Wednesday is Photo Day 2025

[Woodworks1]

We went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City last year to see Monet water lilies. But the painting that drew as many people to was.
Gustave Caillebotte, Boat Moored on the Seine at Argenteuil, ca. 1886‒1891

Caillebotte himself was a yacht designer and racer, known for his innovative approach to boat design.
Here is his own boat Le Roast Beef

I don't know much about this boat but wow.
A small sandbagger at museum at Douarnenez, hmm..was it called Laura?

 

[RussC]

Most likely the last hurrah for the year but if so it was a great day to end it. it's gonna be a lonnnng winter.

 

[Woodworks1]

Pre-dawn Harvest moon last month.

 

[jssailem]

BOATING MADRID, SPAIN.

In the heart of the Retiro Park lies this large lake, a popular spot with the city's residents, who go there to sunbathe or hire rowing boats.​

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[jssailem]

While in Barcelona, I was drawn to the port. Among the images were the Statue of Christopher Columbus pointing to towards the new world, a Med Cruising yacht, and this tall-masted grey yacht up on the hard. Appeared to be a racing yacht.

 

[kappykaplan]

Looks like you enjoyed the trip despite the bad "stuff".

 

[DArcy]

The boat is coming out for the season next week so I went for a last hurrah evening sail.

 

[FDL S2]

This was taken by from the boat that was ahead of me in a race-I didn’t win, but this picture was a great participation trophy!

 

[Phil]

I just spent 2 weeks bouncing around in Portugal and the UK. Here are two shots

from Cascais, Portugal.

 

[Phil]

Hospital ship museum in Viana do Castelo Portugal

 

[Phil]

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve sail from Haleiwa up to Waimea Bay where the surf was 2 to 4 ft. That's flat enough to anchor for lunch in 25 ft of water. Amazing downwind ride under jib only backto Haleiwa in 10 to 15 knots of wind after leaving Waimea.

 

[walt]

Picture from this morning. Ridgway Reservoir in SW Colorado finally thinking about freezing over.

 

[walt]

I asked AI why the smoke on the water. Im guessing the temperature when the picture was taken was less than 10F and fairly early in the morning. The lake at 6700 ft el probably will freeze fairly (??} soon but interesting answer AI has.
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That "steam" isn't true steam (invisible gas) but rather sea smoke or steam fog, which forms when very cold, dry air moves over relatively warmer water...(like a lake or ocean), causing the warm, moist air just above the water's surface to rapidly cool and condense into visible, tiny water droplets, essentially creating a ground-level fog. It's like your breath on a cold day, but on a much larger scale, as the warmer water releases moisture that can't survive in the frigid air

 

[jssailem]

Winter is a time to review pictures.

 

[DaveJ]

Lake Ontario, with forest fires 1,000s of miles away.
Made for some great sunsets.
Cheers

 

[Phil]

Here comes the night at Rocky Point on the North Shore of Oahu.

 

[sailme88]

Some days you just have to take life and sailing easy.

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there should be a cooler in that frame.... just say'ini

 

[sailme88]

Winter is a time to review pictures.
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this is my sailing grounds....

 

[Phil]

Even though she's not fully potty trained as she does have an accident from time to time, we took Poppy for a short sail Wednesday. She really enjoyed it, didn't pee or poop, and was psyched to be a lap dog. She did get a little cold so we wrapped her up in a towel and that made her day.

 

[kappykaplan]

Poppy looks very content!