Carrier closeup

I was just out for a fun sail in my Laser, when I saw a huge shadow on the horizon. It looked kinda familiar, so I sailed closer, and sure enough...

Reckognized this

It's that carrier I saw a while back while racing the Nacra 17. This time it is moored. Looking like it's in dock for a repair or something.

Huge!

On that old photo it is only shown in the back, and it disappeared before I could get another shot; Still it seemed huge. On the pictures here, it is pretty obvious that it is indeed huge compared to a tiny Laser.

How many decks?

Here's my view from the Laser. It's massive. Impressive. Enormeous. It's really amazing what they can build. Just how many decks are there?

Aircraft Carrier in Siracusa

Here's a shot of an aircraft carrier passing by while we race in Siracusa. I only managed to get this one shot, then it was gone. You can probably see from the bow wake, that the carrier was in a hurry. Singlehanded racing in the Nacra 17 keeps you kinda busy; Too much fumbling with cameras and you're in the drink.

Carrier south of Tradewinds

Anyway, I thought I'd put it up here for completeness. I have a few subs and destroyers and stuff. This one is a new type of ship filed under warships. Some people seem to find those dreaded warships interesting. Me, I get the creeps everytime they sneek up on us. Especially that sub... Eeeewww! Creepy, - but the details in the builds are amazing.

Oh, - can anyone see what make it is? I'd say British. It's big but it's not huge like those American ones we all know from movies... The ingenious Brits have those planes that don't need an airstrip, so they could pretty much land on the foredeck of a Bavaria 45. Ok perhaps a 65er is needed.