[Rhodes22-list] Fw: regatta photos

[elle]

I can find out ...

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Mon, 10/13/08, ben <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:

> From: ben <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: regatta photos
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 Email List'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 1:07 PM
> Wow, that looks like a perfect day.  Great photos.
> 
> Anyone know the make and model of that ketch in the 2nd
> photo?  I really
> like the look of that little boat.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
> elle
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:03 AM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: regatta photos
> 
> Hi, folks,
> 
> I see not much has changed over the past three days
> ...maybe a few more
> non-pol posts have sneaked in...better get used to
> it...someone's going to
> lose....;^)
> 
> Anyhow, for the past three days I've been working the
> regatta & shooting
> photos...thought you'd like to see a few...
> 
> All were taken on the lower Rappahannock River, mouth of
> the Corrotoman
> (that's Kore-a TOE -man) River, just above the Norris
> Bridge.
> 
> All boats or designs are 25 yrs old or older....we had
> skipjacks,Cape Dorys,
> a Hinckley, a Hylas, (those last two were REALLY fast....)
> a beautiful gaff
> rigged boat...absolutely gorgeous weather...you can see
> from the heel on the
> boats that winds were perfect....
> 
> I went out on the marina's Whaler (our fireboat
> "Squirt" ) with the owner &
> two other newspaper photographers...one photog was shooting
> video for their
> website...the other was shooting stills...Just a few
> minutes after leaving
> the marina the still photog's camera
> died...totally...well, guess who was
> still shooting still...;^) ...
> 
> So for this week I'm a stringer & will get paid the
> stringer's rate...a
> smile, a handshake...and photo credits ;^)
> 
> It was very rough on the water...winds were @ 12-15.with
> gusts higher....the
> Whaler is not the driest nor the most stable boat
> made...;^)...To get the
> best shots w/o anything in the way (and to keep the lens
> somewhat dry) I had
> to stand atop a storage container that was higher than the
> gunnels...I told
> the guy w/the dead camera that if he wanted good shots he
> had to keep me in
> the boat by hook , by crook, or whatever he could get hold
> of (within
> reason, of course!) as it is easier to frame by not leaning
> against the boat
> but by moving with the boat. I now have a new best
> friend...;^)
> 
> Out of @ 250 photos I only had one each of the sky and
> water, and one of the
> rail....
> 
> More to come later if y'all would like.....more
> certainly of the unique
> older boats.
> 
> 
> elle
> 
> ..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can
> adjust our sails.
> 
> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"  
> (Lady in Red)
> 
> 
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> 
> 
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