Here Comes The Night

[Mizzmo]

My ship on the left in the dry dock in Portsmouth, VA. Then my boat. Wachapreague, VA

 

[SASSAFRASS]

 

[Cruisin Loser]

He's no liar but he is a horrible troll, making the rest of us feel totally inadequate in our choice of boats, our maintenance habits and our sailing venues.

@Kris Cringle I'm comin' for you, buddy.  July '21.

What do you mean "us"?  

B)

 

[Kris Cringle]

What do you mean "us"?  

B)

My boat looks good in the lens from a distance but we shouldn't mix up and 'owner maintained' boat with a yard maintained yacht like CL's. Brooklin Boatyard is a place of artists, buildings for various tasks and their owners appreciate the service and quality they can get. 

My boat stores out doors under tarps and while I keep it looking pretty good, I can't achieve the same quality of yard maintained boats, I don't have the level of skill required and frankly, working outdoors limits what you can do. 

I've won one award. At a meet of Alden boats down at Mystic Seaport a few years ago, I won the coffee mug for "Best Owner Maintained Alden".

Sitting with my wife, she chuckled, "Aren't you the only owner maintained boat here?" That was true.

Great boats and their owners, DIY or Carte Blanche boatyard,  are wonderful to be around. We all have fun! 

 

[Cruisin Loser]

@Kris Cringle

I was just having a little fun with Ajax.

At the end of the day, we're sailing the same waters, on boats we love, and enjoying the beauty.

i don't have the option of self-maintaining. I either have a full service yard, or I can't sail. I could, I suppose, have a lower maintenance boat, but Restive speaks to me, just as Sparky did before her.

i love your photos. I'm too lazy and haven't the talent that you share. I love that I recognize so many of the places, the boats, the experience. I love Maine, and am an evangelist for sailing there. It is so much the antithesis of Newport, BI, Nantucket. I wish everyone had the time to see it as you see it. 

Beth and I see it much the same, but we don't have the same poetry of words and images to convey the sense of magic and wonder, so thank you.

 

[Sail4beer]

Ahhh, Maine. You can keep Newport and all that rich fancy stuff. I’d much rather meander Penobscot Bay and sail around Acadia

 

[Sail4beer]

Toms River looking toward Beachwood yesterday

 

[Kolibri]

Amazing afterglow on the North Shore of Oahu last night. 

 

[Sail4beer]

You got me beat!

 

[fufkin]

The other night off the back of the boat. Fall brings all sorts of colours, from super saturated to muted tones like this one. As I see the last of the migratory birds commence their journey south, I guess I’ve gotta face it. It’s that time again.

 

[Kolibri]

A view from the post work walk along the beach.

 

[Ajax]

The days are getting mighty short here and we still have a month to go until the solstice. We're at 9h57m right now, counting down to 9h42m.

I'm lucky to get home from work fast enough to take sunset photos.

 

[Israel Hands]

The days are getting mighty short here and we still have a month to go until the solstice. We're at 9h57m right now, counting down to 9h42m.

I'm lucky to get home from work fast enough to take sunset photos.

In our neck of the woods, we call this period "the tunnel."  Come January 1 I'm back to being an optimist.

 

[Ishmael]

In our neck of the woods, we call this period "the tunnel."  Come January 1 I'm back to being an optimist.

I'm not so lucky. Come January 1 I am at best an El Toro. I blame it all on a 420.

 

[Sail4beer]

 

[10thTonner]

Somewhere between the Canaries and Windward Islands.

 

[Matagi]

Taken from the Carlsten Fortress of Marstrand, Sweden, overlooking the Skagerrak and the archipelago.

 

[Ajax]

@Matagi marvelous!

 

[Cruisin Loser]

 

[Ajax]

Oh, damn. The strength of my desire to experience Maine will overcome my self doubt about making the trip solo.