As I work through rebuilding the site and adding items of interest, I am finding gear and goods that I will be ordering and you might like. This is what I came across today.
Details: Clipper ship pattern on 14-ounce double old fashion, “high-ball” glasses, and coffee cups. The are in sets of four and are hand-cut, sand etched, and lead-free. Whatever beverage you have in them forms the back drop . . . what about creme de menthe? They then will appear to be floating in a sea . . . or wine for the “wine dark seas” of Homer (more recently accredited to Patrick O’Brien’s wonderful novel “The Wine Dark Sea).
Maritime Painting of a Sailing Ship, Nautical Oil Painting 20 x 24 inches
This is hand-painted oil on canvas (20×24), unstreched and unframed. Framed paintings are available.
This is a reasonable price for an oil; my favorite (of those I can afford) is still one I picked up at a garage sale.
Inquiries were sent to historical societies to no avail re the painter K. Haskell. Also it has been posted on a site for some years and received dozens of inquiries from people who had the same painting with the identical signature. All want to know of its painter and value. So far, it’s still a mystery.
American Ship Models and How to Build Them (Dover Maritime)
Easy-to-learn techniques, arranged in order of difficulty, range from relatively simple models to complicated square-riggers. 
Starting with the construction of a half-hull ship model, the book advances to a whole-hull model and replicas of twelve vessels, with separate chapters on rigging, gear and furniture, and tools and materials.
Usually I do not read articles on blogs, but I wish to say that this write-up encouraged me to to do. Thank you; a great article.
Hello there. You’ve done a fantastic job. I will personally recommend to my friends.
Where did you purchase the haskell painting?
My Aunt was a lifelong painter and did a lot of maritime paintings I am wondering if this is one of hers.
Hillary Haskell.
Good day. My Haskell painting was purchased at the annual San Anselmo Street Fair (Marin County, California) about 20 years ago. I put it on the site to see if I could get additional information about the artist. Received more than 20 eMails from people who have almost identical paintings. We’ve individually tried to locate additional information on the piece, but to no avail. The first initial looks to be a K. Do you happen to have any work from your Aunt? If yes, a signature scan could help identify this. THANK YOU much for writing. Regards.
I do consider all of the ideas you have offered on your post.
They’re very convincing and can certainly work. Still, the posts are too quick for novices.
May you please prolong them a bit from next time?
Thank you for the post.