Sunday, August 16, 2009

Rideau Ferry Regatta

Celebrating 100 years for the RF Yacht Club ( on the north shore practically right across from our house )

I had a sneak preview from the air of the goings-on in preparation for the Regatta !

 
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Some of the racing boats

 
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Most of the specialty boats are launched by crane

 
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Qualifying

(my picture quality deteriorates greatly from now on; the fast pace & movement doesn't go well with extreme zoom, so I discovered)

 
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Nice to have the rescue squad on hand

 
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Lots of boats coming in for the regatta

 
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to be continued...no time to upload any more for now

 
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crane launching

 
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a very busy place

 
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watching the show

 
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Pat

 
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The Captain

 
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amazing spray display

 
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watch out, buoys

 
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This raft of boats tied together had a few more boats than our raft. If I could have taken my camera swimming out into the lake, I would have gotten a shot of ours!
We had at least 5, perhaps another.

 
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Barry & Denise pulling up to join our raft.

 
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always nice to have the rescue squad alongside !

 
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Bobby Hanson & crew
 
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showing up in his baby boat

 
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sitting pretty

 
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1 comment:

Jenn said...

I can't shoot with my zoom at 300mm either; it's best at ~200mm but that's not always helpful when what you're photographing is far away.
Like the water sprays!