Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, One of the wonderful things about the LUG is that images are shown that bring the whole saloon into worlds that some/most have never been to. I feel like I could hike the paths in the Rose of Shires and feel at home. Amsterdam, parts of Seville, Texas, and now sailing in the NE. Thank you for taking the time to show your world. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 10/11/05, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > > September gives cool, brisk winds and beautiful light on Vineyard > Sound. Here a cruising boat works her way eastward down the Sound > with the sun behind her. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_05_0087_web > > And the same one in B&W which I think works just as well if not better: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_05_0087_bw_web > > We race into early October. We were overtaking this boat to weather > when he decided he wanted no part of that and pinched up to windward > to keep us from taking his wind. He cleared our bow by about four > feet. We roared through his lee right after this was taken. Big > boats go faster than small boats. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/01_20A_0015_web > > I also sail regularly on small boats. Here the boats sneak up behind > the rock ledge at the entrance to Woods Hole Harbor before heading > out into the strong opposing current in the passage. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/02_14_0027_web > > All were taken with an Olympus Stylus Epic on Fuji Press 400 film. > Commercial 2K x 3K scans. > > Enjoy. Comments welcome, of course. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick > Boston MA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >