Tall Ships!

[aggienaut]

I am sore. Who would have thought hauling up sails is HARD! ): Or that the worst part about balancing on a yard arm 40 ft up is that you're balancing on your stomach, which, for me at least, starts to feel really uncomfortable pretty shortly.


Anyway, I took a lot of photos yesterday, and so far have only gotten around to putting five or six up. But here's a preview:


Picture of the Day



And now, I've got to go back to the Tall Ship festival to pretend I know what I'm talking about for the masses. (:

Comments

[fsk8ing-judge.livejournal.com]

Love the photo, and I am very impressed that you are working the festival. I sail, but certainly not Tall Ships. Although, when they come into Chicago, we always go down to see them. They're due here, again, next August.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

I've got no previous sailing experience, so I'm learning everything from scratch, and damn there's a lot to learn! (:

[fsk8ing-judge.livejournal.com]

YOU LEARNED ON THE JOB, SO TO SPEAK? NOW I AM IMPRESSED!!!

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Saturday was my first time out on the ship at sail, my first time up the mast while at sea (and only my second time up the mast at all). I went up just for the novelty of it but by the end they were like "we need more people to help haul up the sails, get up there!!" and I was like "aaaaah!"

[fsk8ing-judge.livejournal.com]

shakes head in wonder, while mouth gapes open
Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Yeah they really threw me in there!!

And actually what intimidated me the most about hauling up the sails is I'm ashamed to say I don't know any knots :[ and one has to of course tie up the sails once they're hauled up. But it sure was scare at first stepping out onto the yard arm!!!