More boats arrive at the festival
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08/21/2009, Ballydehob
Nigel arrives at the festival in the boat he built a few years ago, along with our friend Clare who works as a zoologist for the government. Heather went on a bat counting expedition with Clare a few nights ago. How do you count bats in the dark? It's a long story.
Nigel is one of the mainstays of the traditional boat world here, very well known and a stickler for doing it right, the traditional way.
Note the foul weather gear, midsummer. We've cut way back on our sunblock consumption here.
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08/21/2009, Ballydehob
Our German friend Andre arriving at the festival on the trimaran he built. He has been building a Wharram 38 ft catamaran for 11 years! Its a work of art.
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06/14/2009, Ballylickey Irealnd
As the emails roll in from our cruising friends out there, Sora in Thailand, Robyns Nest in Vanuatu, Sisu in PNG, Asylum and Scholarship at Minerva Reef, trying to get to Fiji and a few others, sometimes we wish we were there, other times maybe not.
Heather is teaching sailing now in Adrigole, I'm doing a little racing and boat repair and the other day we decided to do a little cruising ourselves. Here we are underway to the Coomhola River, just around the corner from where we live. There are a few things to note about this photo. First, short sleeves, very unusual here. Ditto on the sunshine. Second, the wellie boots, mandatory both here and New Zealand. Third, PFD's on. No questions about it here, its the law on every boat all the time. Not a bad idea, especially in cold water.
Our cruise took us to a nesting swan we knew about, only to be attacked by the male as we got near. He spotted us from about 400 meters upriver and there is nothing quite like the sound of swans wings hitting the water as he powered toward us. We retreated.
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