Marianne Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Congrats Steve! I've got nearly 150 to choose from including a museum in the shape of a ship, hovercraft, and submarines, but I went with saiboats/tallships to help narrow it down. Great subject! US Coast Guard cadets furl the sails of the tall ship Eagle after the Parade of Sail during OpSail2012, New London, Connecticut (I took this from another ship in the parade - in between being seasick - I love boats but they don't love me) A sailboat in Rockland Harbor, Maine Sunset seen through the rigging of the Californian at the Maritime Museum, on the Embarcadero, San Diego, California 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 My offering of mixed vessels: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hyde Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Bump. One week to go 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxzoomy Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 A highly decorated boat on the Halic River in Istanbul, Turkey, the Republic of Türkiye Colourful Thai fishing boats at the harbour on the Rayong River, Rayong Province, Thailand, South East Asia A shirtless teenage boy gets ready to jump in the sea from a beached boat at the seaside resort of Nha Trang in Vietnam, South East Asia, Indochina, Asia, on a hot, sunny day during the Tet New Year holiday 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) Pilot boat racing out to meet a ship at the mouth of the River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland Roundstone Harbour, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland A sailng boat glides past the setting sun, Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Canary Islands Edited March 25 by MDM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Starfish and passing dhow, Zanzibar Boats being unloaded off barge onto beach, Capricornia Cays, Great Barrier Reef Reducing tyre pressure for a smoother ride along corrugated outback road. A few years ago we moved this trailer-sailer from Perth to Cairns, driving from dawn till dusk. That was a LONG six and a half days. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 19 minutes ago, LSP said: Reducing tyre pressure for a smoother ride along corrugated outback road. A few years ago we moved this trailer-sailer from Perth to Cairns, driving from dawn till dusk. That was a LONG six and a half days. Was it via the Great Central Road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) 20 minutes ago, gvallee said: Was it via the Great Central Road? I see Australia has a LOT of red dirt. Being from Oklahoma, I know red dirt. Gen, do you have trouble with it staining everything? Clothes, or whatever? When we were looking to buy a house in Oklahoma City, the realtor would pull up in front of a house to show us & the first thing I looked at before getting out of her car was whether the lawn had red dirt or not. If it did, I told her to drive on. Having it tracked in on carpet? Forget it. You can never quite get it out of a carpet. Who wants red paths in the house? Where I am now, I don’t have carpets, but I do have large area rugs on hardwood. Edited March 26 by Betty LaRue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Just now, Betty LaRue said: I see Australia has a LOT of red dirt. Being from Oklahoma, I know red dirt. Gen, do you have trouble with it staining everything? Clothes, or whatever? When we were looking to buy a house in Oklahoma City, the realtor would pull up in front of a house to show us & the first thing I looked at before getting out of her car was whether the lawn had red dirt or not. If it did, I told her to drive on. Having it tracked in on carpet? Forget it. You can never quite get it out of a carpet. Who wants red parts in the house? Where I am now, I don’t have carpets, but I do have large area rugs on hardwood. Oh yes, red dirt stains everything. My originally white bus is now a sickly yellowish-reddish hue. Ditto my white bed linen (what was I thinking?). Not to mention our toes, we live in sandals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 6 hours ago, gvallee said: Was it via the Great Central Road? To the best of my recollection this pic was on the road heading north from Barcaldine, Queensland. We were nearly within ~1000 km of the destination by this point. There had been quite a few "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" moments. And by the time we arrived in the Wet Tropics the next day, everything was ankle-deep in floodwater. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 25/03/2024 at 21:10, gvallee said: Oh yes, red dirt stains everything. My originally white bus is now a sickly yellowish-reddish hue. Ditto my white bed linen (what was I thinking?). Not to mention our toes, we live in sandals. When 7-8 yrs old on the farm, a red dirt farm, all we had was a cattle tank to take a dip in. The water was stained red. I’d outgrown my swimsuit so I got in the water dressed in white cotton undershirt & panties. They ultimately were stained sooo badly. My mom bleached the heck out of them. Didn’t work. BTW, sis & I only “swam” in the cow tank once or twice. Cow slobbers grossed us out. We didn’t even have a lawn sprinkler to cool off in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Great entries! Apologies for not participating March and April as away a lot! Kumar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ognyan Yosifov Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Queen Mary 2 departing Southampton for New York Queen Mary 2 departing Southampton for New York Lobster fishermen, Looe, Cornwall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 fishing boats in Struisbaai, Western Cape, South Africa lobster or crayfish boats in Kalk Bay harbour, Cape Town, South Africa Hout Bay harbour, view of fishing boats against mountains 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hyde Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 It’s the final day for entries in this months competition. I’ll close the thread at midnight tonight GMT and start the difficult task of choosing a final eight images, to vote on, tomorrow 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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