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pyry
May-28-2008, 06:04 AM
Yay! I've got a journey to post :D

I was on a weekend's spot of sailing on a nice 33-foot Elan. You know the usual bermuda rigged job built for bobbing up and down coastal waters.

'Twas fun, got a sunburn, did sails, tiller (or wheel actually), navigation, photography, sauna... :lol3

Meet the crew:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301856403_PaRui-L-1.jpg


That's Miika on the left with his hand on the winch, Anne sitting on the railing, Tapio at the wheel and our skipper Aki seems checking out the scenery. We're approaching our night stop at Gåsgrundet on the engine here, in an almost total lack of wind.

View forward looked like this:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301857158_PDwjd-L-1.jpg


You can see the pier we tied on to. It's usually used by a connection boat, but it hadn't started yet so we could use it safely with our 6-foot keel and all.

And here's our trusty 5-ton tub of fiberglass safely anchored:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301858516_LU7gJ-L-1.jpg



Gåsgrundet was a lovely place. There were violets by the thousand. Birds everywhere, a swallow had a nest under the pier we were docked at, happily sang his song at pier. :lust

Taking in the scenery in sepia:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301858197_kwDoQ-L-1.jpg

Magic hour violets:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301859776_wzYDc-L-1.jpg

http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301862772_3KCjS-L-1.jpg

http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301860449_KE7Wn-L-1.jpg


Here's my favorite moment of the cruise, a spur of the moment portrait shoot with the lovely Anne. :D

Anne and the Violets:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/302481056_oPZ5A-L.jpg


http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/302480367_HfKGD-L.jpg

http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/302481464_MYnnQ-L.jpg


Our sunset looked like this:

http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301863134_uvyxw-L-1.jpg


Here's a couple more from the trip, another one of Anne on the boat:
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301866823_UJq85-L-1.jpg


I took this one back at the home dock,
Paint the picture
http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/301865376_BFyqZ-L-2.jpg

I tried a new PP-technique with that one. It's selective color obviously, but I also set the sepia to leak some of the original color. Do you like it or hate it?

That's it, full gallery here (http://pyry.smugmug.com/gallery/5027403_EBNbE/1/301856403_PaRui), with a bunch of shots taken by Anne and Aki as well.

Thanks for looking, tell me what you think! :thumb

Cuong
May-28-2008, 07:12 AM
Beautiful images.

Cuong

pyry
May-30-2008, 07:12 AM
Beautiful images.

Cuong

Thank you!

Dogdots
May-30-2008, 07:45 PM
I love them all...even the last one with the paint brush :thumb

ian408
May-31-2008, 03:04 PM
I love sailing. In fact, I stopped in Santa Cruz today to watch the fleet beat
then turn and run. It's pretty windy on the coast so this was a lot of fun to
watch the crews gybe :D

Dogdots
May-31-2008, 03:08 PM
Santa Cruz :thumb Love that town.

pyry
May-31-2008, 03:18 PM
I love them all...even the last one with the paint brush :thumb

Counting one positive for the faded PP, thank you :D

pyry
May-31-2008, 03:20 PM
I love sailing. In fact, I stopped in Santa Cruz today to watch the fleet beat
then turn and run. It's pretty windy on the coast so this was a lot of fun to
watch the crews gybe :D

What kinda rusty buckets are we talking about? :wink

Dinghies, Tall ships (Should really try a short leg on one those :D ), 100-footers?

ian408
May-31-2008, 04:37 PM
What kinda rusty buckets are we talking about? :wink

Dinghies, Tall ships (Should really try a short leg on one those :D ), 100-footers?

Nah. They look like something in the 40' range. Nothing like Merlin :D

pyry
Jun-02-2008, 11:56 PM
Nah. They look like something in the 40' range. Nothing like Merlin :D

So not all that different from our boat then. Except that in a race we'd have seen them exactly twice :lol3

I like dinghies, my club has a snipe I'm itching to get out with again :D

ian408
Jun-03-2008, 07:12 PM
I like dinghies, my club has a snipe I'm itching to get out with again :D
You learn a lot in a small boat. Especially if you don't like getting wet :D

pyry
Jun-04-2008, 03:11 AM
You learn a lot in a small boat. Especially if you don't like getting wet :D

I know :lol3

I started in the Optimist and tried the Europe. Then there was a few years I didn't sail at all before I got into the Snipe, I still remembered very clearly where the panic button is - and still had the reflex to push it :D

An arm's length of sheet line will keep you dry :thumb