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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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#1,646 ·
Last year the place was so crowded that it had no fun. Not only there but on all anchorages around, I mean I took 3 hours looking for a place (in many anchorages)...and in the end I had to pay for it...in expensive food, not so bad:) (the place belonged to a restaurant). That part of Croatia is now too crowded in the summer, mostly charters that put their anchor on top of yours and go happily to town for the party.
 
#1,647 ·
Glad to be joining the fun in this tread! The Dalmatian coast is stunning, and it's on our list of places to go back to.

Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to keep up with all the previous posts, so apologies if this location has already been put up before. It probably won't take too long to guess anyway.

 
#1,651 ·
I, the albatross that awaits for you at the end of the world...
I, the forgotten soul of the sailors lost that crossed Cape Horn from all the seas of the world.
But die they did not in the fierce waves, for today towards eternity in my wings they soar in the last crevice of the Antarctic winds.
Sara Vial
 
#1,656 ·
Well, Geoff, you did include the flag of the Faroes in the photo!

I knew it was a scandinavian locale from the cross, but it wasn't a national flag. So I checked for "flags of scandinavia" and there it was" the Faroe Islands flag. The Faroes are not a big place, so it was short work to locate the port.

The following locale might also be easy, but we'll see. The land in the background has something of a "rocky" history.

 
#1,658 ·
Don't feel too bad, Geoff. The flag made it real easy, but the buildings, terrain, and boats made it clearly atlantic scandinavia (Iceland, Norway, Danish islands). Norway has all those fjords, so that looked like a long shot. Then there was all that green, which ruled out Greenland and kind of pointed to the Faroes, anyway.
 
#1,660 ·
There is an old fort in the picture, and it does have tourist traffic, but I don't know how well-known it is. I've been to this location several times (by land) but don't recall the fort being the primary historical highlight of this area. When I visited, the fort did not appear on my radar screen, so maybe I missed something. One of the highlights I remember had to do with fossils.
 
#1,664 ·
Labatt is very close, perhaps a nm or two from the marina in foreground, but perhaps that's close enough. Weymouth has its own in-city port, but the manmade port (which actually borders on "downtown" Weymouth) in the photo is known as Portland Harbor. The land mass in the background is the Isle of Portland. This area was the sailing venue for the 2012 summer Olympics.

The "rocky" clue refers to the limestone quarries there which produce Portland stone, used in Britain and elsewhere in prominent buidlings, like St. Pauls and the UN. This area is within the Jurassic Coast of Britain and is a tourist destination for fossil hunters. There are lots of fossilized mollusks--the most memorable being the large ammonites.

There is also a castle/fort dating back at least to Henry VIII, but it hasn't been manned for about 200 years. The more recent military history relates to Royal Navy R&D, but that presence has diminished over the past few decades.

Since the Isle of Portland is within the "Borough of Weymouth and Portland", Labatt scores on a technicality! Your turn to post Labatt.
 
#1,667 ·
LOL.. That was quick! Buck buck buck for it's other name - Chicken Harbor. We got down there in time for the Family Island Regatta (not to be confused with the Cruiser's Regatta). Here are a bunch of the Bahamanian boats competing... it was one of the windiest regatta's ever held and the competitors had to figure out a way to reef their sails - the boats were not designed to have reefs.



MarkofSealLife - looks like you're up.
 
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