Sailing, around the world

Last December the maxi yacht "Wild Oats XI" won the 2008 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, sailing 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) in one day, 20 hours and 34 minutes. The Volvo Ocean Race, a 10-leg round-the-world race started in October and will continue until June. The Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009 will start in April, and training sessions are now underway. Sailing as a modern and historic undertaking is alive and well around the world, here are a few photos of sailing events from the past year. (30 photos total)

A figure from Antony Gormley's "Another Place" welcomes one of the Tall Ships to Merseyside as it sails past the Burbo Bank windfarm on the approach to the Port of Liverpool on July 18, 2008, Liverpool, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

A crew member of the Puma racing team pulls in a sail during the Volvo Ocean in-port race in Alicante, Spain, Saturday Oct. 4, 2008. The 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race, Covering 10 legs and 36,995 nautical miles, started Oct. 11 in Alicante and is scheduled to end in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz) #

The 100-strong fleet sail past the historic three-masted clipper "James Craig" after the start of the annual 628 nautical mile Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on December 26, 2008. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images) #

Richard Branson's boat "Virgin Money" sails in the ocean after departing New York, in an attempt to break the transatlantic mono-hull sailing record, October 22, 2008. About 30 hours into the voyage, the crew started having problems and ripped the boat's main sail. Not long after that, the voyage was aborted. (REUTERS/Chip East) #

The tall ships Lady Washington, right, and Hawaiian Chieftain, left, sail on San Francisco Bay, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. The tall ships arrived from Grays Harbor, Wash., and were on an educational visit to the Bay area. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) #

The Ericsson Racing Team - Ericsson 4 sails during the start of the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Alicante to Cape Town on October 11, 2008 in Alicante, Spain. The fleet of eight teams participating in the Volvo Ocean Race will race arround the world over ten legs to finish in St Petersburg in late June, 2009. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images) #

Australian supermaxi "Wild Oats XI", skippered by Mark Richards, is seen sailing past Tasman Island at sunrise as it approached the finish line of the 64th annual 628-nautical mile Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on December 28, 2008. "Wild Oats XI" won Australia's premier blue water classic for a record fourth consecutive year in an elapsed time of one day, 20 hours, 34 minutes and 14 seconds. (DANIEL FORSTER/AFP/Getty Images) #

A red-sailed ship is seen sailing toward Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts on July 9th, 2008 (Boston Globe) #

Ben Ainslie with the JP Morgan Extreme 40 sailing team sail the Extreme 40 catamaran on the River Thames to celebrate Ben Ainslie's triple Olympic gold medal success on September 5, 2008 in London, England. (Cate Gillon/Getty Images) #

Tall ships take part in the so-called Windjammerparade tall ship parade at the Kieler Woche sailing event on June 28, 2008 at the port of Kiel, northern Germany. Organisers of the Kieler Woche (Kiel Week), one of the biggest sailing events in the world, expected more than three million visitors from 70 countries. (ROLAND MAGUNIA/AFP/Getty Images) #

Classic yachts sail in the bay of Cannes, southeastern France, during the 30th R�gates Royales of Cannes, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. The R�gates Royales was the focal point of the season with more than 150 crews sailing on 10 to 50 meter long classic yachts. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) #

The Maltese Falcon, a clipper sailing luxury yacht owned by U.S. venture capitalist Tom Perkins, sails into San Francisco Bay September 27, 2008. At 289.1 feet (88 metres), the vessel is one of the largest privately owned sailing yachts in the world. (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith) #

Yachts bustle for a good line at the start of the Big Boat Challenge in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. The Big Boat Challenge was a warm up race and a chance for the Maxi Yachts to test their boats ahead of the Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) #

A Tall Ship comes into Merseyside, sailing past the Burbo Bank windfarm on the approach to the Port of Liverpool on July 18, 2008, Liverpool, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) #

A ship sailes under the Flaubert bridge on the Seine river upon its arrival at Rouen's harbour, western France, during the Sail 2008 armada event, on July 3rd, 2008. (ROBERT FRANCOIS/AFP/Getty Images) #

A replica of "Argo", the mythical ship that bore Jason and the Argonauts on their heroic quest for the Golden Fleece, sails in the Corinth canal in Korinthos, some 80 kms west of Athens on July 2, 2008. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP) #

United States Coast Guard cadets stand at parade rest atop the mast of the U.S. Coast Guard training vessel "Barque Eagle", on July 1, 2008 as the boat rounds West Point off Magnolia and nears Seattle. The boat was taken as a war prize from Germany after World War II and is the only sailing vessel in the U.S. maritime services. (AP Photo/Seattle Post-Intelligencer/Joshua Trujillo) #

People walk along the embankment of the Neva River with the Russian tall ship Mir illuminated in the background, in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Saturday, June 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) #

Supermaxi "Skandia" all but disappears in a trough as she heads for open water after the start of the annual 628 nautical mile Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in Australia on December 26, 2008. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images) #

The Romanian tall-ship Mircea sails into Brest harbour in Brittany, western France, July 10, 2008 to take part in the Brest 2008 international maritime festival. (REUTERS/Stephane Mahe) #

Billy Gernertt, gunner's mate for the tall ship Lynx, yells, "Live Free or Die!" before firing a dummy charge from its cannon toward the Hawaiian Chieftain during a mock battle on Commencement Bay in Washington State on Friday July 4, 2008. (DREW PERINE/AP) #

Tall ships take part in the so-called Windjammerparade tall ship parade at the Kieler Woche sailing event on June 28, 2008 at the port of Kiel, northern Germany. (ROLAND MAGUNIA/AFP/Getty Images) #

The fleet sails out of Sydney Harbor after the start of the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht race in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/ROLEX /Daniel Forster, HO) #

Volvo Ocean Race yacht Puma arrives off Cape Town, South Africa in second place during the first stage of the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race November 2, 2008. (REUTERS/Mike Hutchings) #

The viking longship Sea Stallion of Glendalough sails through the Limfjorden in Northern Jutland on August 3, 2008 after its journey across the North Sea. The ship, a reconstruction of a 30 metre long warship built in Dublin in the viking age, was on its way back to the Viking Museum in the town of Roskilde where it built as a reconstruction of the Skuldelev 2, which was excavated in Roskilde Fjord fifty years ago. Research has established that the ship was originally built in Dublin by vikings in 1042. (HENNING BAGGER/AFP/Getty Images) #

The Puma Team sails alongside the Ericsson Racing Team - Ericsson 4 during the start of the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Alicante to Cape Town on October 11, 2008 in Alicante, Spain. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images) #

Spectators up the mast on the Tasmanian tall ship James Craig watch the fleet sail out of Sydney Harbour after the start of the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht race in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/ROLEX, Daniel Forster, HO) #

Limit sails past Tasman Island towards the finish line in Hobart during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Australia Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Rolex, Daniel Forster) #

The ARM Cuauhtemoc, a training vessel of the Mexican Navy, named after the last Aztec emperor, sails on the River Mersey as part of the Tall Ships race in Liverpool, England, Monday July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Byrne-pa) #

Volvo Ocean Race yacht Puma arrives off Cape Town in second place during the first stage of the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race November 2, 2008. (REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA) #

More links and information

Volvo Ocean Race - official site

Volvo Ocean Race - Wikipedia entry

Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Official site

Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Wikipedia entry

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Wow, Great that some of the gorgeous oldtimer sailing vessels still exist !
Hurrah for wind power, Maya B., International Artist, 23 Jan. 2008, 15:30 pm

Posted by Maya B. January 23, 09 09:33 AM

so beatiful i could smell and taste the sea air and join the rush of the boats while sitting in a small attic room in holland. congratulations to all those photographers and sailors who are making it possible.

Posted by karin spence January 23, 09 10:30 AM

The photographs are breath taking!

Posted by Temi January 24, 09 12:11 AM

Would it be possible for me to enter Caliban my Cal 25 in the race
And does anyone have a 50 horse outboard i could borrow with lots of fuel capacity
WE PROMISE WE WON'T CHEAT

Posted by Ted Zellmer Jr. January 24, 09 09:25 AM

the photos are beautiful breathtaking

Posted by j adams January 24, 09 02:22 PM

Great

Posted by Raymond H. Anderson January 24, 09 06:01 PM

I know now why I love the water so mutch you can almost feel natures spirit of the wind in these photos thank for sharing them with me.

Posted by helen owens January 24, 09 07:08 PM

I have always dreamt about "SAILING" on a boat. Your pictures made it seem like I was there!!! They are some beautiful pictures. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Posted by Versia M. Miles of Texarkana, Arkansas January 25, 09 02:32 AM

I had no idea the picture of me firing on Hawaiian Chieftain would make it this far... These pics are awesome, really cements why I became a sailor to begin with.

Posted by Billy Gernertt January 25, 09 06:06 AM

The ship under the Flaubert bridge is the wonderful Italian "Amerigo Vespucci"

Posted by Matteo Battisti January 25, 09 04:42 PM

Hey Billy, were you the engineer on the Exy Johnson out of LAMI? If so, I sailed with you to Catalina with a SC group back in fall of 2007. If not, you're the spittin' image of another tall-ship Billy.

Posted by Danny January 25, 09 11:41 PM

excellent.....................................

Posted by darya January 26, 09 02:39 AM

hiim mehdi from Iran ( tehran)this photos very nice and beautifulmer30

Posted by moghassemy January 26, 09 03:37 AM

Awesome and inspirational OOHH to get back to the sea in a ship!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Kent Towers January 26, 09 08:28 PM

Thanks.
It was fantastic.

Posted by Hossein, Iran January 27, 09 04:23 AM

very nice!very nice!beaiteful...(HAR�KA..TEK KEL�ME MUHTE�EM..)

Posted by Ferhat Tememeli January 27, 09 07:51 AM

wonderful,delicate and lovely.....very nice �m from Turkey...Demirbas

Posted by Ayd�n Demirbas January 27, 09 03:17 PM

Thanks.Vary Nice!Beaiteful

Posted by mohammad January 27, 09 03:21 PM

Wonderful. #23 shows the fleet going out, and near the left center, about 1/4 of the way down there appears to be a collision about to happen!

Posted by Don January 27, 09 07:13 PM

Fantastic work, makes me want to become a seaman or a pirate ;-)

Posted by Claus Petersen January 28, 09 09:08 AM

The Mexican has different names on the bow and in the caption

Posted by Cliff O'Hearne January 28, 09 11:26 AM

Espetacular. O mundo que vivemos � belo. Vamos preserv�-lo.

Posted by Marcelo Mour�o January 29, 09 07:36 AM

Wonderful pictures and very moving for an old sailor who has been away from the open sea for more than 60 years. It proves that, once in your blood, the sea never leaves it.

The comments are also heartwarming - only one of the last 100 (from NZ) being negative.

Not to nit-pick but I believe the outstanding quality of the presentation deserves a few minor (but, for int-picking searfarers, troubling) corrections in the captions as follows:

In the first photo, the �Tall Ship� described is not a ship but a schooner.

In 3 the �three-masted schooner� is ship-rigged

In 5 the �tall ships� are, from left to right, a brig and a barque

In 8, the �ship� is a schooner

In 12, it�s well that you didn�t classify Tom Perkins� vessel anything other than �a clipper sailing luxury yacht�. It certainly doesn�t fit any other traditional classification.

In 20, the �tall ship Mercia�, is described as sailing into Brest harbor. To be sailing in, those sailors on the yards must have a lot of wind power because there appears to be nothing else unfurled in the rigging at this point.

Good show and thanks much.

Posted by John Gallagher January 29, 09 11:02 AM

In 1976 the tall ships came to Baltimore and the officers and crews of the tall ships, Eagle, Mir and Mircea came to my house for dinner. The medalion I have says U.S. Coast Guard Bark (with a K) Eagle, Operation Sail 1976.

Posted by Chris January 29, 09 06:32 PM

Amazing pictures and dream scenarios. For photography and sailing lovers, this is a full meal!

Posted by Frederico Verreet January 29, 09 11:02 PM

How wonderful to see the Boston Globe include a gallery of sailing photography! These photos are a beautiful and unique selection from a year of amazing racing, record attempts, Tall Ship flotillas and more. Although I work with sailng photography on a daily basis (currently www.rolexmiamiocr.org), I have to say seeing these images one after another -- seemingly unrelated, yet so similar in spirit -- made my day! As one of a handful of folks in the world doing PR in the sailing world, it is incredibly fulfilling to see this kind of attention on sailing and the sea, especially from the Boston Globe. Thank you, thank you Alan Taylor!

Posted by Dana Paxton, Media Pro Int'l January 30, 09 10:44 AM

mukemmel resimler, elinize sagl�k
hayatim boyunca boyle bir faaliyete katilmak istedim

Posted by Anonymous January 30, 09 05:06 PM

Very good. I liked them all

Posted by Maynard R Sumner January 30, 09 09:23 PM

Exciting and inspiring!! Thank you!!
A feast!!

Posted by Trinka Greger January 31, 09 10:08 AM

WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO SEE A "FULL" PICTURE OF THE COAST GUARD CUTTER EAGLE.

Posted by PETE DI BELLA January 31, 09 11:21 AM

thanks,beautiful classic boat fotos

Posted by gentlepirate January 31, 09 01:52 PM

Muhte�em,ya�am zenginliklerle dolu,bunu da insanlar yarat�r.

Posted by Erhan February 1, 09 03:21 AM

Brilliant photos,a real feeling of action.

Posted by michael tubbs. February 1, 09 06:58 AM

I love the first picture. I saved it as my background on my computer! All pics are awesome!

Posted by Debi Rincon February 1, 09 01:33 PM

#20 the man for every hawser

Posted by Kursad February 2, 09 06:23 AM

Muhtesem......

Posted by Teoman February 3, 09 08:45 AM

Your pictures are great.

Posted by Ron February 3, 09 09:51 AM

Herbir fotograf harika. Baktikca yasama sevincim artiyor .Yapabilirsem ayri ayri duvar fotografi durumuna getirecegim.Ugrasanlarin hepsinin ellerine saglik

Posted by Nusret KOYUNPINAR February 3, 09 12:22 PM

thanks you very much..Amazing pictures and dream scenarios. For photography and sailing lovers, this is a full meal!

Posted by cabbar February 3, 09 02:06 PM

s�peeerrrrrrr

Posted by orhan bo�a� February 3, 09 04:44 PM

Magnifiques photos ! Du r�ve ! Bravo !!

Posted by Jean-Claude Cozanet February 4, 09 03:43 PM

amazing....congratulation.....goooood job..!!

Posted by melih February 5, 09 05:16 AM

Sailing is next to Godliness!

Posted by edc February 5, 09 05:26 AM

These pictures are great. Having been to Kiel Week and having stood on top of the Corinth Canal it brought back wonderful memories. Dick Hamann

Posted by Anonymous February 5, 09 10:09 AM

"BEAUTIFUL" makes me wish I was out there on some ocean someplace and just "enjoying."

Posted by patzee February 5, 09 10:35 AM

The picture #15.
The ship is the "Amerigo Vespucci", an Italian ship currently used as school ship for Marine training. Is the flagship of the Italian Military Marine.
Bye

Posted by roberto Colferai February 5, 09 11:50 AM

The undertaking was an inspiration..to those of us who do not know the sea but can clearly be shown the beauty and grandeur of the ships and all it gives to the imagination, As always ,the combination of nature and all it inspires in mankind
results in a thing of beauty every time...........:Lou

Posted by LOu Siano February 5, 09 12:03 PM

I was awestruck by these pictures, absolutely wonderful!
NL

Posted by Anonymous February 5, 09 05:14 PM

Amazing pictures....

Posted by Karen February 5, 09 08:50 PM

Response to 182:
In #5, the two ships, left to right, are a hemaphrodite brig (two-masted, foremast square rigged, aft rigged fore-and-aft) and a true brigantine (two-masted, both square rigged, no main course). A bark would have at least three masts with the mizzen only fore-and-aft rigged. A true brig is all square-rigged with a main course.
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Posted by Tom Pernar February 6, 09 10:28 AM

danmm!! I wish a was there with them js to watch the sunrise and the sunset.

Posted by keai February 6, 09 06:18 PM

Those pictures were really cool and i posted one on my reader i really like them :)

Posted by momo February 6, 09 10:27 PM

Thank you.
That was a very imipressive sight of sailing vessels /
I truly enjoyed it.
If you ever have any others that you would like to share.
SEND THEM ON.....
I truly enjoyed the picture show, they were beautiful...
Sincerely.
Charles..............................................1/06/09.......

beautiful

Posted by Charles Scaparo February 6, 09 11:08 PM

Type your comment here...

awesome, awesome, awesome, they are really fantabulous!!!!keep them coming!

Posted by Iloncka Busse February 7, 09 05:00 AM

No1 Best.Picture.Ever.

Posted by Andrew Swingler, England February 7, 09 08:42 AM

The picutres are wonderful and such a site to see and behold, and sounds, Loved this site and love the ships and the glory, thank you, from a Uk Las, take care all
jeannemjw@yahoo.com

Posted by jeannemjw@yahoo.com February 7, 09 07:14 PM

This was forwarded to me. I am so Thank full! They take my breath away!

Posted by Chanda O`son February 7, 09 11:23 PM

Makes me wish I was forty five years younger, GREAT .. ..........

Posted by Don Webber February 8, 09 01:07 PM

Thrilling to see. Such perfect photography. Congratulations.

Posted by Pauline Jenkins February 8, 09 08:02 PM

Thanks for the wonderful ,thrilling. eye pleasing display.. congratulations

Posted by Harini February 8, 09 11:56 PM

Absolutely beautiful!

Capt Rita
aKnottymouse Boating School & Charters
Kemah Texas

Posted by Capt Rita February 12, 09 06:40 AM

These are wonderful

Posted by LaJuana February 12, 09 08:48 PM

WOW! I'm just happy to sail my Com-Pac 19 XL sail boat around the Bay of Green, in Green Bay, Wisconsin and through the 'cut' into Lake Michigan. Loved the pictures, thank you. Craig Weis, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Vist our United States Boating Club at...
Boating is Fun...find out how @ usps.org/door

Posted by Craig February 12, 09 10:46 PM

#5 The original "Lady Washington" was built on the North River in Scituate , MA and along with the "Columbia," also built on the North River, they were the first American built ships to round Cape Horn and reach the Pacific Northwest. "Columbia" eventually sailed around the world captained by Robert Gray
#18: Four ships of this class were built including "Druzba" and "Mir"

Posted by Neal Gray February 13, 09 02:19 AM

I spent a week sailing on a tall ship out of Camden Maine (Lewis R. French) and this web site brought back some great memories.

Posted by John Balber February 13, 09 09:27 PM

Wonderful...
Salute to sailors and this photographers.

Deniz Harp Okulunun Yelkenli Okul Gemisine kavusmasi dilegiyle

Posted by YALCIN OZKAYALAR-RET.NAV.CAPT February 14, 09 04:04 PM

The pictures really make me wish I still had the cat I sold thirty years [or so] !

Posted by Dr. Tom Mote February 16, 09 01:13 PM

Picture 1 and 14 are of the ASGARD II. The Irish tall ship which sank off the Bay of Biscay on the 11 september 2008. They are wonderful pictures of her. Well done!!

Posted by Holly Byrne February 19, 09 12:32 PM

excellent & harmonious...
Like living pics....
Congrads to the photographers...

Murat AYRAL
Turkey / Kdz. Eregli

Posted by Murat AYRAL February 20, 09 07:23 PM

Sea and life on sea is a life style.
Please , let's keep it clean.

Mufit AYDEM�R
ISTANBUL

Posted by mufit aydemir February 23, 09 10:16 AM

real cool pit my yacht will be there next i n 2018

Posted by jack john March 2, 09 01:22 PM

Nice photos but I have one gripe. Four photos of Puma, in a page posted by Boston.com and not a single mention that Puma's home port is Boston, the boat was built in Rhode Island, the skipper is also from Rhode Island and the boat, and entire fleet, will be in Boston in early May. Further there will be an in-port race during the Boston stop. This is as home town a team as I've ever had to root for in all of the Whitbread/Volovo races I've followed. The racing has been tight, competitive and Puma is regularly near or at the front.

Posted by Geoff Sampson March 13, 09 10:17 AM

No. 7 - An interesting modern photo - it's the first time I have seen sunlight reflecting off sails (must be Mylar coated). An interesting shot.

Posted by E. Hall March 13, 09 12:22 PM

Vielen Dank, Many thanks. The pictures are splendid. Memories.

Posted by William J. Ash March 13, 09 10:21 PM

These pic's. are out of this world. So full of life and adventure.
I just had to save them.
Thank you,

Posted by Don Angelo Shearer March 19, 09 06:49 PM

Good editing. Thank you.

Posted by Eric Bageot March 23, 09 08:55 PM

Amazing collection!

Posted by George Bobos March 31, 09 06:11 AM

efh

Posted by fvgt April 2, 09 05:26 AM

I just reserved a boat with Freedom Boat Club - I'll have front row seats this year for the trip to Boston!

Posted by Tom April 2, 09 11:27 AM

My thanks to all who put this series of photographs togather

Posted by Dick Page April 8, 09 07:32 AM

Regarding #16, absolutely terrific shot, but leaves me wondering . . . how does one construct a replica of a mythological vessel?

Posted by adron April 10, 09 09:46 PM

Wonderful pics. Gets the juices going... Wish I was younger than I am to participate!

Posted by Chas. E. Martin April 10, 09 09:57 PM

Ted Zellmer Jr. i,m pretty sure were cousins,think your grandfather(Fred Zellmer) was my dads brother(Gus),would like to know what family is left if possible??Thanks in advanace,Gus's daughter

Posted by Tricia Smith April 17, 09 10:25 AM

way be

Posted by mehmet April 21, 09 06:17 AM

Now, when we are ready to start from Athens to Sicily on May 1, these awesome pictures make me dream of our future sailing even more!

Posted by Palmir April 23, 09 04:49 AM

Absolutely gobsmacked! These photos are so infectious!
"James Craig" (#3, #27) at the start of the Sydney-Hobart race is from Sydney. She's 135 years old. She takes passengers out to sea once a fortnight, summer and winter. You're never too old, it's an unforgettable experience. I should know, I'm one of the spectators in the rigging.
Google "James Craig" to get the dates so you can plan your next trip to Sydney.

Posted by Gordon April 23, 09 11:46 AM

Every one of the pictures is gorgeous!

Posted by Linda Shaffer April 24, 09 09:29 PM

Alan!
I loved it so much, I made it into a slideshow with music. I hope you don't mind!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKPquKBHyq8
Regards,
\Leon
P.S. The HD version with more legible captions should show up a bit later.

Posted by Leon Shaner April 25, 09 01:32 PM

Very nice site!

Posted by John430 May 16, 09 06:51 PM

Great pictures

Posted by Tyler May 17, 09 10:19 PM

Good Pictures

Posted by Rajendra June 14, 09 03:48 PM

Good Pictures

Posted by Rajendra June 14, 09 03:50 PM

I could smell the Ocean Mist, I could feel the wind in my hair, I could hear the buoys ringing in the distance... Great shots of historic ships, thank you for sharing your collection with the world.

Posted by James Jorgensen July 8, 09 08:08 PM

Absolutely amazing pictures!

Posted by Bernie Heath July 10, 09 05:26 PM

WHOEVER TOOK THESE PICTURES BELONG ON THE TIME MAGAZINE
PHOTO STAFF. THESE ARE AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL

Posted by ERIC SMITH July 16, 09 08:22 AM

Ships........................ BEAUTIFUL !!
Windfarms............... NOT !!!!!!!!!

Posted by Jimbo July 16, 09 03:38 PM

Such great photos. Would've been nice to seen a little more than what was there and correct descriptions,but Thank you for the pics from an old River Rat.

Posted by David Marlette August 1, 09 01:07 AM

Very nice site!

Posted by Pharmb875 September 13, 09 05:38 AM

Wspania�e �aglowce i jachty, wspania�e zdj�cia. Nic doda�, nic uj��

Posted by Andrzej Ba�kowski September 23, 09 03:52 PM

Love this site its amazing.
something i never seen before.
Bless you all.

Posted by Sylvester Robert October 28, 09 02:41 AM