coming from the community. Many hands make light work!
In the above graphic you can see the logo (the circular part) done by my brother-in-law Adam Hurwitz. It is inspired by the old East India Company logo of which Henry Hudson’s 1609 expedition was a part. Notice any resemblance?
Adam put a lot of thought into the font, which has echoes of the printing presses of that age. I love it, being kind of a 17th century history nut. Not to compare our sailing venture to Hudson’s, of course, but I guess you could say that if a sailing vessel as unweildy as Hudson’s Halfmoon can ascend the Hudson river then we ought to be able to manage it somehow.
Exciting times ahead for VSFP in the next several weeks. Please check in regularly as I will be sure to post updates to construction progress weekly.
Hi Erik
Thanks for posting the logo! I’m really glad you like it and I’m glad that it appeals to your interest in history!
I couldn’t help noticing that it looks a little bitmapped (jagged) and the R seems filled in. I’m not sure how the graphic was put together but I will send you an eps that might work better with how you are using it.
Sorry to be so anal — it’s my nature.
Cheers
Adam
PS had excellent burgers last night courtesy of your cow.
I’m sure the cow took extra pleasure into packing weight onto its flank, knowing that you would enjoy this moment.
Replaced the image with another one–trying to deal with limitations of both software and the user.
Hey Erik,
Looking sweet!! My plans to visit are firming up to be likely Thursday morning, 21 March. Really stoked about making it out. I’ve also made some interesting connections with folks in Troy, NY (where Henry Hudson decided to turn Halve Maen around!). A keen interest in creating a wooden boat building school akin to what Rock the Boat is doing down in NYC. http://rockingtheboat.org/programs/
Things are poppin’! Let’s see some pix soon!
Talk to you soon,
Peter
old henry was sailing a pretty adequate ship for his day,what had come across the atlantic.and you are making snark about making it up his river?
enjoy the snags.