Love these, used to race Tanzer 22s with my dad as a kid. Don't think any other sport can shift so dramatically from mindbogglingly boring to fun as hell day-to-day lol
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Love these, used to race Tanzer 22s with my dad as a kid. Don't think any other sport can shift so dramatically from mindbogglingly boring to fun as hell day-to-day lol
Thank you! good to find a salty soul here! yeah, the biggest action i've had on a sailboat so far was delivering it to the start line - through rough weather, with few people and then back at night. While the regattas, were held in very mild conditions, to the point of utter boredom. I had to google Tanzer 22, its nice little boat, looks like you can pretty much learn everything about sailing on it before getting a bigger one :) do you still sail or was it more your dad's passion?
Definitley my dad's passion, though now that I'm older I would love to get back into it, however I don't have the money for the repairs at the moment lol. True story: I took my new girlfriend on a sail race one time and it went so well I feel unbelievably corny telling it haha, it was a gorgeous day, wind made for an exciting but not too crazy race, Dad was only talk-shouting his orders instead his usual Captain Ahab howls to be polite, and at half way when we turned back (we were pretty far behind) the wind shifted and everyone bust out their front sails, with the sun sitting just low enough to enhance the crowd of bright, loud colors all front sails have without straining the eye. I mean this was some rom-com shit. Then literally as we crossed the finish line (buoy) our mast, out of nowhere, fell directly ontop of the seating section hahaha. Nobody was hurt (somehow), but the mast is still broken, and don't tend to be cheap.
wow... nice image of the golden hour hitting the sails. I witnessed a similar one that i wish i could capture with my phone at that moment but couldn't since i was the only crew running the show - helm, fails and everything in between with 9 ft waves and the Capt. taking a nap.
I don't think I could ever be a photographer for exactly that reason, if I missed something like that it would drive me insane