James
I am a photographer, a writer, and a sailor. I have lived aboard our boats for 12 of the past 13 years. When I tell people the above I usually end it with, “It’s the only way to go really!” and I believe that.
I am also an anarchist and I base my political beliefs on three proofs…
1) All technology fails.
2) “Private Property” is a myth and…
3) If you can’t fix it, it’s not yours! *
Sailing to me is the one way that I’ve figured out how to travel and remain within the boundaries of my own familiarity. Although all things in my life are transient and ownership is impossible, I have discovered though the years that it’s important to maintain a certain level a intimacy with a few things in life, such as my books, my music and whatever boat I’m on at the time. The three boats that we’ve had have been the perfect place to keep those few objects that make wherever we go our home. And of course the one thing in my life that makes all the places I roam my home is my partner and co-captain, Dena Hankins
…And just to qualify my anarchy for all those critics out there,
My partner is with me because she chooses to be… My books I buy, borrow and give away, my music I pirate and my boat is such a complicated jumble of ancient, breakable technology that I worry very little about her sailing away without me!
(* …Is a paraphrase of Boat-Bits-Bob that I have adopted.)
So here it is, the last 13 years of my life.
1999- the Puget Sound from Seattle to Vancouver Island and all points in between…
2000- Winter in Blaine, Washington…
2001- The straight of Juan De Fuca heading to San Fransisco…
2002- The San Fransisco Bay just East of Alcatraz….
2003- Marina Bay, California…
2004- The Oakland Inner Harbor and Alameda, California…
2005- Decker Island, up the California Delta…
2006- 1000 miles West of the Golden Gate Bridge…
2007- Radio Bay, Hilo, Hawaii…
2008- Trivandrum, Kerrala, India…
2009- Heading North from Hampton, Virginia to Baltimore, Maryland…
2010- Baltimore Inner Harbor…
2011- Fairly Creek, Eastern Shore of Maryland…
2012- Great Diamond Island, Casco Bay, Maine…
September 10th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
You’re still a good looking dude. I think Carefree took ten years off your life but you can’t tell by the pics! I see you sail naked and you do shave. Keep on keepin on Jimmy Crack Corn. You always have a friend in me. Have a fine nautical day.
D
September 10th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
I think you’re a nut, but I thought that before you lived on boats.
September 10th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
This is what I thought it’d be, you naked, freezing and wearing a helmet.
September 13th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Dave, Ron and Ben…
I shouldve known that it would be you three that came-a-call’n! Im not crazy, Really Im NOT!
September 14th, 2011 at 12:38 am
What happened to the pix of the gifantic fuckin egg on your head ,mister?
September 14th, 2011 at 12:39 am
Please…. Show me some Ass , next time EH?
May 14th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
James! Nice site! Our website is http://www.clearandpresentplastics.com Shoot me the details on the plastic items you need and I will start working on them.
August 7th, 2012 at 4:55 am
Good on ya.
Nice life you & Dena have created!
Found you on CL Maine at your boat for sale ad.
Which country you going to?
November 19th, 2012 at 1:06 pm
OK, Here we go. I need more info , on you.
1. Who is the best guitarist ?
2.Is it true ,you have saltwater in your veins?
3. Do you have an addiction, to peeing in the ocean?
4. Are Mermaids real or fictitious ?
5. Would you bang one ,if they were real?
6. What was the best day in your life?
7. Who shot Kennedy?
8. Do you have a superpower?
9. Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
10. If you had a chance for space travel , would you go ?
That’s enough for now. Have a great day. Aloha Brah…
November 19th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Tom,
Richard Thompson,
yes,
yes,
real,
I do everyday,
the day I met my mermaid,
I did,
yes,
who?,
YES!…
November 19th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Well, I should have guessed. It is true ,that I know you better than I have let on . But this is no surprise to you. The mermaid question was a giveaway. Thanks for playing, the Salty dog Questionnaire.
November 20th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Happy Days for you MY Friend . A Great man once said. Fuck it, lets do it…
November 21st, 2012 at 2:16 am
NO Reply ????
November 23rd, 2012 at 12:00 am
I think that man was you, Tom!
November 26th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I like to watch you guys play.
Mermaid love, awww sweet.
November 26th, 2012 at 11:49 pm
It’s a true “Man crush”. I’m jealous of his life
December 8th, 2012 at 12:05 am
Aloha my Friend,
It was lite for a while.
But again, I’m feeling your pain. I think that you are a great thinker.
Your passion will never die. However, try get some free FM, in this market….
Our newly ?… Discovered media MASS has been cooking us for years now.
Yes, Global warming is something , many generations will have to face.
But , will our generation be able to change it ?
We have many things that will face us in life.
I prefer to keep it simple. Can I get through this without “pandemic” or some other crazy fuckers mindset?
We”ll see .My word for you is “Keep on Truckin”
Joe Cocker still is….
Aloha Brah,
Tom
December 8th, 2012 at 9:37 am
Aloha Tom,
I don’t think that “many” generations will have to deal with global climate change at all, not human generations anyway…
Don’t get me wrong I’m not that heavy and never have been, I will never procreate so I really could give a fuck about any other generation other than the one I’m in. I just know that this is the time in our history where as a species we have the resources, the talent and the technology to heal rather than continue to destroy… That’s all.