c.c. o'hanlon
@ccohanlon.bsky.social
vagabond. sea-dweller. diarist. wreck.
If you're in the fediverse, please follow me there.
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"So here is us, on the raggedy edge."
– from the film Serenity (2005)
If you're in the fediverse, please follow me there.
https://linktr.ee/ccohanlon
#nobots
"So here is us, on the raggedy edge."
– from the film Serenity (2005)
"Red sky at night..."
Sunset over Cagliari harbour, this evening.
Sunset over Cagliari harbour, this evening.
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Red sky at night..."
Sunset over Cagliari harbour, this evening.
Sunset over Cagliari harbour, this evening.
An entirely different type of book but also a great read: The Starship and the Canoe by Kenneth Brower.
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
An entirely different type of book but also a great read: The Starship and the Canoe by Kenneth Brower.
On one of our first long passages aboard Wrack, back in 2023.
Photo by Given Rozell.
Photo by Given Rozell.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
On one of our first long passages aboard Wrack, back in 2023.
Photo by Given Rozell.
Photo by Given Rozell.
A mid-afternoon thunderstorm approaches (photo from Wrack's tiny galley).
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A mid-afternoon thunderstorm approaches (photo from Wrack's tiny galley).
The Tara Polar Research Station, a French vessel purpose-built to drift in arctic ice, in Reykjavik harbor.
[via @rahmstorf.bsky.social]
fondationtaraocean.org/en/schooner/...
[via @rahmstorf.bsky.social]
fondationtaraocean.org/en/schooner/...
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The Tara Polar Research Station, a French vessel purpose-built to drift in arctic ice, in Reykjavik harbor.
[via @rahmstorf.bsky.social]
fondationtaraocean.org/en/schooner/...
[via @rahmstorf.bsky.social]
fondationtaraocean.org/en/schooner/...
The Azores-based researchers and educators, Sea-Water Amplification (SWA), have been (re)publishing some of my old writing on the sea and seafaring.
Let them know what you think — and maybe support them too, if you're inclined.
seawateramplification.substack.com
Let them know what you think — and maybe support them too, if you're inclined.
seawateramplification.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Azores-based researchers and educators, Sea-Water Amplification (SWA), have been (re)publishing some of my old writing on the sea and seafaring.
Let them know what you think — and maybe support them too, if you're inclined.
seawateramplification.substack.com
Let them know what you think — and maybe support them too, if you're inclined.
seawateramplification.substack.com
I worry that I let him read Warren Ellis's Transmetropolitan comics when he was young...
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I worry that I let him read Warren Ellis's Transmetropolitan comics when he was young...
My son, channeling his Oklahoma roots (and maybe his late, western line dancing grandma) outside La Coupole, Montparnasse, during Paris fashion week.
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My son, channeling his Oklahoma roots (and maybe his late, western line dancing grandma) outside La Coupole, Montparnasse, during Paris fashion week.
"We are not sure what happens next..."
Another update to @liznangel3.bsky.social's appeal for us. Please read and help, if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
Another update to @liznangel3.bsky.social's appeal for us. Please read and help, if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
October 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"We are not sure what happens next..."
Another update to @liznangel3.bsky.social's appeal for us. Please read and help, if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
Another update to @liznangel3.bsky.social's appeal for us. Please read and help, if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
Two survivors, sharing post-heart attack tales over coffee and non-alcoholic drinks in the midst of yesterday's storm: me and fellow vagabond — more, one of my few good friends — @pinoseed-connect.bsky.social, at a chichi café overlooking Marina Sant'Elmo, in Cagliari.
Photo by Given Rozell.
Photo by Given Rozell.
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Two survivors, sharing post-heart attack tales over coffee and non-alcoholic drinks in the midst of yesterday's storm: me and fellow vagabond — more, one of my few good friends — @pinoseed-connect.bsky.social, at a chichi café overlooking Marina Sant'Elmo, in Cagliari.
Photo by Given Rozell.
Photo by Given Rozell.
Thousands of dead fish strewn across the waters of Cagliari harbour, this morning, killed by toxic run-off from the city’s streets and drains after last night’s deluge.
October 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Thousands of dead fish strewn across the waters of Cagliari harbour, this morning, killed by toxic run-off from the city’s streets and drains after last night’s deluge.
This evening: lightning storms and torrential rain over Cagliari, where we and our old sailboat, Wrack, are berthed for the autumn.
October 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This evening: lightning storms and torrential rain over Cagliari, where we and our old sailboat, Wrack, are berthed for the autumn.
Between Myth and Muzzle: Peter Bach, @lyst.bsky.social, on the erosion of traditional press freedom — and respect — in the US and UK.
[via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social]
www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/07/b...
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www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/07/b...
October 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Between Myth and Muzzle: Peter Bach, @lyst.bsky.social, on the erosion of traditional press freedom — and respect — in the US and UK.
[via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social]
www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/07/b...
[via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social]
www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/07/b...
Temporary refuge and recovery space in Rome (with prescription drugs).
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Temporary refuge and recovery space in Rome (with prescription drugs).
Mid-Mediterranean calm.
Video by Given Rozell.
Video by Given Rozell.
October 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Mid-Mediterranean calm.
Video by Given Rozell.
Video by Given Rozell.
A wooden boat I fell in love with on Lymington River, a couple of years ago. Loved the name, too.
I’ve since heard she’s moored on a river somewhere in England’s west country, neglected and decaying. I hope not.
I’ve since heard she’s moored on a river somewhere in England’s west country, neglected and decaying. I hope not.
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A wooden boat I fell in love with on Lymington River, a couple of years ago. Loved the name, too.
I’ve since heard she’s moored on a river somewhere in England’s west country, neglected and decaying. I hope not.
I’ve since heard she’s moored on a river somewhere in England’s west country, neglected and decaying. I hope not.
The new master of Wrack: our friend, @pinoseed-connect.bsky.social, resting aboard our boat today after his discharge from hospital in Cagliari. He is recovering from a heart attack and emergency surgery two weeks ago.
September 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The new master of Wrack: our friend, @pinoseed-connect.bsky.social, resting aboard our boat today after his discharge from hospital in Cagliari. He is recovering from a heart attack and emergency surgery two weeks ago.
Even the ugliest views are beautiful in Rome: from the first floor window of my son’s apartment.
September 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Even the ugliest views are beautiful in Rome: from the first floor window of my son’s apartment.
My friend @pinoseed-connect.bsky.social has just anchored off the south coast of Mallorca after a long haul singlehanded from Algeria (via Ibiza). He’s inviting anyone who might want to join him there to hang out or to sail with him to Sardinia in a couple of weeks to reach out: peter@pinoseed.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
My friend @pinoseed-connect.bsky.social has just anchored off the south coast of Mallorca after a long haul singlehanded from Algeria (via Ibiza). He’s inviting anyone who might want to join him there to hang out or to sail with him to Sardinia in a couple of weeks to reach out: peter@pinoseed.com
Our son, Finn, who has sailed 660 miles with us over the past seven weeks, will leave us here in Cagliari to fly to Paris, where he will co-produce a series of events for Fashion Week. Given and I will sail the 220 nautical miles to Rome two-handed.
August 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our son, Finn, who has sailed 660 miles with us over the past seven weeks, will leave us here in Cagliari to fly to Paris, where he will co-produce a series of events for Fashion Week. Given and I will sail the 220 nautical miles to Rome two-handed.
My friend @pinoseed-connect.bsky.social was en route to Malta from southern Spain when his 10-metre sailboat was beset by gale-force winds and heavy seas. With a broken rib, Peter decided to seek refuge in Algiers, where he was taken in tow by the Algerian navy.
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My friend @pinoseed-connect.bsky.social was en route to Malta from southern Spain when his 10-metre sailboat was beset by gale-force winds and heavy seas. With a broken rib, Peter decided to seek refuge in Algiers, where he was taken in tow by the Algerian navy.
Wrack motoring through a mid-Mediterranean calm.
Video by Given Rozell.
Video by Given Rozell.
August 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Wrack motoring through a mid-Mediterranean calm.
Video by Given Rozell.
Video by Given Rozell.
Looking for fair winds to take us 220 sea miles east-by-south to Palermo, Sicily.
August 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Looking for fair winds to take us 220 sea miles east-by-south to Palermo, Sicily.
Last glimpse of Ibiza from Wrack’s tented cockpit, as we motor eastward through a persistent calm and the coast recedes astern beneath the setting sun.
August 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Last glimpse of Ibiza from Wrack’s tented cockpit, as we motor eastward through a persistent calm and the coast recedes astern beneath the setting sun.
Happy birthday, my beautiful, funny, resilient woman.
I’m thankful for every day we’ve shared.
❤️
I’m thankful for every day we’ve shared.
❤️
August 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy birthday, my beautiful, funny, resilient woman.
I’m thankful for every day we’ve shared.
❤️
I’m thankful for every day we’ve shared.
❤️