Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Philippe. I'm pleased to hear you've been looking. I haven't been able to post as much this year as I would have liked due to way too much other stuff going on but hope to correct that next season. Yesterday was one of those days on the water where the sharpness of the cool air, the pressure of the high winds, and hard edge of the sunlight brought everything into sharp focus. We were truly living in the moment, a fairly rare occurrence in my busy life, and I suspect Tom's too, and I just had to say something about it. It was also one of those rare days on the water when even when things go wrong they go right. We had the main jam a third of the way up the first time we hoisted it but a quick trip to an unused mooring in a nearby harbor while I hugged the remainder of the sail to the boom allowed us to quickly clear the problem and get back out into the Sound. I was hardly even thinking about taking pictures yesterday. These were really just snapshots grabbed thoughtlessly as we sailed. I didn't even bring my D300 along. The GF-1 committed itself well, though, and I hope the pictures convey a least something of what it was like. You can tell, I'm sure, that I'm still at least a bit rhapsodic about it all. It's days like this that get into my blood and make sailing a must. I have dozens of them in memory, and that makes me one lucky guy. Best, Dick On Oct 11, 2010, at 1:40 AM, philippe.amard wrote: > Hi Dick, > > I don't often comment on you boat shots, but I look at every one of them. > This final posting for the season is part of you giving the lug a specific > pace and sort ritualized rhythm. > > I can't wait to see next year's series as a result. > > Thanks you for the beautiful summer. > > Philippe > > Le 11 oct. 10 ? 05:47, Richard Taylor a ?crit : > >> >> Today. Vineyard Sound. Wind 20-25 knots building to 25-30 with gusts >> higher as the afternoon wore on. Temp in the low 60s F. The sun already >> low in the sky in the early afternoon but with a light that could cut >> steel. You could see forever. It was a day for many layers on top but, >> as usual, I sailed in shorts. After the exertion of the row upwind to >> get to the mooring I was more than warm enough. I was sailing with Tom >> Browne on his Stone Horse, "Bewitched." >> >> The choppy Sound was full of glints that hurt the eye. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2010_boating/P1020954.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/36zgjnk >> >> With the potent West wind we decided to hug the Falmouth shore to stay in >> the lee of the land and avoid the worst of the wind and waves. Running >> before the wind with the Sun on our backs took the chill out of the air >> and gave us time for a leisurely lunch and hot mulled cider. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2010_boating/P1020986.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/2wkcqgt >> >> Upwind was a different story. We sailed with just a staysail and >> double-reefed main but even so the boat upwind would be knocked over as >> much as 40 degrees in some of the heavier puffs. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2010_boating/P1030003.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/37qoxwd >> >> The day was so pleasant that neither of us wanted to abandon such great >> sailing any earlier than we had to, so we made two trips up towards >> Falmouth Harbor and back to Nobska before heading home to Woods Hole. >> >> I took my turn at the helm. This was on one of the downwind legs. Nobska >> Point light is in the background. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2010_boating/P1020982.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/3yafq6c >> >> With the boat back on the mooring I took one last shot of Woods Hole >> Great Harbor from the yacht club porch. A little more than half full >> now, it will empty quickly in the coming few weeks. A few boats will >> remain at their moorings over the winter, the owners having decided to >> take their chances with the ice. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2010_boating/P1030024-Edit-2.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/36q9o32 >> >> The boat gets pulled for the season next Wednesday. It was such a great >> day I just had to share it. >> >> GF-1 and 20mm pancake. IS0 200 and 400. The last picture is a three >> shot hand-held pano. >> >> C&C always welcome. >> >> Best, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > NO ARCHIVE > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information