The Beauty of Sail (sailingshots.tumblr.com)
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In these days of plastic boats, this warms my soul
nobody-no: A dream that becomes reality… by gardawind on Flickr.
Sweet. I especially like her bow wave
wave-sails:mariquita
Old boats, new sails
Let the battle commence
Classics will always be classics.
That’s a lot of canvas.
More 12M goodness
12 Meter duel
The days when crew wore flannel shirts in the AC…
Austrailia
That bendy mast!
Just beautiful
betterisbest:
Digging deep
1938 was a good year for sailboats
J!
sailingshots:There’s something you don’t see everyday.
The Syllabus For Class.
Lionheart with sexy black sails and rigging
Endeavour
American Eagle, still rockin those Hood sails.
reblog worthy
There was a time when this was considered fast…
Vim
Onawa
Vanity V
Not the best shot but, Valsheda is the finest J of them all.
My favorite 12M
That’s a busy deck
rickinmar: Enterprise being launched. 121 feet overall length, with a 6000 pound, 165 foot spruce mast. designed by Starling Burgess of Marblehead. built at Herreshoff in Bristol Rhode Island.owned by Harold Vanderbilt. defender of 1930 America’s Cup,
sailingfaster:CRW 2012 - off to the races That chute got a lot of attention.
A slightly less intense sail for G2
Columbia! Looking excellent in her golden years.
A blast from the past. That’s a lot of tape on those panels.
12 Meter splendor
1988 America’s Cup - a travesty
Reliance
Not all 12 meters are aluminum.
Proper 12 meter racing
There’s something you don’t see everyday.
She’s a looker!
Badass
Kevlar salad, second course
Kevlar and Mylar salad
porsche911shots:Pure I love this
You don’t see much handiwork like this these days.
Stars & Stripes
12 Meters duking it out
eros-is-art:
justtblue:J Class Ranger 📸 Mark Krasnow Photography Ranger on the wet side.
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The destiny of man is in his own soul.
colorel11:© Morris Rosenfeld The one that started it all
thesorrowsofgin: darkrustic: Reid Bielenberg racing his ice yacht VIXEN, which was built in 1885 by the Merritt brothers of Carthage (now Chelsea), NY. Ice boating is alive and well in New York’s Hudson Valley: Hudson River Ice Yacht Club ~ The Sorrows
sailorgil:Pen Duick - Les Tonnerres de Brest et Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012 This defines classic sailing beauty.if only all yachts of this pedigree could be in such bristol condition…
lazyjacks:Crews and their boats, Squantum Yacht ClubLeslie Jones, 1933Boston Public Library Print Department, Leslie Jones CollectionAccession # 08_06_013205 old days
the whole world’s marching
