the horse's mouth

Sunset.

The sun sets behind Lone Mountain into the Pacific.
I was leaving my house when I glanced out the window and saw this scene. I rushed to get my
camera and managed to capture the sun saying goodnight.

FotoHorse

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Ouch!

The ABN Amro ran into problems during the Sydney to Hobart race.
Do you think she has some diesels running or is that jury rigged sail powering the boat?

Speaking of the Sydney to Hobart race; Goggle Earth has a live feed of the race.
Thanks to Eli Boat for the link.

Photo: Daniel Forster

Tags: sailing, sydney to hobart race, offshore sailing

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Dashing through the spray
In a fearsome pirate waaay
O'er the waves we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on ships deck ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A pir-ate chris-tmas song tonight

Oh, jingle blades, jingle blades
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to sail
across the sea today
Jingle blades, jingle blades
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to plunder
presents on the way!

A day or two ago
I thought I'd try to find
some treasure nice and bright
and hide it by my side
The chest was big and gold
A fortune - yes a lot
We sailed it to the nearest port
And gave away the lot!

Oh, jingle blades, jingle blades
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to sail
across the sea today

Jingle blades, jingle blades
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to plunder
presents on the way!
AAArrrrrr!!!!

The whole kit and caboodle stolen from the San Francisco Sailing Group.

Have a Merry Christmas!

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Fish On Fridays.

Santa and the gang go fishing.

Santa Of The Day.

Santa get's some air.
It's all about the air dude.

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Nasal Floss.

Have you been smoking the ganja again?

Photo via Corriere della Sera.

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Santas Of The Day.

The Dancing Santas.



This photo is from Edward, who has one of the best down to earth...or should I say sea.. sailing blogs around.
The four Santas performed at Edward's daughter's ballet recital on Saturday.

Tags: fun, santa, christmas

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Sailing Photo Of the Day.

Laser Anarchy!
Is that the Tillerman in the water?

Photo via .sNIPEOUT

Tags: dinghy sailing, sailing, laser sailing, laser dinghy

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Santa Of The Day.

Santa loves the beach!
Here he is at the beach in Nice. ......what? A woman in a bikini?
I wish we had some of that warm weather here in the Bay Area.
Baby it's cold outside!

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Paddle Photo Of The Day.

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Weekend Wahines.

Life's a beach!

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Fish On Fridays.

Kiss me baby!

Tags: fishing, wahine

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Santa Of The Day.

Singing Santa and the Doe Ray Mes.

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Sailing Photo Of The Day.

The ocean can be a mother......! She can toss you around, slam you with a wave and send you for a deep blue sleep.

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Defiance.

Defiance is a Cross 45R trimaran, designed by the late great Norm Cross. Here she is cruising San Francisco Bay.
I'm interested in the Cross 18, but I'll write about that in a future post entitled "In Search Of The Perfect Day Sailer."

Tags: multihull sailing, sailing

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La Grande Onda. Surfing Photo Of The Day.

Greg Long takes on the big waves of Dungeon, South Africa.
I would be screaming for my mommy if I had a wave like that breaking behind me.

Photo Ansa

Tags: surfing

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Weekend Wahine.

In honor of the rain.
Can you stop!

Tags: wahine

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Surfing Video Of The Day...Bodysurfing That Is.

Former Surfing Magazine staff photographer Patrick Imakalani O'Leary spent almost a decade living in Taiwan before moving back to Hawaii last year. This is footage of the last few sessions he surfed. It's amazing that he has those waves all to himself.

No stick baby, just a pair of trunks and fins.

Tags: bodysurfing, surfing, taiwan surfing, bodysurfing video, video

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Toro! Toro! Ole! Sailing Photo Of The Day.

An El Toro looking good off of Oahu.
The Toro was developed to teach kids how to sail by the Richmond Yacht Club the early 40s.

Photo from Sailing Anarchy Dinghy Forum.

Tags: dinghy sailing, sailing, el toro dinghy

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Santa Of The Day

Even Santa loves the beach.
A good umbrella drink doesn't hurt either.

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