On Land, At Sea, In The Air, In Space
The Bacliff Exploration Society 2011 Autumnal Equinox Cookout and RIF-A-Palooza will take place on September 23 at 6:00 pm at Watergate Marina. This is a potluck event, so bring some food. The HMS Sharktypus will be there, and will either be tested with an outboard motor, or used as a cooler for beer (possibly both).
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Painting continues on the HMS Sharktypus. It is now a terrifying specter with a gaping maw and unholy tentacles. Soon it will be the undisputed master of the sea. DO DOODLY DO!
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The Bacliff Exploration Society salutes Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and Royal Navy Captain William Bligh, commanders of two of the most epic open-boat journeys in naval history.
In 1789, after the crew of the HMS Bounty mutinied, Bligh and 18 crew members navigated a 23 ft open boat on a 47-day, 3,618 nautical mile, voyage from Tofua to Timor in the Dutch East Indies. In 1916, after the loss of his ship the HMS Endurance, Shackleton and a crew of five launched a 22-foot lifeboat (the James Caird) from Elephant Island, and sailed 800 miles on the open sea to South Georgia.
See also: Leadership Lessons from Ernest Shackleton (The Art of Manliness), The Voyage of Bounty’s Launch (Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas: A Companion to the Bounty Adventure by Sven Wahlroos), HMS Sharktypus
Tomorrow (August 13) the Bacliff Exploration Society celebrates the anniversary of the Battle of Blenheim. Remember Marlborough.
“It was the English,” Kaspar cried,
“Who put the French to rout;
But what they fought each other for
I could not well make out.
But everybody said,” quoth he,
“That ’twas a famous victory.”
The HMS Sharktypus, principal research dingy of the Bacliff Exploration Society, is primed and ready to receive its Sharktypus paint job. The finest European paints and honey badger hair paint brushes will be used for this project. It is hoped that the paint will significantly improve the vessel’s structural integrity.
Everyone knows that animated GIFs are making a comeback. Therefore, in appreciation of this heretofore under-appreciated art form, the Bacliff Exploration Society presents the Animated GIF Safety Man. You’re welcome.
See also: Far Better Than 3-D: Animated GIFs That Savor A Passing Moment
A humpback whale has hit a dinghy with its tail off Australia’s coast, knocking a 13-year-old boy unconscious and breaking his collarbone. In response, the Bacliff Expeditionary Fleet has been put on crimson alert.
The Bacliff Exploration Society Summer Solstice Spectacular and Armadillo Egg-Stravaganza will be held at T-Bone Tom’s on June 21, 2011.
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According to a recent report, the sun is heading into an unusual and extended hibernation. Around 2020, sunspots may disappear for years, maybe decades. This could mean the end of Ham radio as we know it. Top Ham radio scientists are working furiously in their basements as we speak to devise a solution to this grave threat.
The HMS Sharktypus is a stitch-and-glue flat-bottom dinghy with a Sharktypus paint job which is currently under construction. When complete, it will serve as the principal research dinghy of the Bacliff Exploration Society.