While in Canada, a part of his 7-month long Great Loop Trip, Penn Clarke spent 3 hours changing the diesel engine fuel pump on his mastless Mystic Turtle sailboat. It will take a seasick Penn 7 hours at night during a storm in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico […]
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One portion of Penn Clarke’s 7-month Great Loop Trip in his sailboat Mystic Turtle was crossing the open Gulf of Mexico from Carrabelle to Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1999. He was cruising because the mast had been removed prior to this journey. The only diesel engine on his sailboat died […]
Penn Clarke’s Great Loop Trip cruising off St. George Island, FL aboard his mastless sailboat. When a trawler slowly passes him, there are many dolphins doing tricks in the bow & stern wakes just like you see in managed dolphin shows. November 1999. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More […]
Penn Clarke studying dolphin activities during part of his 7-month Great Loop trip cruising from Tarpon Springs to Fort Myers, Florida in 1999. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & Penn: Tacking Through Life by Penn Clarke
Dolphins in Hope Town Harbor, Elbow Cay, Bahamas. Penn Clarke talking to Suzanne and Tom Bethel as they follow the dolphins in the Bethel’s boat. April 2000. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & Penn: Tacking Through Life by Penn Clarke
Sept. 10, 2001 Penn sailing the Mystic Turtle into NY Harbor with a replica of Henry Hudson’s Half Moon ship that Henry sailed up the Hudson River looking for a northwest passage to China in 1609. The World Trade Center is in the background. We dock at Liberty Landing Marina […]
9/11 World Trade Center is burning & each Twin Tower collapses. All voices, radio and other events were videoed on that tragic day and etched into Penn Clarke’s mind. Filmed from Penn’s sailboat, Mystic Turtle, docked at Liberty Landing Marina. Film credit Penn Clarke & Kitty. Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details […]
9/11 Penn Clarke narrates his night video taken from his sailboat, Mystic Turtle, docked in Liberty Landing Marina. The World Trade Center rubble is a 15-story high pile, still burning with rescue search lights aiding the rescues and recoveries, some lights in New Jersey, and lower New York City. Visit […]
September 14, 2001 President Bush’s helicopter – a decoy landing at Liberty Landing Park with white smoke still coming from the World Trade Center. Bush actually landed at the Battery in NYC. Videoed from Penn Clarke’s sailboat, Mystic Turtle. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the […]
September 15, 2001 Penn Clarke & Kitty take dinghy out in NY Harbor to film skyline and burning World Trade Center rubble. Gun boat captain orders them back to Liberty Landing Marina. September 16, Penn helps boaters they got to know during the 5-day lockdown cast off from the marina. […]