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13 August 2010 - 23-30-45
Came home from a lovely night (at the Dolphin in Kingston near Bigbury - highly recommended) to find this astonishing mast.
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Superyacht Lady B in Dartmouth, Devon

13 August 2010 - 23-32-51
Just compare it to the ‘tall’ ship Earl of Pembroke on the right.
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Superyacht Lady B in Dartmouth, Devon

14 August 2010 - 07-22-43
It’s Lady B, launched earlier this year. 44.7m long and 54.5m tall. Everything else was just dwarfed
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Superyacht Lady B in Dartmouth, Devon

14 August 2010 - 07-45-46
Didn’t stay long, ‘twas on its way by quarter to eight. But why does it need such a tall spar? Should we have a mast debate?
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Superyacht Lady B in Dartmouth, Devon

14 August 2010 - 07-46-26
Pretty darn sleek. All £10m worth. Other currencies are available
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Superyacht Lady B in Dartmouth, Devon

14 August 2010 - 07-46-29
Heck, she’s smart.
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Superyacht Lady B in Dartmouth, Devon

14 August 2010 - 07-51-12
Luckily, no height restriction at the gap.
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Superyacht Lady B in Dartmouth, Devon

14 August 2010 - 07-52-26
Masts. Comment and discuss.

14 August 2010 - 14-50-24
Pirates take over the ferry? Not sure wht this is all about, but an even bigger band of the bounders were drinking at the DA (Dartmouth Arms - excellent manager, Mr Mark Keel) late into the night.

14 August 2010 - 14-51-58
So is this really a rip in the space - time continuum? Or simply a gap in the clouds that let the sun shine in?

14 August 2010 - 18-26-06
The cloudy / bright setting needed a bit of adjusting for this one as light hits the far valley at Mill creek just outside the harbour.

14 August 2010 - 20-41-29
You normally see sunrise from our location, but tonight it’s a muted sunset over Stoke Gabriel

15 August 2010 - 18-00-13
The half day trips on the square rigger proved very popular indeed
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Tall ship Earl of Pembroke

15 August 2010 - 19-22-24
And overnight we had two tall ships in. The Earl of Pembroke was joined by the T/S Royalist. Kind of a mini-me tall ship. but lovely nonetheless
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Tall ship Earl of Pembroke & TS Royallist

16 August 2010 - 08-47-42
You could just imagine a similar sight a couple of hundred years ago. Is nostalgia a new thing?
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Tall ship Earl of Pembroke

16 August 2010 - 08-48-22
The T/S Royalist heads off out through against the early morning sun

16 August 2010 - 15-56-09
And late in the afternoon, in came the superyacht Northern Star which is Canadian owned and chartered out for a trifle 600,000 euros a week.
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

16 August 2010 - 17-54-07
The garage doors
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

16 August 2010 - 20-53-59
Night time reveals its (slightly untrue) colours.
Certainly the brightest Northern Star
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

16 August 2010 - 20-55-11
Looked great in the harbour particularly whilst there was a little bit of ambient light around
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

16 August 2010 - 20-56-52
Okay, so I adjusted the exposure, this one is possibly a shade more realistic. Nowhere as striking though.
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

16 August 2010 - 21-01-56
The many crew spent the evening transferring supplies from shore to ship.
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devonwedding

17 August 2010 - 03-45-30
And in the middle of the night it was still all lit up (‘the fleet’s lit up!”). But nary a light all around. Perhaps the Northern Star’s nightwatchman is scared of the dark?
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

17 August 2010 - 15-55-23
Local photographer Andy Carter of dartmouthphotography.com was the picture man aboard. Here he’s shooting the happy couple.
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

17 August 2010 - 17-20-56
The Northern Star was joined by mini-me during the day.
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

17 August 2010 - 19-02-34
Guests begin to arrive for the big do. And pose for pictures. Well you would, wouldn’t you?
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

17 August 2010 - 19-03-14
Gradually filling up
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

17 August 2010 - 23-44-26
Most of the guest had gone by now, just a few stragglers.
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devonwedding

17 August 2010 - 23-47-10-1
Guy Barnett and Sarah Risley's UK wedding party in the centre of the river Dart, Dartmouth, Devon
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

17 August 2010 - 23-47-46
So come on then, own up - were you one of the lucky ones on the Northern Star partying the night away celebrating the marriage of local man Guy Barnett & Sarah Risley?
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

17 August 2010 - 23-49-57
Does look mighty fine. I thought it sounded good too. Others won’t have done.
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

18 August 2010 - 09-55-50
Turned on a sixpence
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

18 August 2010 - 10-01-40
On reflection, it’s a very lovely boat.
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

18 August 2010 - 10-04-11
Northern Star has left the building
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Superyacht Northern Star in Dartmouth, Devon

18 August 2010 - 18-44-27
Back to more mundane matters. This lot look like a surface skimmer. They also look exhausted.

18 August 2010 - 18-45-11
The important thing is to get the balance right. Mainly so that you can see where you are going. Mind you you’ve got to look ahead for that sort of thing.

18 August 2010 - 19-46-23
A photo with its very own watermark.

19 August 2010 - 08-36-56
Preparing for Regatta, putting the buoy back after recent large visitors.

19 August 2010 - 15-58-16
Very low cloud over Dartmouth so a couple of larger planes snuck underneath. Including this one complete with trailing re-fueling lines.

19 August 2010 - 20-12-56
Now that’s a class motor

20 August 2010 - 12-40-18
The day the boat came in

20 August 2010 - 14-54-29
And you were wondering where your ball went.

20 August 2010 - 16-18-50
Look carefully. What does this mean? Well, that little pontoon fastened between two buoys is screaming out -
“IT”S REGATTA NEXT WEEK”

20 August 2010 - 20-46-29
Regular viewers will know that I am much bemused by the various interpretations of a speed limit of 6 knots.

21 August 2010 - 09-43-09
Saturday morning and it’s a dull,dull,dull old day.

21 August 2010 - 09-44-28
To paraphrase......a dull day.

21 August 2010 - 10-31-09
But not such a dull day that fun can’t be had.

21 August 2010 - 10-37-39
It just looks funny. There was no problem. Really

23 August 2010 - 11-42-09
All serene. But the haven’t even started yet.

23 August 2010 - 11-43-50
And they’re off.

23 August 2010 - 11-47-51
second and third place round the mark. The leading boat had hit the mark, but did it’s required 360 degree turn and still had a commanding lead

23 August 2010 - 11-53-29
Oh okay, I guess we can’t really complain about the weather. The rowing heats are off to the left and the junior sailing right in front of us. By Thursday the river will be chock-o-block.

23 August 2010 - 11-54-51
Mildly ungainly, they’ll lose points for style.

23 August 2010 - 11-55-13
Two down. A shade like skittles.

23 August 2010 - 11-56-25
Not sure if these are Toppers, but they have the most photogenic sails.

23 August 2010 - 11-59-13 (1)
Did I say the single handed were hit hardest? Hmmmm.

23 August 2010 - 11-59-13 (2)
This is a sequence. Number 2 of 6.

23 August 2010 - 11-59-13
And number three of 6.

23 August 2010 - 11-59-17
And the best of six. (also number 4)

23 August 2010 - 11-59-24
5 of 6.

23 August 2010 - 11-59-31
And 6 of 6.

23 August 2010 - 11-59-46
And now a rowing heat. Hopefully I’ll improve on this later.

23 August 2010 - 12-00-35
Someone is trailing somewhat

23 August 2010 - 15-15-15
Torrential rain was the forecast. Cloudy bright was what we got.

23 August 2010 - 15-16-39
For what was meant to be a rotten day, the sea managed to show up rather nicely.

23 August 2010 - 15-24-35
My lack of knowledge about rowing is already evident. The green lot are winning and it’s the semi-final of something or other

23 August 2010 - 15-24-50
It’s an exhausting way to get about, that’s for certain

23 August 2010 - 15-29-12
This is probably cheating, but seems a good idea

23 August 2010 - 16-43-01
This bloke was really going for it. He had it heeled way over on the other tack, but that was before I reached the camera.

23 August 2010 - 16-47-09

23 August 2010 - 17-11-53
This is a particularly long race, they’re already spread out and have only just got to the Higher Ferry.

23 August 2010 - 17-13-46
Quite a bend, so everyone steers a path close in.

23 August 2010 - 17-16-45
Into the home straight. Can you imaging how loud those muscles are screaming?

23 August 2010 - 17-17-43
Still probably 400 yards from the finish

23 August 2010 - 17-18-06
A wider lens, or a less long lens anyway, shows how the pack has stretched out. Much like every rowers arms.

23 August 2010 - 17-18-22
The two gunshots to signify first and second were so close that I can’t tell you the result.

23 August 2010 - 18-13-25
No, I don’t know. Why would one of the whalers be downstream of Kittery Court and why would the ILB be leading it back?

23 August 2010 - 19-36-45
I’ve tried to capture this before, but this time perhaps it’s right. Late sun catching the tips of just a few masts on the town quay

23 August 2010 - 19-38-56
This huge puddle of light is thrown from the single window of a house probably a mile away

23 August 2010 - 20-21-31
One of them nice big moony things

23 August 2010 - 21-01-13
The fair isn’t everyone’s idea of fun, but it still packs the people in. Pretty bright and brightly pretty at this distance too.

24 August 2010 - 08-28-10
Dartmouth 2 : Met Office 0.
A fine, fine start to the day.

24 August 2010 - 09-33-32
The river is starting to fill up. This is called rafting and probably makes and breaks a few friendships.

24 August 2010 - 09-46-57
No serious racing yachts around yet, but the facilities are ready.

24 August 2010 - 12-05-46
See, a gust causes mayhem

24 August 2010 - 12-06-12
It must be exhausting, some of these folk went in the water four or five times

24 August 2010 - 12-11-06
You can see the wind gust (the darker, ruffled water) as it passes through. But some just were not prepared.

24 August 2010 - 13-06-58
You probably wouldn’t want to be photographed. Oh.

24 August 2010 - 13-07-04
This was the start of a pretty miserable few minutes as they experimented with capsizing both to port and then starboard. And very nearly back to port again.

24 August 2010 - 13-09-28
But when they get it right it’s exhilarating to watch. And even better to participate.

24 August 2010 - 14-32-14
An early fly-thru by one of the Lynx’s

24 August 2010 - 14-32-21
He’ll get lower as the week goes on

24 August 2010 - 14-35-54
I was on the phone to one of the lifeboatmen when his pager went off, so with that extra bit of warning I was able to get them charging down the river

24 August 2010 - 14-55-18
This yacht had got its jib sheet (the front sail’s rope) caught round the propellor and it was drifting towards the rocks. The Dart harbour patrol had a mile start and got there a few seconds before the ILB.

24 August 2010 - 20-21-46
Darn, forgot all about this coming up. Should have got it twenty minutes previous.

24 August 2010 - 20-49-39
But look at this. By the light of the golden-ey moon.

24 August 2010 - 20-50-49
You pays your money and takes your choice. This wider view just about has it for me. That’s KingswearCastle with lights on in the background.

25 August 2010 - 08-51-35
The training ship Royalist had been in for an overnight stop and departed soon after breakie. Although they probably didn’t call it that on board

25 August 2010 - 08-53-41
Some of the cadets were soon aloft

25 August 2010 - 08-54-12
Careful observation reveals they are mainly women. Rather brave if you ask me, although the girl on the front right (for’ard starboard) appeared a bit reluctant to traverse fully out.

25 August 2010 - 08-54-51
Cue the arrival of a bit of encouragement.

25 August 2010 - 08-55-54
And voila, maybe this is something she will remember for a long time.
With pride

25 August 2010 - 09-03-43
But then the ship got to the narrowest point and pirouetted for quite a while.
Difficult to think it was deliberate.

25 August 2010 - 09-05-37
This profile view is not something we would normally see from the office. Royalist is actually at right angles to the river. Eventually they found first gear and set off in the right direction but it was a worrying moment.

25 August 2010 - 16-36-59
The first day of regatta and Jerry, Paul and myself completed the Brixham - Dartmouth passage race. En route the weather was pretty dreadful. I felt very ill. That’s me and Jerry in the small inflatable leaving Dogmatist.

25 August 2010 - 18-17-38
Now, perhaps a word about colour coordination?

25 August 2010 - 20-11-24
It doesn’t bode well for Regatta, does it.

26 August 2010 - 08-39-25
The buoys are back in town

26 August 2010 - 09-07-
These are the Farr 45s. Fastest thing out there this week.

26 August 2010 - 09-09-33
The competitors get ready for the off. Just a thought, how about a Le Mans start next year. And whilst we’re on really good ideas - how about finishing a race in the river

26 August 2010 - 09-58-00
Off to do battle.

26 August 2010 - 12-05-18
It’s a Farr 45. It’s meant to have a bent mast

26 August 2010 - 12-40-18
Regatta guardship HMS Quorn arrives with a magnificently active hooter

26 August 2010 - 12-45-43
Perhaps someone should have told those two that it’s Dartmouth Regatta this week. Not Kingswear’s

26 August 2010 - 12-46-27
Serious bunting

26 August 2010 - 16-55-40 (1)
The Search and Rescue Sea King did an early reccie

26 August 2010 - 16-55-40
So close I could check the time on his watch. Well, almost.

26 August 2010 - 18-08-33
Mustn’t forget there is some rowing

26 August 2010 - 18-11-10
A fair few people crammed into town

26 August 2010 - 18-13-15
I’m on the ground and my camera is level. No trickery

26 August 2010 - 18-14-21
The only trickery will be in their stomachs.

26 August 2010 - 18-16-08
Check those exhausts on the Lynx.

26 August 2010 - 18-25-44
Back for his proper display

26 August 2010 - 18-26-40
The Sea King returned to do a routine drill with the lifeboat crew.

26 August 2010 - 18-26-59
But no sooner had the winchman descended when the engine noise changed. And off he went very quickly, leaving poor lifeboat man (Kevin John?) in the drink.

26 August 2010 - 20-29-48
The cleverly lit Western Lady (aka The Fairmile) brought a crowd round from Torbay.

26 August 2010 - 21-06-02
I deliberately shot it with a wide view - it’s the river which makes the frieworks here so special.

26 August 2010 - 21-06-14
Not my best set of firework pix, but the river always looks good illuminated this way.

26 August 2010 - 21-06-39
And they do it all again on Saturday. This time to music

26 August 2010 - 21-11-44
The biggest bang.

26 August 2010 - 21-12-15
Yep, definitely not my best fireworks photos. But they’ll have to do

27 August 2010 - 09-48-46
And this is just the race to get to the start line.

27 August 2010 - 10-12-12
It all gets a little bit crowded down at the rowing finishing line

27 August 2010 - 14-04-21
A very close run race.

27 August 2010 - 14-31-05
Formation rowing

27 August 2010 - 14-59-37
The old and the new. The Admiral’s Cutter rows into view.

27 August 2010 - 15-06-51
Shades of Swallows and Amazons.

27 August 2010 - 15-07-02
One very packed car ferry.

27 August 2010 - 15-09-22
One very packed river

27 August 2010 - 15-48-06
One very packed embankment. (“Can you tell me officer, does the Embankment run parallel to the river?”

27 August 2010 - 15-58-22
The Lynx comes in for a flypast of the Daymark

27 August 2010 - 16-47-21
The Lifeboat / Sea King demo finally went ahead after the kite went u/s yesterday (the helicopter developed a fault).

27 August 2010 - 16-47-38
Don’t know who the poor devil in the drink is, but he got a flight out of it. Even if it was on the end of a piece of string.

27 August 2010 - 16-48-30
Not only that, but they’ve been studying the steam train timetable too.

27 August 2010 - 16-50-00
Always spectacular when an aircraft is flying below you.

27 August 2010 - 16-51-06
And now to put him back - the downdraft clearly doesn’t make it any easier

27 August 2010 - 16-51-27
And it was a dry landing

27 August 2010 - 16-55-13
And a quick race back down the river.

27 August 2010 - 17-35-25
Finally the main attraction arrive withh their first formation flypast

27 August 2010 - 17-36-15
This could, of course, be taken anywhere. But it wasn’t taken any old where. It was taken over Dartmouth

27 August 2010 - 17-37-26
Might this formation / entrance now be named “The Daymark”?

27 August 2010 - 17-37-42
Right hand turn with a bit of colour thrown in.

27 August 2010 - 17-39-37
The “Eddie Waring” flightpath - oop ‘n oonder.

27 August 2010 - 17-48-10
No spraying with the motordrive, just a single frame. Caught them crossing three times.
Number one.

27 August 2010 - 17-49-17
Crossing Number Two

27 August 2010 - 17-49-30-1
And Crossing Number Three.
The best one

27 August 2010 - 18-04-00 (1)

27 August 2010 - 18-04-00 (2)
This is a close to a Typhoon as I really want to get. It’s still astonishing (to me) that it’s shot from our garden

27 August 2010 - 18-04-00-1
Wasn’t especially pleased with my Typhoon pix, but hey, snapping the pilot as he flies past your window ain’t bad.

27 August 2010 - 18-07-48
Frankly my pix of the Typhoon (apart from the pilot’s smile) were a shade lack lustre. He’s back Saturday evening. I must try harder.

27 August 2010 - 23-16-47
The river is lit by the moon, the boats are lit by the house lights on shore.

27 August 2010 - 23-21-15
Like cats eyes, but actually Kingswear Castle in the moonlight

28 August 2010 - 09-50-54
Saturday racing. Off to the start lines they go

28 August 2010 - 10-23-16
Very fetching. And that’s just what it does - fetches.

28 August 2010 - 11-27-03
I just liked the sky over BRNC

28 August 2010 - 11-27-31
Perhaps the Navy is trying to tell us something. More money please or else Dartmouth’ guardship next year will be a picket boat.

28 August 2010 - 11-31-50
This didn’t seem the most sensible method or direction to approach the ferry landing.

28 August 2010 - 11-38-51
And every so often that sky snuck in a dark bit. Just to get us worried

28 August 2010 - 11-39-27
The Admiral’s Cutter. On the right in case you felt the need to ask

28 August 2010 - 11-53-37
A proper boat

28 August 2010 - 12-10-10
One of the Lynx’s tries a yoga inversion

28 August 2010 - 12-13-41
Racing into the river to see the displays.

28 August 2010 - 12-18-18
Sea King in the fields.

28 August 2010 - 12-22-21
Day two of let’s hoist a lifeboatman from the river.

28 August 2010 - 12-26-15
This time all went well and here he is being returned from whence he came.

28 August 2010 - 17-33-15
The Typhoon’s second appearance this year. With flick switch set to “invert”.

28 August 2010 - 17-33-52
Coming in for a slow flypast.

28 August 2010 - 17-33-59

28 August 2010 - 17-34-05
Same flypast, just a bit closer.

28 August 2010 - 17-34-44
“This sky’s not big enough for both of us”.

28 August 2010 - 17-36-13
Changing down to first for the big climb

28 August 2010 - 17-37-27
Fed up yet?

28 August 2010 - 17-37-59
Last one. Remember, every picture from our office garden

28 August 2010 - 21-12-00
See how the wind took the flares.

28 August 2010 - 21-13-06
I blame the wind for the pix not conveying just how good this display was.

28 August 2010 - 21-23-54
But once again, the river looks good all lit up.

28 August 2010 - 21-28-40
The moon rise was pretty spectacular too

28 August 2010 - 21-38-57
And then everyone on the river tried to find somewhere to berth.

28 August 2010 - 21-45-53

28 August 2010 - 21-46-34
And then everyone on the river tried to find somewhere to berth.

28 August 2010 - 21-48-33
If only more boats dressed this well.

29 August 2010 - 12-50-39
The ILB heads out to aid two people reported in the water after capsizing their Devon Yawl whilst competing a mile and a half off shore.

29 August 2010 - 13-16-47

29 August 2010 - 13-17-54

29 August 2010 - 14-27-33

29 August 2010 - 14-30-44-1
The last day of regatta racing and this boat turned turtle way offshore

30 August 2010 - 10-22-47
HMS Quorn slides sideways out of its mooring.

30 August 2010 - 10-26-08

30 August 2010 - 10-30-23

30 August 2010 - 13-35-00

30 August 2010 - 13-37-18
Drying out.

30 August 2010 - 14-28-06
A sleek, powerful and mighty expensive Riva Riverama

30 August 2010 - 17-00-33

30 August 2010 - 17-06-46

30 August 2010 - 17-11-32

30 August 2010 - 17-57-05

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31 August 2010 - 08-12-58

31 August 2010 - 09-55-04

31 August 2010 - 15-03-48
A particularly low departure

31 August 2010 - 15-04-08
And he didn’t gain any height as he went out the gap.

31 August 2010 - 18-11-36
yonder hill there stands a coo. Or two.

31 August 2010 - 18-12-31
That tree. Somehow missed the harvesting though. Must have been too busy watching regatta.

31 August 2010 - 18-15-37
It’s a long, long way away. But it’s a combine

31 August 2010 - 18-16-32
Way off over Galmpton way