The best view you can have on race night......
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Wednesday is Photo Day - 2021
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It FINALLY HAPPENED! We left the dock again! We even had a great sail for a couple of hours as we wrapped up our week. But I probably need to get out more often and practice my sailing skills. We were overtaken, and there was nothing that I could do about it!
...not that I have ever been fast...
...not that I have ever been fast...
Not sailing this week, spending time with family on an island in Georgian Bay.
Anchored in Southern Harbor on North Haven Island. A shallow soup bowl about a mile wide, it's a good place to escape man-made noise for a spell. Mostly we heard and watched seals, porpoises and seabirds of all kind frolic around us.
Off in the distance we watched dozens upon dozens of boats move through a popular thoroughfare. I would say the adage that 90% of boats go to 10% of destinations, is an exageration. More like 2%.
I think I heard a guillemot paddle by my berth in the morning. We had coffee together:
Mid-morning a 4-5 knot southerly filled in.
So as not to break the spell, we raised anchor, hoist sails, and tip-toed out quietly, under sail.
Averaging about 3 knots, our first tack about 2.5 NM long ended too soon. Sailing lightly in flat water, the feeling and sounds of sail, are hard to describe.
I took a 1 min. video instead:
Off in the distance we watched dozens upon dozens of boats move through a popular thoroughfare. I would say the adage that 90% of boats go to 10% of destinations, is an exageration. More like 2%.
I think I heard a guillemot paddle by my berth in the morning. We had coffee together:
Mid-morning a 4-5 knot southerly filled in.
So as not to break the spell, we raised anchor, hoist sails, and tip-toed out quietly, under sail.
Averaging about 3 knots, our first tack about 2.5 NM long ended too soon. Sailing lightly in flat water, the feeling and sounds of sail, are hard to describe.
I took a 1 min. video instead:
Installed new topping lift this week. Tom takes way better pics.
On Sunday my wife and I commissioned another painting from Peter Shepard Cole. This one will be 66" x 44" and it will be based on a photo I shot a few years ago. Given Peter's excitement level for the project I'm really looking forward to seeing his interpretation of the photo taken in one of the splash zones at Sharks' Cove on the North Shore of Oahu.
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Anyone up for some waterskiing? This cruised by our vacation rental last Wednesday, coming in with the tide. In a hurry they can
hit 40 knots.
hit 40 knots.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Here is news of the ships sailing.
www.defensenews.com
We had the USS Monsoor DDG1001 sail into the Puget Sound last October.
Third Zumwalt stealth destroyer completes builder’s trials in Maine
The final Zumwalt-class destroyer, Lyndon B. Johnson, completed builder's trials and will now prepare for its combat system integration and activation process.
www.defensenews.com
We had the USS Monsoor DDG1001 sail into the Puget Sound last October.
A nice place to hang out on a Friday evening enjoying a good book and a glass of wine.
…And they would have been right too!
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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This has to be one of the coolest webcams on the planet. Here's the link to the news piece on it. They interview the UH Hilo professor and some of his staff & students.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
Here's the link to the camera live feed...obviously the view isn't very good at night
Must-see TV: People can’t get enough of this Hawaii live feed from under the sea
“Beyond just observing neat stuff that’s happening in the ocean, we’re actually able to track and monitor fish communities."
Here's the link to the camera live feed...obviously the view isn't very good at night