Nice shot! Evidence that there's no reason anyone should be stuck eating granola bars just because they're on a small boat.

Catalina Island 2008 “Sweet Thing II” Sanibel #200
International Marine’s very first Sanibel
Captain Howie – SoCal Potters

Selby Cove, Canadian Gulf Islands

M15 #288, SCRED, shallow water launch at Fort Flagler St. Park, WA, Aug. 2006.

Montgomery Sailboats at Anchor - Blind Bay (Shaw Island), San Juan Islands, WA, June 2007.

(Photo by Larry Yake, Editing by Dave Scobie)

Long Beach, CA 2008 “Fall Sail”
Mrs. Howie & Crew, Sanibel #200, “Sweet thing II”
Captain Howie – SoCal Potters

Long Beach, CA 2008 “Fall Sail”
Mrs. Howie, Sanibel #200, “Sweet thing II”
Last one, I promise!
Captain Howie – SoCal Potters

Long Beach, CA 2008 “Fall Sail”
Mrs. Howie, Sanibel #200, “Sweet thing II”
OOPS ... Forgot the photo????
This really is the last one!
Captain Howie – SoCal Potters

Finally, Selby Cove, Canadian Gulf Islands

Here it is... Please delete my guitar picture posted by accident....

This is Annette Inlet on Prevost Island of the Gulf Islands this summer.

gahhh, nevermind. The picture is quite nice when you can see all of it... honestly...

Sunrise on Totten Inlet, Olympia, WA, West Wight Potter 15 waiting for a sailor and a breeze.

Strait of Georgia gets grumpy.

Larry Yake and "Corndog" makin' it look easy. Rosario Straight, San juan Islands, Montgomery Sailboat Owner's Group San Juan Rendezvous '07

We're still learning this whole blog thing. Looks like many of the photos are coming in a little too large for proper viewing. If you can control such things, it appears that about 650 pixels wide is a good viewing size in this format. Thanks for your patience. —Eds

To fit within the blog’s horizontal limits 666 pixels appears to be the maximum size. The photo above of Denny Hyett in his Potter 19 off the coast of Mission Bay, CA is 666 pixels wide by 443 high.
If you are more comfortable with inches/resolution the image width is 9.25 inches at a resolution of 72 pixels per inch. 9.25 X 72 = 666.
Hope this helps,
Captain Howie – SoCal POTTERS

Amazing how many Pacific Northwest photos we've received so far. Everything looks like home ;-) Where are the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest photos?

OK Josh how about extreme SE



Sea Pearls in Exuma, Bahamas

Tim--there's a nice change of scenery :-) Thanks.

Howie-- Thanks again for the tips and great photography. I tried to says thanks earlier but I think my message disappeared into the ether.

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Going to try this again..... Capri-18 "Quality Time II" with the SoCal Potter's in Long Beach.

Little Capri-18 in a BIG ocean off Dana Point, CA. Photo by Capt. Howie during a SoCal Potter's weekend.

One more time, this time with feeling... some nice pictures in here. Good work everybody! Anyway, this is Annette Inlet on Prevost Island (Gulf Islands).


Feel free to remove my previous attempts...

well that was at 600 x 450 pixels ... I hate to blame the tool but a preview button would be a handy feature on this blog so we could try in private until getting it right.

Sailing at Cypretmort Pt. La. in the Alerion express 19' Catboat.

Forgot to mention in above picture, that is my Pet Pelican flying on the Bow !

Wife and I enjoying her first sail on the 1998 Alerion Catboat. "It's not that Cold Honey", Its Louisiana

Nice shot of you and Tammy, Mark are we going to see any more of you boats :)

Hi Tim, Sure...which ones would you like to see....ya know I have a little problem with "collecting" ....we have the Nonsuch 33..Caribiana 23, Holder 20, and Hydrocat 30. We love em all, just sold the Suncat Daysailor and replaced it with the Alerion Express Catboat. :)

The Dog Watch aboard Aldebaran

Good crew is hard to come by-naptime on the Louisiana side of Lake Sabine

Sunrise the next morning

Not all small craft have sails - cruising on our C-Dory 25...





Anchored in the Laguna Madre...

Jeanneau Sun 2000 - Breezy Pt, MN

My favorite meal of the day!

Ok, so I succeeded in posting a picture. Now I have to reduce the size so it can be viewed. Anyone know what size would be best for viewing?

Hi Carl,

Thanks for participating. See Howie's post above from December 6 for information about photo size. If you get a smaller version posted I can go back and delete your first attempt.

Best,
Josh

This one spell "small boat freedom" to me!

There is my first picture with a more correct size!

All photos are very nice. It will be a tough job to be the judge!

Since it is slow, I'll add another

White Sails, Desolation Sound

Nice, Tim! Keep 'em coming.

Small Boat, Big Mountain.

That's P15 AM TOO, Mt. Moran, Jackson Lake, Wyoming.
Happy Holidays, All.
Craig Cavanah; P19 #1523, AM TOO II, Ventura County, CA

Sakonnet 23 Joyride on a sunny October afternoon in Florida.

I guess I'll try this again. Hope the photo loads this time.

I think I got the size right this time. Now you can at least see the smiles on our faces.

Luke, This is a really nice looking craft! What is that boat?...

Here is another of mine.

Michel, Our boat is a Sakonnet 23. It is a Joel White designed, Edey and Duff built double ended daysailor. I wrote an article about this boat in SCA several issues back (May/June 08). I enjoyed the photo of your boat as well. It is an interesting contrast to our day on the water. It appears that you are sailing in much cooler weather but enjoying the day as much as we did. Nice boats, good companions and some wind produces lots of smiles no matter where you sail.

Thanks Luke!
Yeah! I sail on the Saint-Laurent, in the Montreal region. We have a nice summer but the weather gets a little cooler as september goes. We just wear something warm and go sailing. I took out my boat from the water after the first week of October this year. We have a long off season. I will not sail untill half May.... This is the "great white north" ;-)

These two photos were taken last summer in the Pacific Northwest.



The first photo shows the early morning fog chasing me into Port Townsend Bay after a long night sail across the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The wind driven fog flowing up over the bluff was one of those beautiful sights that makes sailing so rewarding.



The second photo, taken later that same morning, shows my moorage at Fort Flagler. This relaxed setting was a pleasant contrast to the tense night-time sail among the commercial traffic that passes through the Straits.

very nice pictures mike. gotta' love ft. flagler!


dave scobie
M15 #288 - SCRED

Dave, I was intrigued by your photo showing a launching at Flagler. I always launch over at Boat Haven; however, I have wondered what it would be like to use the minimal ramp on Marrowstone. Do you sail there often?

Here are a couple photos from the east coast Josh - sailing at Lake Mooselookmeguntic with our friends Steve & Marcia in their Hunter 23. Still in love after 30-years of marriage!

Dave

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Here's the other photo of my Sailstar Meteor. Sailing with friends in two boats makes sailing pics fun! This is in Cupsuptic Lake.

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Figured out the image thing better...

Dave

Just one more from Maine - night sailing with the Hunter 23 on Lake Mooselookmeguntic. This photo was in SCA issue 49, but is larger here to better see the moon and planets as we sailed into the sunset.


Dave Whitney
Poland, Maine