Archive for October, 2009

20 Years Ago – The End of an Era

It’s been twenty years this November since the the Berlin Wall ceased to be the barrier between the “East” and the “West.” Read more

Race to Mackinac Video

A short video cobbled together from very few clips i managed to shoot with the Canon G9 while racing the “Mac” on Intuition (S2 9.2a). We took second place in the Cruising 2 Div. Read more

Stiniva Cove

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Zlahatina is in the foreground

43°1’14.17″ N 16°10’19.9″ E

This is a narrow, fjord-like, cove on the south shore of Vis Island. Near the end of the cove the cliffs don’t quite come together and through this gap is a second, hidden cove! This second cove is like a large pool with small waves lapping up on a steep, pebble shore and a couple little fishing shacks.  A little, wooden row-boat is left anchored to the beach. The terrain in back of the beach runs back a bit then becomes steep and rocky with thickets of small pine trees and yucca plants.

The cliffs in the main cove pictured here plunge into the water quite a ways, making anchoring here a bit tricky. I thinks we paid out 35 meters of chain off the bow while our stern was only in a couple meters. It was necessary to take a stern line ashore and wrap it around whatever knobs of rock we could take advantage of. After lunch we rested and swam around.

Shot Across the Bow

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This was shot with my underwater-camera-on-a-floatable-stick device. Comprised of a Bogen monopod mounted with an articulated head, and an empty plastic water bottle duck-taped to the upper end of the monopod shaft for extra buoyancy. Mounted on the head is a Canon G9 in a rigid waterproof housing. The camera itself is set to a custom self-timer that shoots 3 shots in rapid succession 10 seconds after the shutter button is pushed.

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Twilight at Komiza

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Evening in Vis

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More Cortona

Just Coffee

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Vis Town Market

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Cortona Italy

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