Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) only the beams of them. > From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:05:57 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Sailing > > Phillipe: > > A nice set of photographs, I enjoyed it very much. > > No lighthouses over there? > > Jim > > > Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> As promised, I offer you some sailing shots from our trip last weekend. >> >> It was our last trip with this boat. The owner doesn't find time anymore >> to >> set sail more than 2 times per year, so each trip is a bit too expensive. >> It really is a pity, because we had a yearly tradition to do a tour on the >> Grevelingen with these 4 guys. I guess next year we'll rent a boat... >> >> Prior to selling, the owner brought his ship to the wharf to have some >> repairs done. One of the repairs was getting the deck back in tip top >> shape: >> http://tinyurl.com/9vke4 >> >> A bit later we left the harbor. An important issue on the water is >> dehydratation. So it's very important to keep your body fluids on level: >> http://tinyurl.com/cnqe3 >> >> Sometimes we use the autopilot and just enjoy being on the water: >> http://tinyurl.com/9q4ta >> >> But ofcourse, most of the time somebody is at the wheel: >> http://tinyurl.com/axek2 >> >> To get maximum speed, the trim of the sails has to be regulary checked: >> http://tinyurl.com/bm5x8 >> >> Damn, where's the pilot again?: >> http://tinyurl.com/cdpee >> >> That's better: >> http://tinyurl.com/77bh4 >> >> We sailed into very shallow water, and since we some bad weather was >> arriving, we decided to do this on motor and not under sail: >> http://tinyurl.com/by5uv >> >> In such circumstances, it is important to keep track of the buoys marking >> the waterway: >> http://tinyurl.com/boe7m >> >> And look up the particularities of the lake in the almanac: >> http://tinyurl.com/8hlq6 >> >> But finally we arrived safe and sound at "Dwars in den Weg", a tiny island >> just before Brouwershaven. We had the pontoon all for ourselves: >> http://tinyurl.com/ampqr >> >> Except for the true inhabitants of the island: >> http://tinyurl.com/cme9l >> >> This was our compensation for having sweated in those damn waters: >> http://tinyurl.com/8jfw4 >> >> Time for dinner. One of us tried to catch some fish. Despite his >> concentration without much result: >> http://tinyurl.com/aejx3 >> >> Luckily I cooked a meal that everybody seemed to like: >> http://tinyurl.com/c39d9 >> >> The day after, we had a technical problem with the foresail. The lightest >> one had to get up to repair it: >> http://tinyurl.com/bykwe >> >> It was rather high: >> http://tinyurl.com/d8j6x >> >> You really need some steel nerves to do repairs up there: >> http://tinyurl.com/a5koj >> >> But finally things got done properly, and we sailed off again. The skipper >> asked me to take some beauty shots of his ship to help the sale: >> http://tinyurl.com/cg7ay >> http://tinyurl.com/9rmlv >> http://tinyurl.com/brb4p >> http://tinyurl.com/agzr7 >> >> And meanwhile I took 2 beauty shots of our surroundings, too: >> http://tinyurl.com/93wao >> http://tinyurl.com/8mct7 >> >> Everything with the Leica Digilux 2. Basic PS work in the tradition of >> Nathan :-) >> >> Comments appreciated. >> Thanks for looking, >> Philippe >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >