{"id":84,"date":"2008-10-05T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2008-10-05T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T15:47:00","slug":"macrame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"MACRAME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SOjimt5TTcI\/AAAAAAAAA9U\/hO3HvXWwLoM\/s1600-h\/whale%27s+whiskers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SOjimt5TTcI\/AAAAAAAAA9U\/hO3HvXWwLoM\/s320\/whale%27s+whiskers.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253698120110525890\" \/><\/a>When I first started sailing a paid hand on a boat wore khaki trousers and shirt with a black tie and black shoes. They stayed forward of the mast unless called aft. Usually they were consummate seamen. In moments of crisis their word was law. A good example was Willie Carstens; who was inducted into the America&#8217;s Cup Hall of Fame a few years ago. He is credited with introducing the dip pole jibe into modern racing.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>I had the privilege of knowing many of these men, and having many adventures with them.  They were men of few words. I asked many questions and they were generous with their knowledge. Quite apart from the seamanship, macrame or square-knotting was considered an essential skill. I was an eager student.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SOjimyZsgiI\/AAAAAAAAA9c\/aBytCabJMi4\/s1600-h\/DSC_1433.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SOjimyZsgiI\/AAAAAAAAA9c\/aBytCabJMi4\/s320\/DSC_1433.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253698121320137250\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SOjim9oXM5I\/AAAAAAAAA9k\/AyZ62nD0h84\/s1600-h\/DSC_1417.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SOjim9oXM5I\/AAAAAAAAA9k\/AyZ62nD0h84\/s320\/DSC_1417.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253698124334445458\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SOjinMl8RZI\/AAAAAAAAA9s\/6J3OlhQo84Q\/s1600-h\/DSC_1426.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SOjinMl8RZI\/AAAAAAAAA9s\/6J3OlhQo84Q\/s320\/DSC_1426.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253698128350823826\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first started sailing a paid hand on a boat wore khaki trousers and shirt with a black tie and black shoes. They stayed forward of the mast unless called aft. Usually they were consummate seamen. In moments of crisis their word was law. A good example was Willie Carstens; who was inducted into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=84\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MACRAME<\/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":[155,153,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decorative-knots","category-knot-tying","category-macrame"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","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=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}