Sep 18
Sailing Old School Style
Posted: under American Dream Photos, Uncategorized.
Tags: boat, boating, sailboat, sailing, vintage
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This photo was taken just as we were approaching Nantucket. You may not realize it at first glance, but this is a pretty big boat. Check out the people on it…they’re very small in comparison.
I reworked the photo with a vintage look. I really enjoy sailing and wonder what it would have been like to live in a time when being on a sailing ship was how you did your job or how you would get from there to here. Even a few days aboard gives me “landsickness” when I come back to solid ground.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick is an interesting book that talks about that kind of life. Plus whaling and Nantucket history. Plus cannibalism.
Not really the kind of sailing experience I’m looking for though…as much someone may romanticize a time in history or I may enjoy sailing…there’s much to said for indoor plumbing.
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