Author: turtletattooz
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In a perfect world our budget would be measured in fathoms.
In the real world we do our best to simply not run aground. When we jumped into the waters of boat life there was a budget. We didn’t have a big budget, but there was a plan for what we needed and wanted. Then we got to the boat yard and discovered an unplanned project…
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Time drawn near.
Boxes are getting checked off, ordered and packed. The end of the month becomes the beginning of a new future. Small things keep popping up unexpectedly. Mementos of long forgotten events that bring to mind past excursions into the uncharted waters of life. This is different though. This is more extreme. This is leaving the…
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See Turtle Ink: E1 Turtle Tattooz
Welcome to See Turtle Ink. This is a side project of The Sloop Naut Chronicles. Here we will take a look at tattoos and tattoo shops, and explore the connections between the mariner life style and tattoo culture. In the first episode we will peek in on the final session of a two year color…
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Beyond My Horizons: My Work Then And Now
I didn’t have a traditional apprenticeship. I picked up some things along the way, some right, some wrong. After getting a spot in a real street tattoo shop, I found out very quickly that I had a ton to learn and to unlearn. The owner of the shop and the other artists showed me ways…
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Our Bruce Roberts 434-D
When we started thinking about what we would need in a sailboat that we could both live on, this Bruce Roberts 434D Pilothouse cutter-rigged sloop set the standard to which all other boats would be compared. There was a sale pending but we kept checking back. One day we notice the listing was available again…