Long way home

Sitting there thinking, I got inspired by those virtual VO70 boats. They are fantastic machines. Thought a littlebit about the feeling of being on board a real one:

Long Way Home III

Having buckets of icecold water thrown at your face for days and days and yet more days while eating astronaut food; Sleeping only a little at a time, in hard bunks and in a complete inferno of noise. Gaaaah... Presented with facts like this, a nice and cozy two hour inshore race sounds like a nice walk in the park. Very nice! The "Seanamagraph"? Oh well, it's not perfect, but it is...

See the virtual VO70 here. See the category for more seanamagraphs. My favourite is still the first one; The one with the virtual 2.4mR.

Another Seanemagraph

After three rather spontaneous time trial runs in the Fizz, I thought the Flying Fizz should have a go in real water. So here it is. Me "fizzin" somewhere south of Tradewinds, Dex. Actually on my way home from the time trials.

Light wind planing in the Fizz

Yeah! It is kinda annoying that the buoy never comes closer. Hefty current, huh! Maybe I should remove it. Anyway, here's a link to more on the Flying Fizz, and here's a link to my other cinemagraphs: Morning at Tradewinds YC and Sailing the Q2.4m.

Morning at Tradewinds

This is just me fooling around with cinemagraphs. Trying to capture the ambience of the early morning at Tradewinds YC. Not sure I figured how to completely smooth all this water out, but this is version 2. Much more smooth than version 1. I kinda like it.

Click to see the live version

Ohh, the boats? From left to right we have the soon to be updated BWind, the fantastic Flying Fizz and the currently in beta Nemo3. The Fizz is a dinghy, the others are keelers. Very different animals all three. Which  would you choose?

Someone requested the still in high resolution for use on the desktop background. Here it is. Enjoy.

The still

And here's that other cinemagraph with Qyv's virtual 2.4mR in real water.

Seanemagraphics

These cinemagraphs are all over the net. I thought I'd try it out; Just had to figure out what boat to use. Easy decision. Yesterday, I took my Q2.4mR for a morning sail right off the Tradewinds coast. A real ride. So here's probably the worlds first virtual sailing cinemagraph. Tadah!

Noodling around in the beautiful 2.4mR.

Right now, the 2.4mR is just about my favourite. What do you think? Pretty mesmerizing, huh! Smooth sailing. Just under five knots. Should I do more? The Cotton Blossom or LeetleCat? Or maybe a Laser?

Here's more good stuff from Qyv.

Oh and virtual sailing IS fun, but real sailing is better.