Don't you love lighthouses?

[Warren Milberg]

Sharps Island Light is on the Chesapeake and about 11 miles SE of my marina. When the winds are favorable, I sail over to it and back on a typical summer daysail. Take a look at its precarious angle. The second one built there was actually picked up by an ice floe and carried 5 miles south! Can you imagine being aboard at that time? Under way with no way on... or something. Rules of the road? The third one built there is the present one, which was also damaged severly by ice in the 1970s....

Take a look: http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=430http://www.rickslighthouses.com/sharps_island.htm

Post a pic of your favorite lighthouse -- I love 'em!

 

[Ross]

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/csc/104_pdf/CSC-0048.PDF

Warren you should love this piece. The 1889 coast pilot for the chesapeake with reference to lighthouses on almost every point and island.

 

[kloudie1]

Yes, they are really neat history pieces.. There used to be some that were offered as bed & Breakfast Inns but I don’t think that is available any more.. We have one on Lake Pontchartrain that has been there since 1838 that is being restored now. Two close to New Orleans got demolished by the recent storms, the old West Rigolets Lighthouse (1855) and the New Canal Lighthouse. The New Canal house won a contest to get new windows from the Jeld-Win company (like Thomas Point on the Chesapeake) and will be rebuilt into an education center..

 

[Bad Obsession]

The Chesapeake Bay has some beautiful lighthouses. I wish that they would rebuild some of the other lighthouses that use to be there.

Here is a slideshow that there is a few lighthouse pictures on it and a lot of footage of the Chesapeake Bay.

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm199/HeaveToo/?action=view&current=681e873f.pbw

 

[Tim R.]

Burnt Coat Harbor light on Swans Island. Not my favorite light but my favorite photo of a lighthouse. Lots of great trails to hike here also.

Here are some more:

http://treilley.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album27&id=Tennants_Light

http://treilley.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album27&id=Light

http://treilley.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album27&id=Bass_Harbor_Head_2

http://treilley.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album27&id=Goose_Rocks_Light

http://treilley.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album27&id=Light_2

http://treilley.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album27&id=Pemaquid

This one is my favorite Lighthouse. The name on the photo is incorrect. See if you can identify it.

http://treilley.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album18&id=Monhegan_Lighthouse_JPG

Can you tell that I like Lighthouses? This is about 1/4 of the photos I have of Lighthouses. We have lots of these old beauties in Maine.

 

[Tim Jedda 22]

Bell Rock Lighthouse

The BBC documentary series "seven wonders of the industrial world", showed the making of the Bell Rock Lighthouse

http://www.bellrock.org.uk/

Well worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

 

[Mike B]

Bad Obsession, nice pics, especially the one of Thomas Point Light.

 

[Maine Sail]

We like

We like lighthouses too..

Fog Horn building:

Fog rolling in near Schoodic Point:

 

[Mike B]

Tim, I've got the itch to cruise on up your way. Your pics are fuel for the fire. Just need the wife to get more vacation to have enough time to make the trip.
Mike

 

[Bad Obsession]

Thomas Point light is really neat. I think that there is also a picture of the new St. Clements lighthouse in there.

 

[iSaint]

Great pics, guys.

Sand Island Lighthouse is an interesting one in our area. Also, Mobile Middle Lighthouse in the Mobile Bay. Just another element of fascination of the sea!

 

[Mike B]

Our favorite is Cape May.

http://www.nps.gov/maritime/light/capemay.htm

 

[Ross]

I found this one a while back . ENJOY! http://www.pbase.com/rmg/maritime_lighthouses

 

[BrianW]

My favorite lighthouse, Pensacola Lighthouse. BrianW

 

[Ed Schenck]

Here are two that I have sailed near:
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=278

http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=354

 

[JerryA]

One for Ed

Here's another view of Marblehead Lighthouse in my sailing area.

JerryA

 

[Mike B]

Here's one of Ship John Shoal Light. We use it for the half way point when transiting Delaware Bay.

 

[soulesailor]

portland head light

I like this one, not because it is so photographed...because it's the light that gets me home.

 

[Jim Seamans]

Hey Maine Guys

Ever been at Portland Head when the fog horns start up. PROTECT those ears.. Damn their loud, even from the back side of the house..

 

[Don12364]

Lighthouse Washed Away on 12 Jan 2009

For lighthouse enthusiasts the Pepperpot Lighthouse on the Isle of Man (in the Irish Sea between England & Ireland) was washed away by a storm on 12th Jan this year. See Link below:-
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Port-St-Mary-lighthouse-washed.4866372.jp