Russian with Vodka on the Farallon Trip

Photos courtesy of Nathan

Naviguer en solitaire (French Edition)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Desjoyeaux   This guy is amazing

• Winner of Vendée Globe 2000-01 and 2008–09
• Winner of Solitaire du Figaro in 1992, 1998, and 2007
• Winner of the Route du Rhum in 2002
• Winner of the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race in 2004

Pole Dancing at the Farallons

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

Express 27 Nationals 2011 - Nathan's Photos - Sunday

 Looking for one additional crew, Nathan's great idea!

Mark prepping the boat for the last day of racing

 Racing downwind on Sunday

Racing upwind on Sunday

Heading back to the harbor

Ok; I should be able to figure this out and use this like an inner tube

This is going to work

I wonder what this whistle does

Woo hoo; it works!

 Hydrotherapy

All photos courtesy of Nathan

Express 27 Nationals 2011 - Nathan's Photos

Excerpts only - from Saturday. All photos courtesy of Nathan

Suzanne's flip flop fix

Checking for traffic below

Taking up along the North shore to avoid the flood current

Bethanie looking North

After paddleboarding, it looks like Nat is using the tiller like an oar...

 

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.

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

 The cutest little sail!! Looks like it was their anchoring sail

 There were a couple of visitors boat moored by the islands

 Another sailboat!

The islands slowly emerging from the fog

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)

 Some cool wave action