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  • Dreaming Road

    Dreaming Road (homage to Nakamarra), alkyd over acrylic on canvas, 16"x20", by Katie Cooper, Long Rider, from The Road series
    Dreaming Road (homage to Nakamarra), alkyd over acrylic on canvas, 16″x20″, by Katie Cooper, Long Rider, from The Road series
    September 1, 2026
  • Road Map 2

    Road Map 2, oil over acrylic on canvas, 10x20", by Katie Cooper, Long Rider, from The Road series
    Road Map 2, oil over acrylic on canvas, 10×20″, by Katie Cooper, Long Rider, from The Road series
    July 1, 2026
  • It’ll Crawl!

    Thomas Fogarty illustration of men watching Joshua Slocum calk the Spray at a boatyard, captioned "It'll crawl!"
    “It’ll crawl!” — Thomas Fogarty’s illustration from Joshua Slocum’s Sailing Alone Around the World. Joshua Slocum was the first person to sail alone around the world on Spray.
    Why they thought it would crawl
    June 18, 2026
  • Listening Road

    Listening Road, oil over acrylic on canvas, 16"x20", by Katie Cooper, Long Rider, from The Road series
    Listening Road, oil over acrylic on canvas, 16″x20″, by Katie Cooper, Long Rider, from The Road series

    May 1, 2026
  • Line Drawing for Joshua Slocum’s Spray

    Sail plan of the Spray, from Sailing Alone Around the World by Captain Joshua Slocum, 1901
    Sail plan of the Spray. From Sailing Alone Around the World by Captain Joshua Slocum, The Century Co., New York, 1901
    More About Spray’s Sail-plan
    April 18, 2026
  • Hugo Vihlen’s Record-breaking Ocean Crossings

    Map from The Stormy Voyage of Father's Day showing Hugo Vihlen's two Atlantic Ocean crossings: April Fool route from Casablanca to Florida in 1968 (85 days) and Father's Day route from Newfoundland to England in 1993 (105 days), marking the smallest boats ever to cross the Atlantic
    Hugo Vihlen’s Atlantic crossing routes: April Fool (1968, 6-foot boat, 85 days) and Father’s Day (1993, 5’4″ boat, 105 days). Map from Hugo’s book, The Stormy Voyage of Father’s Day.

    Listen to the full Hugo Vihlen interview on the Travel Grit podcast.

    Map is from his book The Stormy Voyage of Father’s Day.

    For more sailing stories, check out Webb Chiles’ six circumnavigations.

    March 10, 2026
  • Mule Wagon on Oyster Shell

    “Covered Wagon” – acrylic on oyster shell by Laura Turgeon
    March 7, 2026
  • Spray Sailing in Australia

    The Spray, photograph taken in Australian waters, from Sailing Alone Around the World by Captain Joshua Slocum, 1901
    The Spray. From a photograph taken in Australian waters. From Sailing Alone Around the World by Captain Joshua Slocum, The Century Co., New York, 1901
    More on the spray
    February 18, 2026
  • Murmuring Road

    Murmuring Road, oil over acrylic mixed with plants on canvas, 20X23", by Katie Cooper, Long Rider, from The Road series
    Murmuring Road, oil over acrylic mixed with plants on canvas, 20X23″, by Katie Cooper, Long Rider, from The Road series
    February 10, 2026
  • Where do You Dream of Going?

    Where do You Dream of Going?

    The question isn’t where you’ve been. The question is: what’s that itchy picture in your brain, right between your eyes, of where you have to go next?

    January 12, 2026

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