{"id":72,"date":"2008-09-19T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=72"},"modified":"2010-10-20T19:47:47","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T23:47:47","slug":"bannisters-wharf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"bannister&#8217;s wharf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNV4JVUiwkI\/AAAAAAAAA5I\/iJU93Vzv4T8\/s1600-h\/bannisters+wharf+77.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNV4JVUiwkI\/AAAAAAAAA5I\/iJU93Vzv4T8\/s320\/bannisters+wharf+77.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248233042507645506\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNV4JUZVxFI\/AAAAAAAAA5Q\/P7WYmaoCR-A\/s1600-h\/indy:lift.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNV4JUZVxFI\/AAAAAAAAA5Q\/P7WYmaoCR-A\/s320\/indy:lift.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248233042259330130\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQrlh6ErEI\/AAAAAAAAA5A\/yWmS-PGSnoA\/s1600-h\/indy+mast.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQrlh6ErEI\/AAAAAAAAA5A\/yWmS-PGSnoA\/s320\/indy+mast.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247867389550570562\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQpWhMikDI\/AAAAAAAAA4w\/Q1S30UoTEmY\/s1600-h\/bannisters+1977.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQpWhMikDI\/AAAAAAAAA4w\/Q1S30UoTEmY\/s320\/bannisters+1977.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247864932638298162\" \/><\/a>In 1977 bannister&#8217;s wharf was the dock for the Courageous\/Independence syndicate. A lift was installed and we alternated boats in the lift. <\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span> I arrived early each morning as I was responsible for the mast and other components and left,usually before the sun set, unless we were making a major change. I never understood what the scene was like at The Candy Store and the Black Pearl. My only clue was the overwhelming smell of the garbage that greeted me each morning.<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>The 12 meter North American Championships are being held this weekend and hosted at Bannister&#8217;s Wharf.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQpW22z0RI\/AAAAAAAAA44\/tdV-EAzgjek\/s1600-h\/independence+77+jim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQpW22z0RI\/AAAAAAAAA44\/tdV-EAzgjek\/s320\/independence+77+jim.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247864938452734226\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQpAjSIQXI\/AAAAAAAAA4g\/rH8XFJPurv8\/s1600-h\/independence:mast.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQpAjSIQXI\/AAAAAAAAA4g\/rH8XFJPurv8\/s320\/independence:mast.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247864555241488754\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SNQpAy84PJI\/AAAAAAAAA4o\/z4U-l9LYbMQ\/s1600-h\/bannisters+warf:1977.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1977 bannister&#8217;s wharf was the dock for the Courageous\/Independence syndicate. A lift was installed and we alternated boats in the lift. I arrived early each morning as I was responsible for the mast and other components and left,usually before the sun set, unless we were making a major change. I never understood what the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=72\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">bannister&#8217;s wharf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas-cup","category-newport-ri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":706,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}