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Contest/Game - Identify this picture

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#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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#1,487 ·
So we are in the Southern Ocean. Greybeards are also known as Cape Horn Rollers but that picture doesn't look like South America to me..... South Africa, maybe ?????


Edit: Looks like Faster is thinking along the same lines but...errr...faster than me.
 
#1,488 ·
I think that hill/mountain in the background is a little sister to Table Mountain.
 
#1,490 ·
"Graybeards" did it.. as it did for Geoff... otherwise since I didn't recognize the mountain and there were no other significant clues that could have been a while...

Here's a distinctive landmark.. like so many of these places if you've been there it's a snap... but it's safe to say not many cruising sailors typically stop here due to its lack of shelter...

 
#1,491 ·
It is either snow or potential guano on those rocks and considering the catamaran in the picture I'd venture to guess the latter. There are no birds in sight, though... could they be perigrinating? The courtesy flag, although a bit hidden, doesn't contain green so it isn't the Galapagos, no red so it isn't Easter Island; my guess is that it might be Argentina with very faded blue stripes... darn, no it doesn't look like that either... Are we in Argentina?
 
#1,492 ·
Not Argentina, though you'd be forgiven for thinking so on that particular day. No it's a region we ( and esp. you) have spent some time at. Not terribly far from you now, actually...
 
#1,495 ·
I think I might know where that could be - I haven't been to that island but have sailed very close by a couple of time while enroute. I'm going to wait for a better internet connection so I can scan Google Maps for those rocks off the coast line. Probably someone else will beat me to it by that time that happens later tonight.
 
#1,499 ·
Well, now what to do? ;)

The last shot is indeed, 'The Bottoms', one of two major settlements on Saba. "Windwardside' is the other, part of which can be seen from the 1000 steps trail as in the previous shot.

The multihull in the original shot was crewed by French Canadians, they were already ashore when we landed (rocky, swelly beach... don't believe there's a grain of sand on Saba) They said the road was 'impassable'.. by which they meant 'too steep to even walk'. Luckily one of the local taxi operators happened by and took all 13 of us to town.

A truly 'different' experience, but a difficult landing. There is really no anchorage, a few mooring buoys on the so-called 'sheltered' side. The stories of early settlement are fascinating.. EVERYTHING went ashore and inland (upland) on the Saba "Ladder", a still visible steep staircase that passes by a small customs house on the way to the Bottoms' 1500 feet elevation. Roads are a relatively recent development.

So different it's worthwhile.

So Zanshin, you got it regardless!!
 
#1,501 ·
I'm surprised - that last shot made it seem like the village is in an old caldera and I seem to remember seeing all the houses on steep slopes. Saba is on my list, but as you've already stated, the difficult anchorage means that I'm going to wait for settled weather before visiting.

Here's the next picture:

 
#1,504 ·
Thanks Zanshin :) I've been following this great thread since you kicked it off. With your latest pic the red pillar box put me somewhere in the uk but not conclusively. The yellow no parking lines on the road also added weight that it was in the UK. Couldn't pick out the flag.
Certainly the building is very distinctive and I figured it as a famous institution of some sort. After a couple of searches without leads, I googled "famous yacht clubs UK" and up popped a picture of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
i've not been to the Isle of Wight but I did do some sailing at Lymington last year which is perhaps only about 40 miles or so from Cowes.
Now for the tricky bit - posting my own pic. :)
Laurence
 
#1,505 ·
No worries (I lived in Kirribilli just over Kirribilli House for a year) - choose one that has some hints for those willing to research but don't make it quite impossible. I'm sure that there are some remarkable areas in western Oz, but we are all waiting to pounce on Google and Google Maps for just such a shot, so beware :)
 
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