tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32235145536402954202011-04-21T14:37:31.347-07:00Jonah Rollnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223514553640295420.post-51348221521544828692009-01-01T13:54:00.000-08:002008-12-08T15:38:32.207-08:00 On February 28, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Warren Roll and his wife, Mollie, bought the 38', 13-ton ketch <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">he Flying Walrus</span> for $15,600 when returning from a long voyage through the South Pacific. It had been built in the late 1940's, by John Owen Wells in Vancouver, Canada and designed by Bill Garden... a personal friend of Warren's. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Walrus</span> was a per<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R7Nnn8CHbPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KMCn4urwxo0/s1600-h/orignal-walrus3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166587133351652594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R7Nnn8CHbPI/AAAAAAAAAVk/KMCn4urwxo0/s400/orignal-walrus3.jpg" border="0" /></a>fect match for Warren and his new bride.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3223514553640295420-5134822152154482869?l=jonahsartwalrus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonah Rollnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223514553640295420.post-38781165141432148472008-02-13T15:16:00.000-08:002008-12-08T15:38:32.310-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R7OGx8CHbQI/AAAAAAAAAVs/fH_0DTsDucg/s1600-h/row-boat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166621390010805506" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R7OGx8CHbQI/AAAAAAAAAVs/fH_0DTsDucg/s400/row-boat.jpg" border="0" /></a> Until now the search has been largely symbolic: an artistic vision to recapture a childhood dream. <div> But it would seem that reality is stranger still...</div><div> The ship had a past, stranger than any fiction. Now certain parties seek to exhume The Walrus from its watery grave.</div><div> But more about that some other time...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3223514553640295420-3878116514143214847?l=jonahsartwalrus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonah Rollnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223514553640295420.post-46742402062559061692008-02-04T09:53:00.000-08:002008-12-08T15:38:32.562-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R6dRXeb38AI/AAAAAAAAAUU/yq9qGyrOwoo/s1600-h/aproch-henderson2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163184961552379906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R6dRXeb38AI/AAAAAAAAAUU/yq9qGyrOwoo/s400/aproch-henderson2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> The mystery-shrouded "Robert Tomarchin"</span><b> and his equally enigmatic pet chimpanzee, Moko, approaching Henderson Island aboard <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Flying</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> Walrus</span>.</b></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3223514553640295420-4674240206255906169?l=jonahsartwalrus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonah Rollnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223514553640295420.post-87795392183200709802008-01-31T18:54:00.001-08:002008-12-08T15:38:32.712-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R6KJ7-b37_I/AAAAAAAAAUM/OB0jTD7nfKE/s1600-h/fw3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R6KJ7-b37_I/AAAAAAAAAUM/OB0jTD7nfKE/s400/fw3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161839786385207282" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3223514553640295420-8779539218320070980?l=jonahsartwalrus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonah Rollnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223514553640295420.post-84440047821145115472008-01-31T18:53:00.001-08:002008-12-08T15:38:32.876-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R6KJs-b37-I/AAAAAAAAAUE/aGKsu9_igyE/s1600-h/Fw2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R6KJs-b37-I/AAAAAAAAAUE/aGKsu9_igyE/s400/Fw2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161839528687169506" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3223514553640295420-8444004782114511547?l=jonahsartwalrus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonah Rollnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223514553640295420.post-88678863841360574582007-12-08T09:15:00.000-08:002008-12-08T15:38:33.166-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R1rRg6NEz0I/AAAAAAAAARE/iWQp28YM6wE/s1600-h/fw[3].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141652287906959170" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R1rRg6NEz0I/AAAAAAAAARE/iWQp28YM6wE/s400/fw%5B3%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3223514553640295420-8867886384136057458?l=jonahsartwalrus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonah Rollnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223514553640295420.post-50004126856301943152007-12-07T17:08:00.001-08:002008-12-08T15:38:33.503-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R1nuv6NEzzI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/XU5jT1S2qTc/s1600-h/il055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c9NYbsO6P0k/R1nuv6NEzzI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/XU5jT1S2qTc/s400/il055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141402956465491762" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3223514553640295420-5000412685630194315?l=jonahsartwalrus.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonah Rollnoreply@blogger.com0