tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26978947.post6368362651711668748..comments2023-06-19T06:05:26.462-04:00Comments on Kujaku Poetry & Ships: Ship's Cats of the Kalmar Nyckel.M. Keihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732533797439904583noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26978947.post-29625903906507510542013-11-04T12:34:22.718-05:002013-11-04T12:34:22.718-05:00Just returned here to read the comments again. Oh,...Just returned here to read the comments again. Oh, boy kitty. We had another Ditty sighting at Downrigging 2013. In dog-friendly Chestertown, we had seen Newfs and Shiba-Inus and Greyhounds and Labs and mutts, and ducks and geese and gulls but no cats. After a great sail and some on and off drizzle, we were waiting in line at the portapotti...<br /><br />"Hey look, a cat."<br /><br />I swordwhalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334823239436939249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26978947.post-53746351341691328562013-08-15T14:16:57.729-04:002013-08-15T14:16:57.729-04:00In the Chesapeake Bay traditional boats are not pa...In the Chesapeake Bay traditional boats are not painted blue because the Native Americans used to make sacrifices to the Spirit of the Chesapeake Bay by painting things blue and throwing them into the water. Thus the Spirit knows anything blue in the water belongs to him and he takes it. The Kalmar Nyckel is painted Swedish blue—that's the color of the Swedish navy then and now. The Kalmar M. Keihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737409897885399643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26978947.post-26728176549708780512013-08-15T13:58:33.670-04:002013-08-15T13:58:33.670-04:00I found your blog while googling "Kalmar ship...I found your blog while googling "Kalmar ships cats", hooray! My friends and I were on the way to Cape May yesterday and drove through Lewes. I had not checked Kalmar's schedule, but I told them to look out for the masts towering over the ferry port buildings, (if she was there). Hooray, she was, we stopped on the way home and got some great shots of her in the evening light. The Teanna Byertshttp://www.swordwhale.comnoreply@blogger.com