STBSP, Ep, 176, Her Helm Photographer Kristin Rutkowski

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02/20/24 • -1 min

Her Helm Photographer Kristin Rutkowski

Welcome to Episode 176 of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP)! This episode we chat with Photographer and Portrait Artist Kristin Rutkowski about her Chesapeake Bay Based project called Her Helm.

The Her Helm project got started during the Summer of Covid, and culminated last year with the release of the book, Her Helm Chesapeake Bay. In it, Rutkowski, showcases 51 women that make their own way on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay as captains of their own ships, whether licensed or not, large and small, sail or power. The book also contains art, poetry, and stories from invited guests.

We talk about how she came to the project, how she went out and found all those amazing women, how you set up the shots and subjects to be able to tell their story in one photographic snapshot, what it takes to wrangle everything together into a cohesive, tangible object such as a book. We also talk about how this goes on to affect the folks involved, the artist, and the culture as a whole.

You can find out more about the Her Helm project with the following links:

Her Helm: https://www.herhelm.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HerHelmPortrait/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herhelm/

Kristin’s portrait business: https://www.kristinrutkowskiphotography.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristinrutkowskiphotography/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrutkowskiphotography/

This month, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will host a forum of women from the Her Helm project. Thursday, Feb. 29, 5:30pm Register at: (virtual and in person)
https://cbmm.org/event/her-helm-a-panel-discussion-about-women-making-their-own-way-on-the-water/

The Her Helm project is in a special exhibit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum https://cbmm.org/her-helm-portraits-of-women-on-the-chesapeake/

“Women of Oak Harbor”

The book is available from the Her Helm website (https://www.herhelm.com/book-2023)
and in local stores on the Eastern Shore: Local-ISH Art in Cape Charles, VA (https://www.livelocal-ish.com/about-the-gallery)

The Book Bin in Onley, VA (http://bookbinva.com/)

Kristin’s next event will be a talk about Her Helm at Ker Place in Onancock, VA https://visitesva.com/events/listings/her-helm-chesapeake-bay-book-signing-lecture-with-kristin-rutkowski/

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Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.

Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by

Her Helm Photographer Kristin Rutkowski

You can find out more about the Her Helm project with the following links:

Her Helm: https://www.herhelm.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HerHelmPortrait/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herhelm/

The Her Helm project is in a special exhibit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum https://cbmm.org/her-helm-portraits-of-women-on-the-chesapeake/

“Women of Oak Harbor”

The Book Bin in Onley, VA (http://bookbinva.com/)

Kristin’s next event will be a talk about Her Helm at Ker Place in Onancock, VA https://visitesva.com/events/listings/her-helm-chesapeake-bay-book-signing-lecture-with-kristin-rutkowski/

You can listen to Episode 176 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,

You can find it on all your favorite Podcast Apps and Aggregators

or push play on the embedded link below.

Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by

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STBSP, Ep, 175, Josh Davidson of Anchors and Oars

Josh Davidson from Anchors and Oars.

This episode, representing our 10th Anniversary of the start of the Podcast, we sit down and chat with Josh Davidson of Sailboatparts Dot Com on the Interwebs and Anchors and Oars, a Nautical gift shop and Sailboat parts outlet physically located on the Eastern Shore of the Bay, in Graysonville, MD.

Josh had sort of become a Mythic or Legendary character in my online sailingverse. I started hearing about this great reuse-it shop that had almost anything you ever needed to outfit your good old boat. I started seeing photo’s of his Barn covered in Halyards, Piles of Block and Tackle, Oars stacked to the gills, with all sorts of Knick Knacks and Paddywhacks in between. I knew I had to check it out, and finally did back in the spring of last year, eventually buying a new to me Spinnaker Halyard, after spending a few hours wandering the premises, including the bard, the gift shop, and a few out buildings, not to mention the sprawl towards the parking lot.

Josh Davidson from Anchors and Oars

Not having much to do with Messing About with Boats until meeting his wife about 10 years ago, Josh is now steeped in the business of turning others peoples discarded and abandoned Sailboats into a full time career. He and his wife actually have a few businesses in the Marine Space. He does boat photography and drone work, while she, after working as an event specialist for the Annapolis Sailboat Show for many years, has started her own boat show in Washington D.C. while still working at other boat shows.

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Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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STBSP, Ep, 177, Pod Party with Unfurled W/Stevie Reeves, Capt. Boomies, and the Bear, Pt 1.

L to R Captain Boomies, The Bear, Jeffrey Wettig, Stevie Reeves.

Welcome to this episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) in which we spend a rainy Saturday in Annapolis at Bacon Sails with Stevie Reeves, in his podcast studio, with alcohol, and Captain Boomies and the Bear crash the Party. This is part one of what ended up being almost a three hour tour. It gets kinda crazy, but it was a fun time and there’s some good stuff in here. Check out Unfurled with Stevie Reeves on Insta and Youtube.

This is also a terrible time in the Chesapeake Bay/Baltimore area as the day before I recorded the intro for this, the Frances Scott Key Bridge collapsed due to being struck by a large container ship. Some details have emerged since then that maybe differ from my take on it, but it is a catastrophic situation for this area, and we hope for a speedy resolution to the situation and feel for the families of the victims.

Looking forward to the start of the season in these parts, hope to get the boat ready in April, and launch sometime before middle of May!

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Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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