Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice light and good picture! but I don't know if I would be safe under the boat drinking a beer.... Cheers Lluis El 01/09/2010, a las 20:08, H&E Cummer escribi?: > Hi Luggers, > While in Genoa Bay for lunch on Monday we walked up the hill to look > at the oldest residence in the Bay - a boarding house built for the > lumber mill workers in the late 1800's. Sawn lumber from Genoa Bay > was loaded on tri masted sailing ships and sent as far away as New > Zealand and Italy. The house has nine bedrooms and eight bathrooms > and a huge living room - dining room area with spectacular views > over the bay. But the show stopper is the hull of a 40 plus foot > sailing boat, minus the keel, suspended from the ceiling of the > great room. > There are pictures of the crane used to load the boat into the house > - through an opened side. Shirley, the present owner, just smiles > when you ask her "why would anyone do such a thing?" When you sit > under the boat you don't feel comfortable - wondering if the > suspension points will hold. > > Check it out: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2010/GenoaBoat5panW.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/2u4z87h > > C&C always welcome. > > Cheers > > Howard > > PS: Thanks to everyone who commented on my earlier photos both on > and off line. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information