PRETTY BOATS

INDEPENDENCE LOOKING AT COURAGEOUS
INDEPENDENCE LOOKING AT COURAGEOUS
COURAGEOUS BEGINNINGS
COURAGEOUS BEGINNINGS
ALMOST BLACK AND WHITE
ALMOST BLACK AND WHITE
CLASSICS RUNNING
CLASSICS RUNNING
NORTHERN LIGHT AND ONAWA
NORTHERN LIGHT AND ONAWA
VANITY
VANITY
COURAGEOUS TO WINDWARD
COURAGEOUS TO WINDWARD
COURAGEOUS WITH NEFERITTI
COURAGEOUS WITH NEFERITTI
INTREPID AND COURAGEOUS
INTREPID AND COURAGEOUS
EASTERNER
EASTERNER

Twelve meters are elegant yachts. It is practically impossible to photograph them poorly. I had a long relationship with the 12 meter class; having lofted and built “Courageous” and having sailed on “American Eagle”, Weatherly, “Easterner” and “Intrepid” in the sixties and seventies.

They are still eight knots boats and after the last America”s Cup we will never be satisfied with anything that does not foil and sails at less than thirty knots.

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ws lirakis

a sailor who carries a camera

2 thoughts on “PRETTY BOATS”

  1. There should be a place for beauty in sailboat racing. The 12 meter boats are right in there. Beautiful shots Stephen. Thanks for sharing. Bill

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