There is a certain romanticism of billowing sails carrying great ships across the sea
Distant shores unexplored
Harnessing the power of the wind
The power to cross vast oceans
The clouds of billowing sails
Masts reaching for the sky.
Ships from all parts of the world
Oman and the exotic east
The new world of the Americas
The old continents of Europe and Africa
These sailing giants covered the globe
As a young man I read and read Joseph Conrad and dreamt of the sea
My mind full of imaginary adventures in distant and exotic ports
The exotic ports of the trade winds in Lord Jim
The loneliness of being at sea and the weight of command in The Secret Sharer
The power of the weather and the sea in Typhoon
To be amongst the tall ships and the sailing tales of the crew
To sail away
Tech Note
These images were captured during the 1988 Hobart to Sydney Tall Ship Race on colour transparencies. I have rephotographed these with my digital camera using an Emora slide copier extension tube attached to the my camera lens.
Awesome images! 🙂
Thank you
You’re most certainly welcome! 😀
Amazing 😍
Thank you
Ahhhh…nice new format! 🙂 Look at you! 😉
Yes time for a bit of an upgrade and update Kym
I like it! 😀 A change is always refreshing!
I love your photography and I love ships, too bad I get sea sick so easily. ❤️❤️🤗🤗
Thanks a lot glad you like the pics. Sea sickness is something every sailor needs to overcome
This sailor has not been successful thus far, guess I can not call myself a sailor but just a lover of boats😁❤️