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24-4-12

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quester

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letting in some sun....
 

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Beautiful. Quite an amazing shot.

We were craning-in some of the privately owned boats at the club today (they come off the water over winter then go back on to swinging moorings in the spring). The attached is of me on my boat releasing the strops and taken by my wife with the PX who was driving the water taxi (to bring everyone back from the moorings and to assist with engine failures...there are always a few issues).

Richard
 

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I think I can recognize Ricoh camera just with colors in an image like the photo number one!
highly qualified, excellent look, I like
 
Yes, very nice quester......a Van Gogh in the making. :D

Interesting vessel you have there Richard....can you tell us more about it?
 
Thanks Marcus! Any similarities to Van Gogh can be attributed to Ricoh's great jpg engine and the lady of luck... :D

@autochrome - I agree with you about the Ricoh colors. I find them very true-to-life, if there is such a thing, and exactly what I'm looking for.

Now Ricoh/Pentax, please make me a slim environmentally-sealed large sensor compact....
 
Very nice picture Quester, I agree with the most it seems a Van Gogh!

Richard, nice shot!
 
MarcusEyre1":106ilhb9 said:
Interesting vessel you have there Richard....can you tell us more about it?
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Hi Marcus,

I've just found your question - the boat is a Yarmouth 23 (23 feet length over deck) and is a modern take on a traditional gaff rigged cutter (you may be familiar with the Cornish series of boats which have a similar concept). So the hull is glass fibre but the spars are wood. She has a 14 BHP inboard diesel engine. In theory there is space for 4 to sleep but 2 adults and 2 children is really the limit. She has a small toilet cubicle (heads) which includes a sit down shower and a small galley with an alcohol stove.

The rig is far less powerful than a true traditional boat and she is heavily built (nearly 3 tons) so is steady rather than speedy but as I single hand much of the time and the weather can be very squally this far north, safe & steady is fine with me. There is a topsail but I tend not to use it when single handed as it takes me half a mile to rig the thing during which time I'm on the deck using the tiller pilot to steer and facing backwards (aft).

I've attached a snap taken by a friend last year (sadly not with a Ricoh).

Richard

PS, I agree that quester's shot is very Van Gogh and quite excellent.
 

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Aahh Richard, if only.....to be sailing, to be sailing.......envy setting in.... :|

Thats one very nice looking vessel... My kind of sailing also. I used to race many years back, catamarans and 16 ft skiffs, among others. These days I'd much rather be on the water at your pace......
Thanks very much for your reply Richard....very grateful.
 
MarcusEyre1":sz0xtvd5 said:
Aahh Richard, if only.....to be sailing, to be sailing.......envy setting in.... :|

Thats one very nice looking vessel... My kind of sailing also. I used to race many years back, catamarans and 16 ft skiffs, among others. These days I'd much rather be on the water at your pace......
Thanks very much for your reply Richard....very grateful.
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Marcus,

Thanks - there is something to be said for going slowly...a Y23 went transatlantic last year single handed....the sailor put a reef in the main, poled out the staysail and worked on doing a 100 miles per day down wind....his main concern was running out of batteries for his MP3 player. As he said 'why hurry if you like being on the water?'.

More (PX) sailing pics here (http://www.ricohforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=8483) - not that I'm trying to make you envious!

Richard
 
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