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Sloop beating down Trincomali Channel

August 1, 2010
27 June 2010:  A great sailing day for us (a brisk breeze and the tide was with us heading north), but these guys looked to be having more fun and excitement beating upwind and southwards in Trincomali Channel...


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"Affinity" - Sloop near Salt Spring Island

August 1, 2010

(Out of date order) ... 29 April 2010:  An early season sailing day ... "Affinity" catches a light breeze in Captain's Passage, near Saltspring Island...
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Catalina 30 - "Tofte"

August 1, 2010
21 July 2010:  This US Catalina 30 Sailboat was snapped by Portland Island, near Swartz Bay (Shute Passage) heading towards Swanson Channel...

What started off as a sail soon became a bit more of a drift in the light airs...

Several High Resolution photos available...


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Hans Christian 35 "Raven"

June 24, 2010
Raven was making good progress, on her headsail alone, sailing past Portland Island and Shute Passage. 




Heading into Swanson Channel... up North perhaps...
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Bavaria 40 in Swanson Channel on Victoria Day.

May 27, 2010
This Bavaria 40 (best guess) was spotted in Swanson Channel on Victoria day.  Nice day, though quite cool when the sun was hidden.  Minimal breeze and we all soon threw in the towel and woke up the noisy diesel demon down below.
Looks like quite a new, still shiny boat, though PNW winters will soon try to turn it green!  Bavaria, perhaps epitomizes German engineering when it comes to boats.  The company has perfected the art of building economical, mass-produced boats, but without the usual la...
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Geared up and motor-sailing North from Navy Channel

May 27, 2010
09 May 2010:  (sorry post is out of chronological order)...  A centre cockpit sloop around 40ft loaded uop for some crusing.  Maybe a Morgan 40?

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Sailboat "Mystic" passes Otter Bay, Pender Island

May 27, 2010
24May2010:  A cool but sunny day.  "Mystic" with her classic dark hull heading South in Swanson Channel.

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"Lady Lass" beats towards Navy Channel

May 27, 2010
09May2010:  Enjoying the fresh breeze and opposing tide, clawing past Enterprise Reef (and a deceptively strong tide) near Active Pass, heading towards Navy Channel between Mayne and Pender Islands...  I'm guessing she is about 29 or 30 foot. A C&C?

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"Oasis" Beats down Swanson Channel

May 27, 2010
09May2010:  Swanson Channel

Oasis, a sloop from Salt Spring Island was out again... A stiff breeze made for a great sail that day (even though both wind and the tide were making progress slow).
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Small Sloop enjoying the sun exploring Prevost Island...

May 27, 2010
08 May 2010:  Small enough to sail like a dinghy and get in close.  Big enough to spend some time on...
Exploring the southern Prevost shoreline...

Just one high resolution photo available.  (Alas, I did have about 12 photos before the Windows Vista Demon deleted them for me in a cut-and-paste meltdown...)
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About Me


Mike Aston Even a bad day's sailing is more fun than a good day at the office. Maybe my photos tell the same story. Hopefully via my blog you will get a chance to look for some sailing photos of your own boat. I've categorized the yachts by type and added tags regarding the size and other attributes, where known, which should be useful and make searching easier. You could also search for locations to find photos taken in a particular location. After all, not many people get the chance to photograph themselves sailing their own boat, so perhaps I've done that for you already? Please contact me. I'd be pleased to hear from you.
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