Monday, September 26, 2011

Naviguer en solitaire (French Edition)

Naviguer en solitaire (French Edition)

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Desjoyeaux

 

This guy is amazing

 

Pole Dancing at the Farallons

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Twist and Shout...la la la...

Express 27 Nationals 2011 - Nathan's Photos - Sunday

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 Looking for one additional crew, Nathan's great idea!
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Mark prepping the boat for the last day of racing

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 Racing downwind on Sunday
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Racing upwind on Sunday
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Heading back to the harbor

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Ok; I should be able to figure this out and use this like an inner tube
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This is going to work
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I wonder what this whistle does
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Woo hoo; it works!

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 Hydrotherapy
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All photos courtesy of Nathan

Express 27 Nationals 2011 - Nathan's Photos

Excerpts only - from Saturday. All photos courtesy of Nathan

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Suzanne's flip flop fix
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Checking for traffic below
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Taking up along the North shore to avoid the flood current
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Bethanie looking North
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After paddleboarding, it looks like Nat is using the tiller like an oar...
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Farallon Islands Photos - Sept 24 - Sunset

http://ultimate-yachtshots.smugmug.com/Other/Serges-trip-to-the-Farallone/19201187_XgpFtW#1497028000_nKrGdpS-A-LB

Photos courtesy of Serge, from Ultimate Yachtshots (all the photos are available in the gallery lined above) - I believe that some of the photos below were taken by Nathan with Serge's camera.

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Farallon Trip - Sept 24 - Dinner Photos

All photos courtesy of Serge, from Ultimate Yachshots

[[posterous-content:pid___4]]Herbivore trying meat and soon giving up...[[posterous-content:pid___3]]yummy, Serge's cooked dinner[[posterous-content:pid___1]]Delicious honey mustard bun, specifically made for vegetarian[[posterous-content:pid___2]]A little wine, a little grilled food; a little company. A lot of fun.

[[posterous-content:pid___7]]The chef tasting his creation[[posterous-content:pid___5]]We would almost thing we were in the Caribbeans

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Grill in action[[posterous-content:pid___8]]The Bees[[posterous-content:pid___9]]

[[posterous-content:pid___11]][[posterous-content:pid___13]] The view from dinner

[[posterous-content:pid___14]] Happy Peggy!![[posterous-content:pid___15]][[posterous-content:pid___16]][[posterous-content:pid___17]]Jelly fish[[posterous-content:pid___18]][[posterous-content:pid___19]]View from the bow[[posterous-content:pid___21]][[posterous-content:pid___20]][[posterous-content:pid___22]][[posterous-content:pid___23]][[posterous-content:pid___24]]What a great photo of Nathan - wonderful smile[[posterous-content:pid___26]][[posterous-content:pid___25]][[posterous-content:pid___27]]Nathan setting up the grill underway, it was calm enough that we could use :)[[posterous-content:pid___0]] Digesting...

Farallon Islands Photos - Sept 24

All photos courtesy of Serge of Ultimate Yachtshots

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 The cutest little sail!! Looks like it was their anchoring sail
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 There were a couple of visitors boat moored by the islands

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 Another sailboat!
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The islands slowly emerging from the fog
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We checked out that little rock on the side of the islands, we didn't go all the way to the Middle Farallon (another 4 hour round trip back to the SouthEast islands)
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 Some cool wave action
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