What lovely vessels, Mike. I like the gaff rigs and the sail colours.
On a slightly different subject, I note that your photos can be bought as
prints, but I thought that images on SmugMug could be licensed as well. I’ve
only just noticed that you have to have a Pro plan to do that, whereas I
thought that my Power plan had the facility available.
Which plan do you have?
Chris
> On 14 Oct 19, at 03:24, Mike Gordon via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Thirty-two schooners participated this year. Roseway is a particularly
> attractive schooner built a few miles from us in Essex in 1925 by John James
> in his family's shipyard. American Eagle was built in Gloucester in 1930
> as a fishing schooner and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark. Fame
> is the only non-original I know of. The original was a Chebacco fishing
> schooner that was reborn as a privateer when the war broke out in the summer
> of 1812. It is said that this schooner was the first to bring home a "prize"
> and had 20 more captures before being wrecked in the Bay of Fundy in 1814.
>
> The light was super harsh so didn't have much hope for a super shot and the
> paparazzi in small vessels were scooting about. I stood out on a big flat
> rock until the tide chased me in.
>
> I didn't stick around for the race though American Eagle had won 3 out of the
> past 4 years.
>
> Here are a few for the flavor of the day.
>
> https://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Gloucester-schooner-Festival-2019/
> <https://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Gloucester-schooner-Festival-2019/>
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