Today's Boat P*rn

[rbgarr]

An elegant Fife schooner, Astor, from Hawaii

http://i36.tinypic.com/xbbioj.jpg

I was sorely tempted to board while the crew was ashore! :D

http://i37.tinypic.com/2m490sk.jpg


A local Rhodes sloop, Trivet, with a crowd aboard

http://i33.tinypic.com/qzjh1w.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/1zqvijc.jpg

[TimH]

Nice pix! thanks

[Chris.]

Astor was originally a Sydney boat and (IIRC) won the Sydney/Hobart three times. It used to be moored in Rose Bay where my mother used to sail her cadet around her in the late thirties. Here she is on the way to winning the Hobart (Astor, not my mother).
Note the photo caption "That rig made helmsmen very nervous."

http://astor.org/pics/TwoSpin.jpg

I saw her here in Sydney a couple of years ago - bloody beautiful. I have photos somewhere.
Astor has her own website http://astor.org/index.html

[rbgarr]

Another from her website. Leaving SF for LA.
http://i38.tinypic.com/196w3q.jpg