Those middle-ages period European ships (not just this one) look unseaworthy to my eye. Scary
Wednesday is Photo Day - 2021
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Imagine what it would have been like only having the sky to navigate by, no accurate charts, in a tiny, primitive vessel.
The World According to Columbus c. 1490 (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia
https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14664/the-world-according-to-columbus-c-1490/
The World According to Columbus c. 1490 (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia
https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14664/the-world-according-to-columbus-c-1490/
A good read about sailing explorers is Over the Edge of the World about the first circum navigation.
After sailing on the Bounty, I was amazed that anyone got anywhere sailing in ships like that and HMS Bounty was much more modern than the ships Columbus and Magellan were sailing. Those were brave men sailing off into the unknown in vessels like those.
After sailing on the Bounty, I was amazed that anyone got anywhere sailing in ships like that and HMS Bounty was much more modern than the ships Columbus and Magellan were sailing. Those were brave men sailing off into the unknown in vessels like those.
Kolibri on the hard at the Berkeley Marine Center with the swap from diesel to electric propulsion under way.
It's a little lonely out there but we crossed wakes with our kids in the $1 sailboat. They're getting their money's worth.
Most any anchorage is private right now. The nearest boat was miles away here even though our home is less than 6 miles away as the crow flies.
The days are warm but the evenings can be chilly. So can the dawns, like this one this week. A warm fire below, is welcome.
Most any anchorage is private right now. The nearest boat was miles away here even though our home is less than 6 miles away as the crow flies.
The days are warm but the evenings can be chilly. So can the dawns, like this one this week. A warm fire below, is welcome.
This is one where I'd like to be able to give multiple "likes", just for the "warm fire below." How peaceful can you get? Wonderful.
-Will
-Will
Last time out of the harbour for 2021. Haulout is this Friday.
Yep, once the boom comes off the season has ended. We’re done and hauled next Tuesday. Very sad. Enjoy your winters, stay healthy all.
Time to start hauling the boat. Samhain is here.
jssailem
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Fall has descended on our home, and the colors are rich...
jssailem
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Bread baking is again a thing.
and the last cruise is but a memory..
and the last cruise is but a memory..
A couple pics from my commute back to CA.
Through the door of Captain Candy, a shop I just came across in Prague.
-Will
-Will
Sailing is definitely over in northern Michigan. Weather forecast this week includes measurable snowfall. Not a big deal because most of us are hauled out and covered up or in the barn by the end of September.
I was hauling Tally Ho out at East Chicago Marina (south end of Lake Michigan) a few weeks ago…
a man I didn’t know came up to me and said “I have something you may be interested in”. Wasn’t sure where that was going to go, but he pulled out his cell phone, opened his photos app, and there was Tally Ho, sailing in a stiff breeze, reefed down a little…the guy that gave me the photos said we were sailing in 25-30 knots….
I don’t remember seeing another boat sailing around me that day, but I was appreciative of the photos from a different vantage point!
Damn fine looking boat if I do say so myself
a man I didn’t know came up to me and said “I have something you may be interested in”. Wasn’t sure where that was going to go, but he pulled out his cell phone, opened his photos app, and there was Tally Ho, sailing in a stiff breeze, reefed down a little…the guy that gave me the photos said we were sailing in 25-30 knots….
I don’t remember seeing another boat sailing around me that day, but I was appreciative of the photos from a different vantage point!
Damn fine looking boat if I do say so myself
Back in Arizona, sailing Bella Zee on Lake Pleasant. Light winds so we were flying the Code 0.
The season is winding down on the coast of Maine. There are still quite a few boats left to haul (including mine).
The gales of November (and October) have been kind to our harbor blowing largely out of the Northerly direction.
Fall season 2021 has been vivid.
Bittersweet? Maybe, if you think you didn't have enough.
I've had my fill.
The gales of November (and October) have been kind to our harbor blowing largely out of the Northerly direction.
Fall season 2021 has been vivid.
Bittersweet? Maybe, if you think you didn't have enough.
I've had my fill.
The Danube taken from Erzsébet híd (Elisabeth Bridge).
My wife and daughter admiring the famous river.
A barge going upstream and a sightseeing boat going down. On the Pest bank looking at the Buda bank. Buda Castle on the right.
-Will
My wife and daughter admiring the famous river.
A barge going upstream and a sightseeing boat going down. On the Pest bank looking at the Buda bank. Buda Castle on the right.
-Will