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Contest/Game - Identify this picture

639K views 5K replies 130 participants last post by  obelisk 
#1 ·
It has been a while since I've seen a thread like this - the rules are simple: attempt to identify the location of the last posted picture in the thread. Once the picture poster confirms the first correct responder that person then gets to add a (sailing-related) picture to the thread and the game continues.

Since I'm no good at this type of guesswork my only chance of getting a picture into the thread is by starting it off with the following picture:


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#1,264 ·
Yes, I withdrew the first picture posted because it had an identifying file name that showed when the cursor hovered on the thumbnail. The last picture is the one in play.
 
#1,272 ·
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OK, a bit more off the beaten track...

This one kind of has the look of Patagonia.... or perhaps similar geography in the Northern Hemisphere.. Scandinavia....
 
#1,277 ·
Very nice picture, that made it go "click" and I looked around the Falklands but with no success, then I thought of the Antarctic mainland, but that is too far south, so I fired up trusty Google maps and found Grytviken in the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

I didn't know that Shackleton's Grave was located there!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Grytviken&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.68309,113.818359&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Grytviken,+South+Georgia+and+the+South+Sandwich+Islands&t=h&ll=-54.292885,-36.549454&spn=0.009583,0.027788&z=14&output=embed
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#1,283 ·
PierreMundo - Yes, it is a lake and is in Arizona and is indeed Lake Pleasant. I flew over this lake hundreds of times since the airport/gliderport approach to Turf takes one over the lake. There are sometimes huge raft-ups (powerboats) and you can get high circling above them in thermals and even at 5000 ft AGL you can hear the music.

All yours...
 
#1,287 ·
Hi Smurphny,

You made a good gues. It is Lake Champlain. Picture is taken from Apple Island near Burlington, VT. Had a great time this summer driving the New England states.

It's yours.

Pierre
I actually thought it was the place where I keep my boat. We have a campground but we don't have a golf course:) One of the boats in the picture looks like that of someone I know. Well, here's the next pic (I hope Faster will be kind enough to make it larger again):
 

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#1,288 ·
Here you go.... please set up your own photobucket.com account.. it will size images appropriately.. be sure to copy and paste the IMG CODE option

 
#1,293 ·
I'm impressed, I didn't think anyone would get this one that quickly... Castle Island is pretty far south in the Bahamas, not many cruisers make it down there, and it's a tricky spot to visit... I've never gotten ashore there, the surge was always a bit too much to feel comfortable about leaving the boat unattended at anchor...

The Bight of Acklins is one of my favorite spots in the Bahamas... Very remote, you're really on your own down there... If you're into ghost towns, this is the place...

Here's an old church in the abandoned settlement of Pompey Bay, off the beautiful anchorage in Delectable Bay...



OK, you're up again...
 
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