Prepare to Tack

[emo_snal]

   The captain's on the quarterdeck, a squinting at the sails. Capt "Skip" Wehan is in his 70s, his hair is still a faded blonde, and to this day only one person is known to have beat him at arm wrestling. On the brig Pilgrim we don't tell Chuck Norris jokes, we tell Captain Skip jokes. Skip strolls over to Art, the first mate, and casually

Comments

[basric]

Interesting, as always. Enjoyed the pictures. img 76 is kinda of scary. All that ocean.

[emo_snal]

When you get out there there sure is a lot of it!!

[gruesomething]

That is a gorgeous photo.

[emo_snal]

Thanks. (:

It was a gorgeous day

[standgale]

wow, amazing! kind of hard to read obviously without knowing anything of which you're talking, but it was interesting, and I liked the three stages.

[emo_snal]

I did my best to try to explain everything but there's just so much! But my point really is just that, that there's so much that "prepare to tack" leads to..

[minnesattva]

They seem like three very big words :)

I like this a lot. Something a lot of writers would associate with something like poorly researched romantic tales or pirates is brought to vivid, and accessible, life in your writing and pictures.

[ecosopher]

Such great descriptions; I really felt like I was there, I got the urgency, understood how things need to happen NOW and the wind was this constant. Beautiful pictures, too.

[noodledays]

fun stuff! on one hand, I'd like to try it but on the other, it looks pretty damn intimidating.