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What a perfect day for a sail on a cool catamaran ...... high heat...slight warm summer breeze....fluffy clouds......just oh so perfect....
You will stay, I'll sail away
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Location Soul2Soul Bay: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Love/75/84/22?...
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I think most people see sailboats and think of a relaxing endeavour, soaking up the sunshine as the soft winds blow, the vessels like immense swans gliding along the water blissfully.
Perhaps that’s actually the case for most folks out on their boats, however, my experience with sailing was quite different. I was only ever on a sailboat a handful of times but each of those were with Barnacle Bill. Bill (his real name) was my father and he bought a sailboat shortly after I was married so sailing wasn’t something with which I grew up. That meant I hadn’t been properly trained to be a sailor and neither had Norm.
Our first time out Dad issued the rules and we were more than willing to learn and abide. Yet as the outing progressed Bill’s barking grew more and more intense.
“Don’t sit there!”
“Grab that line!”
(What line? What do you want me to do with it?)
And so it went.
There seemed to be a very real possibility that we were going to be keelhauled or, at the very least, made to walk the plank. If you ever saw the ‘Friends’ episode where Rachel was trying to teach Joey how to sail you’ll have a clear idea of what I’m trying to describe.
I do know that his high anxiety was his concern for everyone’s safety and thus was quite forgivable but truth be told ever since those experiences I have been quite content to simply get the occasional photograph of a sailboat. :-)
Definition Of A Sailboat: A hole in the water into which you pour money.
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Numerous sail boats patrol the Pacific Ocean from just off the shore of Santa Barbara, California. This one had a particular weird vibe for me even when I was snapping the shutter. The light and horizon felt a little mystical.
I hope you are all doing well out there. It's been a bumpy ride for me lately as life keeps throwing me curve balls. Here's to keeping on swinging hoping to put one into play.
Mike D.
SAIL-In parade Sail Amsterdam 2015
The green tall ship at the front is the Alexander von Humboldt II (too ‘Alex-2’) from Germany.
Behind with the huge flag is the ARC Gloria from Columbia.
Since its first edition in 1975, SAIL Amsterdam has grown to become the largest public event in the Netherlands and the largest free nautical event in the world.
Every five years, in excess of 600 ships navigate along the North Sea Canal (the Sail-In or Parade of Sail) before mooring in and around the IJhaven in Amsterdam. The ninth edition of SAIL Amsterdam took place from 19 to 23 August 2015.
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The video for this is a series of pictures. And I love the song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5GWEGnBk_o
This is one of my fav sunset shots from Tenerife. Not sure why, just something about it.
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seen three years ago in May at English Bay.
song - Mark Knopfler & James Taylor -
"Sailing to Philadelphia"
Jolly Rover ll ~ Historic Key West Harbor
Florida Keys ~ Key West, Florida U.S.A.
Sunset ~ Thanksgiving Weekend 2016
(three more photos 'of this sail-ship' in the comments)
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The tall ship Schooner Jolly II Rover was designed by Naval Architect Meritt Walter as a mercenary vessel and was built in 1994 by Bock Marine of Beaufort, North Carolina. The Rover’s hull is constructed out of steel and at 80′ long with her trademarks sails, topmast and square rig she is a magnificent sight under sail as well as sitting quietly dockside.
The amazing Schooner Jolly II Rover is proudly owned by Bill Malone and is operated out of Key West’s Historic Seaport. He purchased the Jolly II Rover in 2003 to fulfill a lifelong dream of operating a classic, square rigged, topsail schooner.
At the time of purchase, the Jolly Rover was in Fort Myers, Florida. With the help of enthusiastic friends, Bill sailed the Jolly Rover back to his adopted home of New Orleans. With his new team, “The Pirates of Lake Pontchartrain” he offered day and evening sails on Lake Pontchartrain with daily sailing trips, sunset sails and sailing charters.
Several years later you could say that fate intervened. Hurricane Katrina passed through New Orleans and blew the Jolly II Rover back to Florida where the tall ship belongs – among the traditional sailing ships, both mercenary & merchant, of the Historic Seaport of Key West.
schoonerjollyrover.com/about-jolly-rover/
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DSC_8637-Tall Ship Lord Nelson sail past the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City during Rendez-vous 2017 in July. 40 ships participated in the event. The 3 masted square-rigged Lord Nelson is from the United Kingdom and named after the British Admiral.
The couple in the next boat were from Stuttgart. They had been sailing on this voyage for several months starting out from the Netherlands. They were 79 years old.... I am a total amateur.
The ships sails were hoisted into place by crew on the deck. This reduces the amount of crew required. On larger tall ships the hands are sent aloft and on lines stand behind the yard and lower and raise the sail as required, a very skilled and dangerous job. The “topmen” who dealt with the upper yards were paid more as they were experienced sailors, and was extremely dangerous.
The sails are from Left to Right
Rear sail a triangle on a boom which can be lowered with one haul line
Main sail with out the additional bonnet/drabbler as they make steering difficult as the helmsman/lady cannot see in forward direction
From under the crow’s nest you will see a taut standing rigging running forward and downward to the foredeck. The fluffy bits are called baggie wrinkles and prevent wear on the main sail when full {of wind}
The fore mast has a bonnet attached to base of the sail to increase size in light winds, however it can be removed if required
The bow sprit sail has holes in the bottom to act as drains when the ship hits water on the downward slope of a big sea. The winds would be high as well so just a bow sail would be set to aid steering as the stern of the ship is remarkably high out of the water and acts like a sail. I have sailed for many hours coming up the Bristol channel with just a bow sail fitted and wind behind us
The ship runs with 20 spilt into three watches of six with one crew as cook and of course the captain.
The captain has two watch leaders and so they do four on watch and eight off with their watch members. The watches are of course timed using the ships bell and sand glass. There is a clock in the watch office/ navigation room.