Two truisms...The best boat is someone else's boat; and Fall sailing is the best sailing.
Both were true for me over Labor Day weekend. Someone else's boat is one that you don't have to maintain, just arrive with sandwiches and beverages for the crew and enjoy; and sailing in the Fall when the sun is lower and the breezes more snappy...well, it's a great combination.
I was invited to join Cap't Fred on his 1968 Allied Seawind 31 yawl for a cruise on Penobscot Bay in mid-coast Maine. We were out for about four hours, and had enough wind that we often doused the main in order to keep the rails from being awash. The classic lines of this Ted Hood design don't sacrifice speed and seakindlyness for volume as modern boats do. She did a fine job, even with a rusty sailor like me at the helm.
It was 'seat of the pants' sailing...no instruments at all. Just dodge the lobster traps and keep the telltails streaming. What a great way to get reacquainted with the art of sailing.
Camera was the GX85 with 12-32mm [e: 24-64mm] kit zoom. I'm pretty much doing a B/W conversion on import as SOP these days. Had my eye lately on one of the Leica Monochrom digital cameras. B/W is really the only way I intend to shoot going forward [and little at that]. The expense will likely keep this particular dream at arms length, but my compromise is to treat the current kit as if it were monochrome. The extra resolution of a true Monochrom isn't there. Don't think I'll miss it.
Both were true for me over Labor Day weekend. Someone else's boat is one that you don't have to maintain, just arrive with sandwiches and beverages for the crew and enjoy; and sailing in the Fall when the sun is lower and the breezes more snappy...well, it's a great combination.
I was invited to join Cap't Fred on his 1968 Allied Seawind 31 yawl for a cruise on Penobscot Bay in mid-coast Maine. We were out for about four hours, and had enough wind that we often doused the main in order to keep the rails from being awash. The classic lines of this Ted Hood design don't sacrifice speed and seakindlyness for volume as modern boats do. She did a fine job, even with a rusty sailor like me at the helm.
It was 'seat of the pants' sailing...no instruments at all. Just dodge the lobster traps and keep the telltails streaming. What a great way to get reacquainted with the art of sailing.
Camera was the GX85 with 12-32mm [e: 24-64mm] kit zoom. I'm pretty much doing a B/W conversion on import as SOP these days. Had my eye lately on one of the Leica Monochrom digital cameras. B/W is really the only way I intend to shoot going forward [and little at that]. The expense will likely keep this particular dream at arms length, but my compromise is to treat the current kit as if it were monochrome. The extra resolution of a true Monochrom isn't there. Don't think I'll miss it.
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