Chasing Boats.....


Always nice to have a sunny day and a boat chase.   



Taken with Mini 3 Pro.


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Finally someone using their sail :-)

Depp Posted at 9-26 02:38
Finally someone using their sail :-)

Yes finally indeed.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-25 23:02
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Great capture DA.    Nice to see the weather was good enough to get out for a sail.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-26 03:07
Great capture DA.    Nice to see the weather was good enough to get out for a sail.

That was a couple of weeks back,   although to be fair we started with rain,  had a couple of hours or windy sun and now its raining again

DAFlys Posted at 9-25 23:03
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Nice capture - one each - sailboat and motorboat.    No doubt it was a bit windy as the sailboat had a full sail going on.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-26 03:09
Nice capture - one each - sailboat and motorboat.    No doubt it was a bit windy as the sailboat had a full sail going on.

Yes,  the sail boat looked like grandad was teaching granddaughter to sail.

It looks to be a great day for sailing!

WN1X Posted at 9-26 03:17
It looks to be a great day for sailing!

They certainly seemed to be enjoying it.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-26 03:10
Yes,  the sail boat looked like grandad was teaching granddaughter to sail.

No doubt that was a fun outing then.  Always nice to see somebody passing on sailing skills to their kids and grandkids.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-26 03:08
That was a couple of weeks back,   although to be fair we started with rain,  had a couple of hours or windy sun and now its raining again

The edge of Hurricane Helene is just now passing by to our west so we are getting some significant winds and the rain has also just started.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-26 03:23
No doubt that was a fun outing then.  Always nice to see somebody passing on sailing skills to their kids and grandkids.

It was a surprisingly quick boat too,     it would turn pick up the wind and shoot off.

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-26 03:25
The edge of Hurricane Helene is just now passing by to our west so we are getting some significant winds and the rain has also just started.

I was looking at some webcams this morning and it was looking quite miserable out there


https://data.tallahassee.com/storm/live-webcam/

DAFlys Posted at 9-26 03:28
It was a surprisingly quick boat too,     it would turn pick up the wind and shoot off.

Obviously he knew what he was doing and had some good wind to sail with.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-26 03:30
I was looking at some webcams this morning and it was looking quite miserable out there

Sadly with hurricanes you can feel their effects many hours before they get to your location.  Lots of power outages have already been reported.  I'm glad I have my own generators onboard so if I lose shore power no issue for me.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-26 03:46
Sadly with hurricanes you can feel their effects many hours before they get to your location.  Lots of power outages have already been reported.  I'm glad I have my own generators onboard so if I lose shore power no issue for me.

With it being so common I would have thought they would have tried to make the power grid more resilient.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-26 05:10
With it being so common I would have thought they would have tried to make the power grid more resilient.

The power companies have tried to bury as many of the power transmission lines as possible but the older lines are brittle and just takes one tree to fall over and put a whole neighborhood in the dark. Because of all the chance of hurricanes in this area has driven many to purchase rooftop solar panels.  However, unless they also opt for some large battery storage (kind of like Tesla offers)  the clouds and rain that comes with the storms diminishes the output of the panels during that time.

DAFlys Posted at 9-25 23:03
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Two for the price of one

DAFlys Posted at 9-25 23:02
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Nice catamaran

Blériot53 Posted at 9-27 10:29
Two for the price of one

And no crash.   

Blériot53 Posted at 9-27 10:30
Nice catamaran

It was a quick little boat when they caught the wind right.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-28 00:05
It was a quick little boat when they caught the wind right.

wind power - free energy

Blériot53 Posted at 9-28 00:20
wind power - free energy

Yes,  looked like grandad was teaching grand daughter to sail.

Nice captures

Montfrooij Posted at 10-9 23:18
Nice captures

cheers Peter.  

DAFlys Posted at 10-10 01:15
cheers Peter.

You're welcome!