Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Up the Mast


This is one of my favorite boat shots. It is my boat, the Donna Clare, looking up the mast where my virtual-brother-in-law hangs in a boson’s chair retrieving a lost halyard. In the lower left hand corner you can see my maroon colored cap...I am standing at the mast, sweating, winching Ron's body up the nautical spar. And who took this cool shot that captures just enough of everything but not too much of anything? Well, that would be Devyn Jade Rainwater, my niece, who was about 7 years old at the time...she was using a Kodak disposable camera. Good eye Dev!

3 comments:

Lisa said...

Ok, I'm a non-sailor, but it's boatswain's chair. Just sayin'.

(I would insert a winking smiley face here if I did that sort of thing, but I don't)

Jratrain said...

Noun 1. boatswain's chair - a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship

bosun's chair
seat - any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"


Noun 1. bosun's chair - a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship
boatswain's chair
seat - any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"

Mer said...

ok Jimmy, just saw this! Pretty good ol' boy...attending to your first mate duties! Watching the skippers back!