Sandy's Ramblings

A repository for whatever wisdom (or lack thereof) I choose to dispense. Probably consisting mostly of Naval and Maritime history, Photography, or a combination thereof.

Monday, 11 November 2024

Remembrance Day 2024 - Natural Hazards of the Battle of the Atlantic

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Eighty years ago the Second World War was still in full swing, and the Port of Halifax was humming with wartime activity as convoys and thei...

Friday, 11 October 2024

Aurora Borealis over Grand Lake

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It's not often that conditions are right for viewing the Aurora Borealis from downtown Halifax, but anyone outside on the evening of Oct...

Monday, 16 September 2024

The RCN's future River Class destroyers

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Back on June 28th, the Halifax Shipyard hosted a ceremonial steel cutting for the new River Class of destroyers that are being built for the...

Monday, 26 August 2024

Dazzle paint schemes in Halifax

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Navies aren’t the only ones revisiting dazzle-type camouflage paint schemes. This is the Captain Paul Watson Foundation’s “John Paul de Jori...

Tuesday, 4 June 2024

Sail GP in Halifax

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Sail GP showed up in Canada for the first time with the Rockwool Canada Sail Grand Prix in Halifax on June 1st and 2nd, 2024. I managed to w...

Sunday, 14 April 2024

Capturing the Solar Eclipse

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A friend of mine (with family in the Miramichi) and I elected to head there for the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, in the hope of capturing...

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

MSC Manzanillo off Devils Island

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I haven't been able to take as many photos of late as I have in the past, so I forced myself to get out on Sunday and was lucky enough t...

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