Welcome to Craigsite ... Glad You Browsed In!

Craigsite.net is the personal website of me, Craig Nelson, your host ... a rough, reasoning, irreverent, questioning, studious and intrepid "person-on-the-planet."  This site, like myself, is deliberately not flashy-splashy but,  does have some interesting content.  Yeah, I am going inverse to the currently fashionable marketing trend. Silly me, I am "selling" the steak not the sizzle!

Anyway ... here you will find various stories, pictures and poems from my life, as well as links to websites that I think are wonderful ... or, at least quite useful ... and ... just in case you got here from one of my ads, links to detailed information about things that I have up for sale.  Enjoy ...

For Sale:

       Colonial Skimmer 270B - Amphibious Precursor to the Lake LA-4 and Lake Buccaneer

        Pedabout - A human powered, varnished mahogany, one or two person "speedboat"

        Canoe - A traditional, small and very light cedar strip canoe

Now ... with that out of the way ... on to the fun stuff:

Boating Adventures:

        Race Week on Whidbey Island    ( a fun little PowerPoint I put together for my sail mates )

        Flagrante Delicto    ( wonderful 1947 Chris Craft Express Cruiser -- adventures and pictures )

        Sunbeam    ( The fantastic 50' antique motor yacht I owned for 20 years and lived on for 9 )

Airplane Adventures:

        Pictures and Stories ( ... long ago ... in a galaxy far, far away ... )

Burning Man:

        Pyramobelisk Page ( an over-the-top art car I once made and took to Burning Man )

Poetry:

        Poems ( Once in a while, I get inspired ... and ... say something meaningful, to me anyway )

My Engineering Consultancy -  Nelson Research, Inc:

        Nelson Research Web Site    ( Go back ... it's a trap! )

Just In Case You Were Wondering:

        ME ... ME ... ME ... YES ... MEEEEE !!!!      ( What topic could possibly be more important? )

Wonderful, Interesting, Funny and Astounding Stuff:

        Be Amazed, Amused and Confounded      ( A wide ranging collection of incredible stuff )

Contact Info:

        Business Card                Email        ( are you sure you really want to contact me? )

Links to Friend's Websites:

        Meps and Barry:             Meps and Barry Website    ( great people - fun website )

        Teresa Bower:                Facebook    ( wonderful person - excellent artwork )

        Carol Anderson:              C. Anderson & Co - Flag maker    ( quality flags for all reasons )

        Jeannette Alexander:      Creative Muse    ( fabulous musician and her instrumental CD's )

        Steve Roberts:                Nomadic Research Labs    ( penultimate adventurous uber-geek )

        Kelly Lyles:                     Kelly spot    ( artiste extraordinaire )

        Steve Safarik:                 Steve's Website    ( "Intelligent robotics" PhD student friend )

Links to the Useful and-or Interesting Websites:

 

        NOAA Maps and Charts:                                  Charts

        Washington State Shoreline Photographs:        Shorelines

        In Flight Airplane Tracking:                             Flight-Aware

        A Great Physics Website:                                 Hyper-physics

        The World Famous Duck Dodge:                      Duck Dodge

        Seattle Singles Yacht Club:                              SSYC

        Burning Man Website:                                     Burning Man

        Grass Roots Seattle Political Action Group:        Inspire