The approach slope at Langley

Peregrinus lies at anchor tonight on the Back River, downstream of Newport News and of Hampton, and almost below the landing path to Langley Field, established in 1916 and named after astronomer and aviation pioneer Samuel P. Langley.

We got our own little airshow as a squadron of four of these F-22 practiced a bunch of aborted landings and go-arounds.

The trailing edge of Peregrinus' new mainsail and a screaming F22 above.  4:24PM, 18 November 2014, iPhone 4S.

A basilica of the railways

Union Station, Baltimore, built in 1911 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in Beaux-Arts style.   K. M. Murchison, architect.

The station was renamed as Pennsylvania Station in 1928.

7 November 2014.  iPhone 4S.

A cathedral of books

The Peabody Institute Library (1878).  In the lobby, they had an amusing exhibit on Fakes, Lies, and Forgeries.   That evening, we went to a Peabody Modern Orchestra concert.

5 November 2014.  iPhone 4S.

Two winds on a windless day

Henri Amel liked to name his boat models after the winds he sailed.

The boat on the left, Fiasco, is an Amel Sharki.  The Sharki is a seasonal wind of the Middle East that comes from the south and the southeast.  It blows from April to June, and again from September to November.

Peregrinus is an Amel Super Maramu.  The Maramu is also southeast wind, but it blows in Polynesia.  It often brings good, dry weather.

9 November 2014.  iPhone 4S.

Breakfast at Jimmy's

Fiasco, an Amel Sharki, and Peregrinus, an Amel Super Maramu, docked at the Recreation Pier in Fells Point for a quick breakfast at Jimmy's, one block away.  Yelp tells you all you need to know about Jimmy's:

• “You don't know Jack about Baltimore until you've been here. As local as local gets. And I don't mean in a farm to table way Mr and Mrs Hipster. Local as in locals work and eat here.”
• “Friendly banter among the locals and the waitresses completed the casual, non-politically correct atmosphere.”

Politically incorrect times are good times.

Photo by Jian Feng, 12 May 2014.  Canon EOS 70D, ISO 100, 1/1600".  In the far shore: NE Brasil, U27.  This Navio Escola is a modified Niterói-class frigate.  We wanted to visit it, but the Brazilians began the tours at 2:00pm.  On the other hand, we visited the KNM Statsraad Lehmkuhl.  The Norwegians were open for business from 10:00am and onwards.

Things you come across on a Monday morning on the Chesapeake

The A. J. Meerwald, an oyster dredging schooner, commissioned by the Meerwald family of New Jersey in 1928, to exploit the bivalve industry in the Zuid Rivier.

Related: Things you come across on a Tuesday morning on the Chesapeake.