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Pictures: Those perfect moments

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#1 ·
I like so much some of those pictures on the Sunset/Sunrise picture thread that I think it is a pity that I cannot see other great pictures that are not related with sunset or sunrise and I know you guys have them;).

I want to see those beautiful pictures so I am open this thread for it.

Some rules : Utilize a site like photobucket, imageShack, Photoshelter or similar site to host the photos before post here, don't post bigger than 800/600, preferably that size (15" screen) and post only one photo each time. you can post more after others have posted.

Of course, these are only suggestions, do what you like if you do not agree, except in what regards Max size. Bigger will make difficult to see them on laptops.

Well, first one:



2006, Esteiro, Rias Galegas, Galiza, North of Spain.

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#257 ·
8 months pregnant and still sailing!

Look! We're 8 months pregnant and still sailing.


Here's me with a $hit eating grin, just happy to be out of the pen and on the water again. My wife is piloting the boat, identifying traffic through the binos, and incubating a new life, all at the same time! Yes, she's awesome. ;)


Reflection of our bow as we push the water out of our way....


Sailing season has ended for us for a while. We're on baby watch now. It was tough this weekend not to be out in the 10kt breeze and 85deg sun, but it just didn't seem smart to be far away from the hospital right now. We are planning to take "Sprout" out sailing when he's one month old though. The in-laws (not boat people) have informed us that this is child abuse and we've been asked questions like "what if something happens?" and "what if the wind comes up." :rolleyes:

MedSailor
 
#260 ·
My nephew at the helm. Georgian Bay.

 
#261 ·
MV Panthera after turnig round to give me some fuel in mid Atlantik



A pasenger I had for 3 days







 
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#267 ·
The venom in the nettle cells of the portuguese man o war is closely related to that of a cobra. Got stung by one while diving a fewyears ago and it put the breaks on me for 3 days. But they still make for nice pictures on a calm day. By the way, those tentacles get up tp 40 feet long so take care when ye go skinny dipping with them about. ;)
 
#268 ·
Have to make a correction then... the similar ones we saw in the Pacific were small... only a few inches across.
 
#269 ·
The actual floating part is only a few inches usually well under a foot long but if you look underneath it there are looong strings hanging down into the water that it uses to catch its pray.
 
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#273 ·
Not to be picky, but those scallops/bags near each jib hank are telling you that you need a LOT more jib halyard tension for your current wind strength.

Nice looking anchor locker though. Teak??? Though I'm not sure what happened to the roller for said anchor.....

MedSailor
 
#274 ·
LOL, noticed that right after I posted... Thinking man, I could have done better there..

Anchor locker is Marine ply that I curved and stained "teak" then Cetol'd..

Didn't have a roller when I bought the boat... I bought one, but didn't have a good spot up front to mount (nav lights, etc) so I'm thinking of some sort of chock off the forequater or something to keep from roughing up the rub rail...
 
#276 ·
PCP you want to get that sensor chip cleaned lol
 
#280 ·
I was chatting with a dock neighbour this weekend. I had passed him on the water while we were enjoying a particularly fun sail. In Georgian Bay, just West of Giant's Tomb Island.

He mentioned that he had a bit of video of our encounter.

Here it is:

 
#281 ·
I was chatting with a dock neighbour this weekend. I had passed him on the water while we were enjoying a particularly fun sail. In Georgian Bay, just West of Giant's Tomb Island.

He mentioned that he had a bit of video of our encounter.
Looks like a good day indeed!
 
#283 · (Edited)
The Ambracian gulf is a historical place. It was at its entrance that Octávio (later August and the biggest of Roman Imperators) defeated its main rival, António ( and Cleopatra) in one of the most important naval battles in history). It is also a sailing paradise.

It is a vast enclosed sea surrounded by mountains that are responsible in the summer for a strong wind (thermal breeze). The wind starts to pick up slowly at mid day and at 3PM is already blowing hard and it stays like that till almost sunset. The enclosed sea prevents the formation of big waves so you can have over 20k of wind with only 1m waves.

And the good news are that there are almost no sailing boats there, the tourism is very incipient and you will find mostly Greeks and that means not only that it is cheap all around but also that you will get a nice treatment, not the one that is reserved for mass tourism.



Those moonshine pictures were taken there as this photos (Koronisia). After these ones I will post some more. I really liked the place and the people.







 
#284 ·
The Ambracian gulf is a historical place. [/IMG]
Beautiful looking spot and interesting historical significance.
 
#287 ·
More pictures from the Ambracian Gulf:

Menidion:







I will nor resist to post a "little" work made on the last picture:



And this one is from Vonitsa, also om the Ambracian Gulf: Nice town, several protected anchorages around and even the local marina is inexpensive, as the food and all the rest. I will be back there sometime;)

 
#288 ·
Paulo - do you do anything but sail to gorgeous places in the Med.? You seem to have been in every nook and crannie of that sea. :D
 
#289 · (Edited)
Well, do you mean if I only sail on the Med or if I am sailing all the time in the Med?

The answer to the first question is no. I have made all the Portuguese coast and most of the Atlantic Spanish coast and sailed there several seasons.

The answer to the second is also no, but I have on the last 10 years sailed many months on the med and on the next 2 years I hope to sail at least 8 more before going to the Canary, Madeira and Açores Islands.

Regarding the Med I know all Spanish coast, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Elba and the Islands around, Ponza, South of Italy, part of North of Italy (Adriatic) and central (Tyrrhenian), Slovenia, Croatia, Monte ***** and part of the Ionian Greece.

Next year I want to sail around Sicily, to know a lot of Italian Islands (Capri, Pantelaria, the Stromboli and the Lipari Islands, Lampedusa), Malta, Ionic Greece, and part of the Aegean.

I plan to leave the boat in Greece and next year I will do the rest of the Aegean, Cyclades, Turkey, Crete, Chipre, Rodes and then I guess that I will return. Maybe I leave the boat on Sardinia and then next year it will be the Atlantic Islands.

Well, I guess I know only half of the Med. The other half is for discover on the next two years. I don't know if you have been there, if not it is hard to describe it. Probably the guy that knows it better is Rod Heikel that besides having circumnavigated has here its favorite cruising grounds. He has published several pilot guides and has a site full of wonderful stories, have a look:

Early Days in the Med - Mediterraneo

I am talking about him because he describes the Med better than anybody, something like this: It is a place where you can sail all day and at night you will find always a nice cove with a taberna :D

Besides that, in many places you have pre-set wind. I mean, it blows always from the same side, only in the afternoon and at night you have no wind at all;)

The number of shelters and coves is absolutely unbelievable. I guess that for instance Mallorca Island has more and better shelters than all Portuguese Coast and there are also nice places on the Portuguese coast.

To give you an Idea of the type of sailing I have done this summer, it was like that: After the morning bath and occasional shopping in a small village I pull out the anchor at around 10 AM and start sailing in the very week morning wind, I mean normally 3 or 4K and I mean sailing, doing 2.5K, 3.5K, sometimes less, while reading a book without knowing exactly were I am going, just the general direction.

After lunch, conveniently taken before wind starts to pick up, according with its direction and strength I chose two or three nice places (or coves) where I could stay and start to enjoy sailing.

if it blows really nice and I am doing 8/9K instead of the 6 I was expecting I just forget about those places and just chose some others that will allow me to fully enjoy sail and arrive there at about 5 in the afternoon.

After the afternoon bath sometimes we go to the local taverna to have a meal, or din in the boat at sunset, going to land for a drink at night. This lifestyle is not only on Croatia, but on Greece or in other med Islands.

So, its easy to get used to this. Don't take me wrong, I miss to sail non-stop for several days, but I cannot do that with my wife. She does not like it at all and I have to do that alone or with my kids that this summer worked all summer. Not that I am complaining:D

Regards

Paulo
 
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