Garry and Helene Buckingham from the Guernsey table visit New York at the tail end of their two and a half year, 18000 miles journey through Australia, New Zealand, Fiji , and North America. Before ending the trip with a big bang on the Queen Mary towards Southampton, they give the New York table a New Year’s Orza! Thanks to Kathleen for hosting this short notice Flash Zaf!
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Cruz, our national captain and captive Michele visited the big apple on their return from the German Geese Festival. Ina, barely off the plane from the same gathering, pulled off her usual organisational skills and culinary prowess for her traditional holiday zaf.
From Philadelphia, attending a WordPress web software “camp” and enhancing bocus.org, to enable communication between tables and Brothers, I really benefit from 1880 attendees who rapidly become friends and share the same enthusiasm and sense of sharing. Very Brotherly, I must say!
I miss the Zaf, but I hope some of you will post news and pictures as the Little Pirates parade. Brothers contributors to the site – usually the scribes – who are too far from their main PC to login and write though the “Dashboard”, please enjoy the Postit feature! It enables you to post via e-mail to the email address I did communicate to each table in my last eblast. In case you forgot it, feel free to call me (516) 672 3776. For spam reasons, I can not write it here!
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Let’s have a WordZaf! Read More »
Through social media, we learned that Papy Jovial is sold. We now can officially wish Brise-Galets fair winds on his quest for a river boat and his subsequent European inland water explorations. Let’s also recognize and make good use of his work on the international roster: Have you updated your profile yet?
On this side of the Atlantic, we are working hard on BOCUS.ORG. …
Website News Nov 15 Read More »
Category: Sun Coast
Tag: Memoriam on Jon Frick
It is with deep regret that we convey the passing today (11/1/15) of
Sun Coast Table Brother Jon Frick (aka Mr. Clean), Flag # 200. Jon was 75
years old at the time of his death.
Jon battled small cell carcinoma for the last two years. During that period,
after regimens of chemotherapy and radiation, he was twice pronounced cancer
free. However, small cell carcinoma is an unyielding foe, and a recent
diagnostic test confirmed its virulent reappearance.
Jon was a native of Ohio. He was a US Navy veteran, as well as a retired
police officer. Jon was also an entrepreneur and owned his own patio
furniture upholstery business immediately prior to he and Bette relocating
to the Bradenton, FL area from Ohio in 1998. He was inducted into the
Brotherhood of The Coast in 2003, and served as Sun Coast Table Captain from
2008->2012. He was also a member of the Counsel of Sages under immediate past
National Captain Charles Hankins.
Jon, and his beloved captive Bette, were devoted members of the BOC. All
those who met Jon were struck by his imposing presence, booming voice,
gentle nature, graciousness, and the genuine affection he displayed toward
brothers and captives alike. During his years as Sun Coast Captain, Jon
presided over four very successful Little Pirates Christmas Zafs, as well as
hosting a National Captains Meeting.
Besides his love of the sea, Jon was a classic car aficionado, a motorcycle
enthusiast, and taught himself to be a superb paver artisan. Those visiting
Bette and Jon’s home in northwest Bradenton marveled at the beautiful pavers
Jon installed around the entire outside of the house. Jon and Bette were
also patrons of the arts and devoted much of their time and funds to the
Manatee Players, a local community theater organization in Bradenton, FL.
Jon was an Emeritus Member of the Manatee Players Board of Directors.
Jon’s good nature was infectious. It was indeed difficult not to be in high
spirits when conversing with him about anything BOC related. He truly loved
this organization, and we will all be the poorer for his passing. Of course
everyone has foibles, and Jon was no exception. He smoked too much, and
drank too little (he was always happier with Mountain Dew in his glass
rather than rum).
Besides his captive Bette, Jon leaves behind daughters Jennifer, Debbie, and
Katy, and son Jay, along with numerous grandchildren. Jon wished to be
cremated and have his ashes scattered in the Manatee River. There will be an
announcement forthcoming as to when that ceremony will take place.
John D’Alusio (aka The Crab), US Flag 192
Sun Coast Table
Memoriam on Jon Frick Read More »
It is working. You can now email a post to this blog.
No need to access the confusing wordpress dashboard, although technically oriented Brothers are more than welcome to use it. Your post will end in a “PENDING” folder on the website and we will have to approve it to publish it. We hope not to get too much spam and have to manually remove multiple emails every day. Please, send us news, photos and feedback! Comment to this post to ask for the procedure!
Friday October 30… 16:00
Having recognized that the “Dashboard” interface is uneasy to use for
each table’s scribe to post news about their ZAF, we are testing new
ways to write posts directly from their usual email system.
– BigHopper-
WordPress NYC Contributors Day
Note: 95 programmers in a room… very exciting!
News from the WordPress Camp in NYC Read More »
This October 24 was the long awaited date of gathering for most NY brothers.
… Dear Brothers: the website was updated by using WordPress as its main engine. Every table scribe should have received a user name and password that would enable him to post news related to his table. I have to say, I thought the process would have been more streamlined.
The site presents many many new and valuable enhancements, such as the capability to create photo galleries. It is however a bit circumvoluted process and I am still in the process to set up a clear, standard path for everyone to follow easily.
Enjoy and post your recent news and events!
NY Halloween Zaf 2015 Read More »
The brothers and captives of the Sun Coast Table invite you to attend our Annual Little Pirates Christmas Zaf in the sub-tropical climes of Sarasota/Bradenton Florida. This party continues to be the longest running annual Zaf in the US. The brothers and captives of the Sun Coast Table invite you to attend our Annual Little Pirates Christmas Zaf in the sub-tropical climes of Sarasota/Bradenton Florida. This party continues to be the longest running annual Zaf in the US. So lay in a course for Sarasota/Bradenton to join in the holiday festivities. Prepare to bask in the December sun of FL to celebrate the ushering in of the holiday season in true Brotherhood fashion! So lay in a course for Sarasota/Bradenton to join in the holiday festivities. Prepare to bask in the December sun of FL to celebrate the ushering in of the holiday season in true Brotherhood fashion!
2015 Little Pirates Zaf Read More »
Rencontre entre l’USS MITSCHER, destroyer de l’US Navy, salue l’entrée officielle de L’Hermione dans les eaux territoriales américaines.
http://www.hermione.com/actualites/2015/2015/1236-arrivee-de-l-hermione-sur-la-cote-americaine.html
Hermione’s Landfall in the USA Read More »
To end a long delivery from Galapagos to Tahiti, NY brother Big Hopper was invited by the Tahiti table. Surprisingly, Fidget ( Steve Wolfson) and his captive from the Houston table were with them on their Hans Christian 48 “Li Ward”. The table reunites every Thurdsay evenings at the marina Taina à Punaauia. Some of the brothers drove a very long way from the peninsula “Tahiti Iti” to join the welcoming party.
On the picture are standing Quille de Joie, Marcgyver, PaulSud, Big Hopper.
Sitting: La Frégate, Fidjet, Cap Gibraltar.
Heavily involved in some sort of naval architecture topic were Archipel and PaulSud.
Open the above link, place curser on the red dot and left click
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Historic Revolutionary War-replica ship sets sail for U.S.
A French ship, the 32-gun frigate “Hermione,” is expected to set sail later today from Western France to the United States. The “Hermione” is a full scale replica of the 18th century warship that carried the Marquis de Lafayette back to General George Washington and the American Revolution in 1780. CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports from Rochefort, France on how this all came to be.
It’s a replica of what may be one of the most important and the most forgotten ships in U.S. naval history. And in a way, it’s coming home.
The original sailing frigate, Hermione, left port in France in 1780, carrying the best friend the American Revolution ever had to Boston.
The Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and sympathizer with the upstart colonies, who served in George Washington’s army and who secured vital French support for the then flagging revolutionary cause.
Hermione’s trip 235 years ago brought Lafayette back to the colonies with news that the French were sending men and ships to help fight the British. Now the replica Hermione is making the same trip.
As recreations of history go, the new Hermione is a spectacular example. Over 200 feet long, with 16,000 square feet of sail, she’s been built using the same materials and a lot of the same methods as the original. It took money from both sides of the Atlantic to fund the project, not to mention 17 years and the wood from 3,000 oak trees to build her.
Back in the age of sail, it took 250 people to handle a ship like this. The modern version gets by with just 80 — most of them volunteers
The original Hermione is now known as Freedom’s frigate. Without her and without Lafayette and the French support he secured, history could have been a lot different. This replica is a reminder that will be hard to miss.
L’Hermione, La Frégate de la liberté Read More »
