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"Hummer" (2007)

Philippians 3:10

MATURE • MENTOR • MINISTER • MAINTAIN • INVESTING IN BLACK FUTURES THRU STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

"Hummer" is the German and Norwegian word for "lobster"

Hummer's up on YouTube.

In 2006, "Hummer" debuted as a motoring / rowing boat.

In 2007 she returned to the Maine coast as a sailing boat.

Video of Hummer's genesis and a few of its voyages

For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know.  The day will come when I will die.  So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time.  I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze. — Richard Bode

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Unable to get a short-term mooring at the Manset Dock, Hummer traveled all over the islands atop the car

Spencer, Hep 'n Jim rig Hummer in Echo Lake on Mount Desert Island, Maine
Photo by Deb Morgans

Hoisting Hummer's yard 'n mainsail on Echo Lake
Photo by Deb Morgans

Mainsail set (fix crease later)
Photo by Deb Morgans

Hummer's maiden voyage as a sailboat in Echo Lake
Photo by Deb Morgans

Jim (on the right) teaching Hep how to sail on Echo Lake.  Will wait before using the jib.
Photo by Deb Morgans

Hep's first time sailing.  Woo-hoo — he's hooked!
Photo by Deb Morgans

Photo by Deb Morgans

There are three things that are too amazing for me . . .
the way of a ship on the high seas . . .
Proverbs 30:18-19

Jesus said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep . . ."
Luke 5:4

"The Bewildering Call of God"
from My Utmost for His Highest
by Oswald Chambers
August 5

’. . . and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.’ . . . But they understood none of these things . . . — Luke 18:31, 34

God called Jesus Christ to what seemed absolute disaster. And Jesus Christ called His disciples to see Him put to death, leading every one of them to the place where their hearts were broken. His life was an absolute failure from every standpoint except God’s. But what seemed to be failure from man’s standpoint was a triumph from God’s standpoint, because God’s purpose is never the same as man’s purpose.

This bewildering call of God comes into our lives as well. The call of God can never be understood absolutely or explained externally; it is a call that can only be perceived and understood internally by our true inner-nature. The call of God is like the call of the sea— no one hears it except the person who has the nature of the sea in him. What God calls us to cannot be definitely stated, because His call is simply to be His friend to accomplish His own purposes. Our real test is in truly believing that God knows what He desires. The things that happen do not happen by chance — they happen entirely by the decree of God. God is sovereignly working out His own purposes.

If we are in fellowship and oneness with God and recognize that He is taking us into His purposes, then we will no longer strive to find out what His purposes are. As we grow in the Christian life, it becomes simpler to us, because we are less inclined to say, "I wonder why God allowed this or that?" And we begin to see that the compelling purpose of God lies behind everything in life, and that God is divinely shaping us into oneness with that purpose. A Christian is someone who trusts in the knowledge and the wisdom of God, not in his own abilities. If we have a purpose of our own, it destroys the simplicity and the calm, relaxed pace which should be characteristic of the children of God.

On the eastern side of Penobscot Bay with Scott Island in the background
Photo by Deb Morgans

The south shore of Little Deer Isle after my sister Deb and I took the run out to Scott Island and a few others.

Jim 'n Deb take Hummer out in Southwest Harbor

Hummer with jib and main up in Southwest Harbor (Greening Island in the background)

Mmmmmmm . . . Maine . . . coast . . . sailing

Spencer motors Hummer through the fog near Bass Harbor Light, Mt. Desert Island's southernmost tip

Happy as a clam (?) in Hummer in the fog off Bass Harbor Light
Photo by Spender Morgans

Pondering the mysteries of jellyfish
Photo by Deb Morgans

The Morgans family takes a spin around Valley Cove in Somes Sound

Hep at Manset Dock in Southwest Harbor
Photo by Deb Morgans

Spencer Morgans at the helm in Southwest Harbor

Hep gives it a shot at the southern end of Greening Island in Southwest Harbor
Photo (with heightened dramatic camera angle) by Spencer Morgans

Full sail off Sutton Island : telephoto taken from the ferry boat to the Cranberry Islands
Photo by Deb Morgans

Going solo in Southwest Harbor, heading out past Greening Island towards Bear Island
Photo by Spencer Morgans

Hummer cartopped at the Manset Dock in Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine

Back at the campsite, ready to head home

Languishing under cover on a foggy August morning.
Almost went to the Chesapeake Bay, but . . . no.