Messing About In Sailboats

Sailing Photo Of The Day -- Reflection on the lake

Reflection on the lake, originally uploaded by Gianfranco Todini.

Stunningly peaceful. Have a serene 4th!

Sailing Photo of the Day -- June 16th Ballard Cup Race

June 16th Ballard Cup Race, originally uploaded by Walkabout Wolf.

I  like undyed kevlar on a boat. Kinda cool!

Sailing Photo Of The Day- Pride of Baltimore II

Pride of Baltimore II, originally uploaded by Glossyboy.

Pretty cool mosaicy thing.  Here's a blurb about the Baltimore from the original Flickr post

"The Pride of Baltimore II was commissioned in 1988 as a sailing memorial to her immediate predecessor, the original Pride of Baltimore, which was tragically sunk by a white squall off Puerto Rico in 1986, taking her captain and three crew members down with her. Both ships were built in the Inner Harbor as replicas of 1812-era topsail schooners, the type of vessels, called Baltimore Clippers, that helped America win the War of 1812 and finally secure its freedom"

Sailing Photo Of The Day - Sailing Sloep's (No not a typo)

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It's a Belgian thing!
SLOEP in a race, originally uploaded by verelst.rudi.

 

Sailing Photo Of the Day - Cool Photo from Bol D'Or

Damn...trapped, originally uploaded by edouardv66.

 

Sailing Photo Of the Day - Bol D'Or

To squeeze up to keep warm, originally uploaded by edouardv66.

 

Sailing Photo Of The Day - More Wooden Boats

5/24/2008 - 0, originally uploaded by Center for Wooden Boats.

I have got a wood thing going on.   

OK, I just re-read that and I am not sure I meant it the way it came out.

"That's what she said." Michael Scott

Actually you can see a lot more about these at the Center for Wooden Boats, www.CWB.org.

Sailing Photo Of The Day - Wooden Ships

For a while I looked at this and thought that something wasn't quite right. Then I got it. It's the damn rubber dinghy being towed!
pt townsend 1, originally uploaded by chimera2007.

 

Sailing Photo Of The Day - On a Reach

On a Reach, originally uploaded by hbp_pix.

What a frickin' beauty. I want one!

Sailing Photo of The Day - Knarr

Knarr, originally uploaded by LBena.

I have never heard of this boat. What a beauty! The thing I love about this shot is that it really captures the speed. Nice bow wave.