Cape Ann Images: Designed by Phil Bolger !

Why I created this......

Born and raised in Gloucester, Ma fishing gets in your blood. Surrounded by the sea, kids here have a boat almost as much as kids elsewhere have bicycles! As I grew older my fishing ambitions gave way to what's around me. Although I still "drop a line" every so often, my attention wanders to the majesty of the natural light that make this place so special. Never is each day the same. The subjects may be the same but the light from the sea & sky will morph the subject into a form of art. For that reason artists have been drawn to these shores for several hundred years, they followed the light painting and sketching these surroundings. What artists capture with paint on canvas, I attempt to capture with a click.....if I'm lucky!

I guess that's a sort of Fish'n!

Jay Albert

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Designed by Phil Bolger !

Prolific is the key word here,Gloucester's Phil Bolger has close to 700 different boat designs to his credit! From the smallest dinghy (6.5') to the 115' foot eighteenth-century warship the frigate "Surprise". But most of his designs feature easy construction methods with readily available materials such as plywood. Yeasterday I stumbled on one of his designs heading through the harbor, the "Robin Jean". And with a little research I uncovered another one of his works in my database. A "Sharpie", last summer when I saw purple sails in the distance I had to get a closer look. Square bow and purple sails sure got my attention!
In this post I also added a Good Harbor Beach shot.