Recent images from a few spring regattas
April 9, 2012 by Mike
We’ve been traveling quite a bit recently. Thought I’d just pop these images up. Maybe more about them later.
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- Pair steering cables gone bad. Corrosion and wear means new parts.
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- Numbers from our XL Speed Coach. When the downloading doesn’t work anymore it is time for the old standby, writing them out by hand
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- When a pair flips.
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- Looks nice but this glare through the windshield made finding the entrance to a boathouse very tough.
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- Great organizing system in George Mason University’s boathouse
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- How Navy keeps their straps organized.
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- View from the tailend of a wakeless launch
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- Does it really make a difference how clean the boat looks before it is raced?
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- Found this eight, sawed in half, along the side of a boathouse. Anger issues?
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- A random place of boats that looked unrandom
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- Who is going to be untying this knot?
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- Rough water that was just starting to get rougher
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